Category: Industry News

By Mary Eddy   ELMONT, N.Y. – Nearly a decade after winning the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, the popular New York-bred gelding Diversify made a celebrated homecoming to the Empire State last year at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center, N.Y., settling into the quaint farm after spending…
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By Nicole Russo Courtesy Daily Racing Form Fasig-Tipton’s second act in Saratoga Springs this month comes with its New York-bred preferred yearling sale. While the smoke from the fireworks of the select sale the week prior will still be clearing, this auction is by no means an afterthought. With a good deal of positive momentum…
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By Bill Heller It’s hard to imagine a trainer more enthusiastic about Tapeta racing coming to New York on September 18th when the new Belmont Park opens than dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, who’s in the middle of a spectacular Saratoga meet behind his superstar fillies Nitrogen and Counting Stars. Casse, the leading trainer…
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Chestertown | Marie Kizenko photo Edited Press Release Chestertown (Tapit) was named the recipient of the Down Broadway Award as New York’s Retired Racehorse of the Year on New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day Friday afternoon at Saratoga. The award is named in honor of the first horse to retire through the popular TAKE THE LEAD program back in…
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By Bill Heller Reading Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller “Seabiscuit” changed Robin Malatino’s life. She’s been changing the lives of horses  ̶  and now children  ̶   ever since, a lasting tribute to her dear husband Tony, who she lost in March 2025. In recognition of her impact on horses, she’s been named the New York Thoroughbred Breeding…
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and Woodbine Entertainment are pleased to unveil the nominations of this year’s two-year-old crop to the inaugural Empire Trillium Series. Announced in March, the Empire Trillium Series is a 14-race program of stakes races restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada worth…
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By Bill Heller What a day on the grass for New York-breds at Saratoga Sunday! First, Gary Barber’s speedster Mi Bago found the guts under Jose Ortiz to re-rally and dead heat with favored Zulu Kingdom and Flavien Prat in the $225,000 Grade 3 Kelso Stakes, though it took forever to post the results of…
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By Bill Heller This is truly the dawn of a golden era for New York-breds. Saratoga Race Course has just begun its longest meet ever and beautiful, brand-new Belmont Park is waiting to open on September 18th. The Empire Trillium Series, a new set of stakes races for New York-breds and Canadian-foaled horses, will begin…
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By Lynne Snierson SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Keith O’Brien worked alongside his father Leo O’Brien in the barn as his assistant for 25 years and he knows that the late renowned thoroughbred trainer and former steeplechase jockey genuinely loved his horses, horse racing, and racing in New York. “It was always very special to him,”…
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Panel reviewing grandfathered code loopholes and surveying track infrastructure; directs tracks to immediately implement safety measures Following the devastating June 16, 2026 barn fire at Saratoga Casino Hotel that claimed the lives of 17 horses, the New York State Gaming Commission today provided an update on the work undertaken thus far by a panel consisting…
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