Category: Industry News

By Francis LaBelle Transitioning from racehorse to stable pony has not been going over easy for “Yeagy.” “He’s a bit of a smartypants,” says his owner, Maggie Wolfendale Morley.  “He comes on the track in the morning and everyone says, `Here comes Yeagy,’ like it’s a warning. Everybody knows he’s a pain.” Yet, during racing…
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Single-day table reservations in Fourstardave Sports Bar and Miller Lite Picnic Paddock available beginning May 8 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will welcome the general public to purchase single-day reserved seats in the Clubhouse and Grandstand for the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course beginning Thursday, May 2 at…
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Season passes include admission for all 40 days plus season perks and guaranteed premium giveaways SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that season passes for the 2019 meet at Saratoga Race Course are now on-sale at nearly 150 Stewart’s Shops locations throughout the greater Capital Region. Season admission…
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                                        Breeders’ Cup Champion sprinter Trinniberg (2009 by Teuflesberg out of Bella Dorato by Goldminers Gold) has been sold to Haras La Concordia, Haras San Miguel Queguay, and BGC Thoroughbred Stud in a deal brokered by…
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred racing returned to Belmont Park on Friday, April 26 for its 48-day spring/summer meet, and the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today highlighted its broad-based safety program currently in effect at all NYRA tracks. In addition to accreditation of each NYRA track by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety…
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Edited Press Release OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Eight maiden races worth $100,000 each will be offered this spring as part of the New York Racing Association’s ongoing program for 2-year-olds leading up to the Astoria and Tremont, run on June 8 and 9 as the first two juvenile stakes of the year. For fillies, Astoria…
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Katherine Anderson Photo by NYRA Press Office Eight maiden races worth $100,000 each will be offered this spring as part of the New York Racing Association’s ongoing program for 2-year-olds leading up to the Astoria and Tremont, run on June 8 and 9 as the first two juvenile stakes of the year. For fillies, Astoria…
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In 2016 the administration of the New York Stallion Stakes (NYSS) Series was transferred from the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc (NYTB). Accordingly, stallion owners should be aware that beginning with the 2017 breeding season, all nomination forms and fees should be directed to NYTB (not to NYRA,…
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By Bill Heller Five accomplished New York-breds are primed to make an impact in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita: Dr. Russell Cohen’s Tri-Bone Stables’ homebred five-year-old horse Effinex; Gary Barber and Sequel Racing’s five-year-old mare Haveyougoneaway; Treadway Racing Stable’s four-year-old filly Wonder Gal; J Stables, Head of Plains Partners, Summers, Summers, Kisber…
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