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Letruska Retains No. 1 Position In NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Sponsored by: Letruska at Oaklawn St. George Stables 5-year-old mare Letruska has retained the No. 1 position in the latest NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll following a quiet week in which none of the top rated horses were in action. As a result, the first eight places in the poll remained unchanged. Letruska, trained by Fausto Gutierrez, has won four of five starts this year, including the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at ...

Letruska Ascends To The Top Of NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Sponsored by: Jose Ortiz celebrates Letruskas win in the G1 Ogden Phipps Stakes St. George Stables 5-year-old mare Letruska has ascended to the No. 1 position in the latest NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll, ending the 14-week reign of Godolphins 4-year-old Mystic Guide, who was defeated Saturday in Belmonts Grade 2 Suburban. Letruska, trained by Fausto Gutierrez, has won four of five starts this year. She made a big name for herself...

Yaupon Gets First Win of 2021 in Lite The Fuse Stakes Sponsored by: Yaupon with jockey Ricardo Santana, Jr. wins the Lite the Fuse Stakes at Pimlico. Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodts multiple graded-stakes winner Yaupon made a triumphant return to historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Sunday, putting away pacesetting Chateau and turning back Laki – both Grade 3 winners – to snap a two-race losing streak in the $100,000 Lite the Fuse Stakes. The six-furlong Lite the Fuse for ...

Pick 6 Carryover For Sunday Card At Belmont Park Sponsored by: Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Sundays Pick 6 will be bolstered by a $130,681 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The $1 Pick 6, implemented at the current 48-day Belmont spring/summer meet, returned $21,780 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. Saturdays Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 when longshot True Palace [No. 6, $37.60] lit up the tote board for...

Max Player Outduels Mystic Guide To Take Suburban At Belmont Sponsored by: Max Player passes Mystic Guide in the waning strides of the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes at Belmont Park. Max Players last win came 17 months ago in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. In Saturdays Grade 2 Suburban Stakes, the son of Honor Code finally returned to the winners circle after his long absence, and, in the process, earned a spot in the starting gate for the Grade 1 Breeders Cup Classic at Del Mar Nov...

Steve Asmussen Edges Mike Maker In Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen edged defending champion Mike Maker to claim the top prize of $50,000 for the third time in five years in the Maryland Jockey Clubs $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course. Asmussen started 11 horses in 10 stakes over the two days, finishing ...

Harpers First Ride Returns With New Connections For 2021 Pimlico Special Sponsored by: Harpers First Ride and Angel Cruz winning the Grade 3 Pimlico Special in 2020 His owner, trainer and jockey will be different, but the scenery will be the same for Harpers First Ride when the defending champion returns to the site of his biggest victory in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at Pimlico Race Course. The 51st running of the Pimlico Special, on the eve of the 146th Preakn...

Sponsored by: Calm before the storm: Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality one week before the Run for the Roses Godolphins likely Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Essential Quality worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 early Saturday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., to headline a quintet of hopefuls for the 147 th Run for the Roses that put in their final works for the 1 ¼-mile classic. Also working on a cloudy but pleasant morning beneath the Twin Spires were Juddmonte Fa...

Rispoli, Stevens Removed From Plane En Route to Saudi Cup; Velazquez Stymied in Miami Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:28 pm | Back to: Top News Updated: February 19, 2021 at 1:24 pm Sue Finley Several major shifts in riding assignments were underway Friday morning after Umberto Rispoli and John Velazquez were not allowed to fly to Saudi Arabia due to a mixup in flight arrangements Wednesday and problems with COVID-19 restrictions Thursday. Ron Anderson, the agent for Velazquez and Rosario, sa...

Sponsored by: Umberto Rispoli, John Velazquez, and retired rider-turned-broadcaster Gary Stevens will not make this years Saudi Cup after a series of travel headaches related to overbooked flights and COVID-19 test timelines.  The trio, along with jockey Joel Rosario, arrived at airports Wednesday to discover their tickets had been cancelled. Rispoli, Stevens and Rosario were flying out of LAX and Velazquez from Miami. They were told Qatar Airways had double booked the second leg of ...