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NYRA will host an all-stakes Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday with racing from Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Monmouth Park, and Thistledown.

Trainer Jesus ‘Jesse’ Cruz couldn’t imagine a more perfect place to win his first stakes race than in Maryland.

Since jockey Tyler Gaffalione arrived on the Churchill Downs scene in 2018 he’s dominated the standings. And, with 16 days left of the 2022 Spring Meet, Gaffalione is on track to record the most wins in the Spring Meet in the last decade.

Kitodan, claimed out of his previous race for $80,000, gave former barrel racer Eric Foster the biggest win of his training career June 4.

Hip No.191, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, was sold to Craig and Caroline Bentley for $290,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age.

Jockey Luis Saez won 2-of-5 stakes on a special 10-race all state-bred card, celebrating the best of New York racing for the annual Big Apple Showcase Day on Monday at Belmont Park.

Gray’s Fable, who narrowly prevailed in the Opening Verse four weeks ago, tops a field of six that entered the Arlington Stakes (Grade 3)

America’s Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the spring/summer meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports.

The New York Racing Association will be offering a Cross Country Pick 5 from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs on Monday, Memorial Day.

The Williams College men’s basketball team is well represented on both sides of the NBA’s bruising Celtics-Heat Eastern Conference finals series, challenging one former head coach’s loyalties.