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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — At last year’s Saratoga Race Course meeting, then-apprentice jockey Jaime Torres was honored when he realized he was named to ride a second-time starter named Seize the Grey in a July maiden for legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.Torres piloted the son of Arrogate to an upset victory in […]

Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the arrival of Chess Chief, who will stand in Florida for a $5,000 fee.

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After a close battle with brother Irad Ortiz Jr. through the final days of the 40-day spring/summer meet at Belmont Park, jockey Jose Ortiz secured the leading riding title on Sunday at the Elmont, New York oval, finishing the meet one win ahead with 59 total victories.

Commissioner Dan, a 2-year-old colt by Commissioner, who began his career winning a Keeneland maiden special weight race on April 26 by 1¾ lengths, sold to Pedro Lanz, agent for King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Sons' KAS Stables, for $500,000 to top Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale.

Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which has cataloged several horses coming off victories earlier this month, will be held Sunday, April 30.

Stonestreet Stables’ Twilight Gleaming made an impression across multiple continents as a 2-year-old last year, culminating in a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2), and will make her Saratoga Race Course debut in Friday’s $150,000 Coronation Cup for sophomore fillies.

Covering plenty of ground in only two starts in one month’s time, Stonestreet Stables’ Chardy Party earned her first graded stakes triumph at first asking in Saturday’s $100,000 Soaring Softly (G3) over the Widener Turf Course at Belmont Park.

Trainer Christophe Clement will saddle a trio of formidable contenders in Saturday’s Grade 3 Soaring Softly

Dylan Davis reached 1,000 career victories with a stylish late-rallying finish aboard Heels Together in Race 5 on Friday at Belmont Park