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Excellent Timing Takes New York-Breds By Storm In Damon Runyon Sponsored by: Excellent Timing and Manny Franco win the Damon Runyon Excellent Timing made his first start for new connections a winning one with a geared-down 6 3/4-length front-running win in Sunday's $100,000 Damon Runyon, a seven-furlong sprint for New York-bred sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. The Not This Time colt was purchased privately by Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables and Michael Dubb following a second-out maiden win for conditioner Charlton Baker in December at the Big A and transferred t...

Past The Wire Search February 18, 2021 There was some chatter on Twitter last week about Orb, the ten-year-old son of established sire Malibu Moon, heading to Uruguay, South America, to stand for the 2021 Summer season. While this has not been confirmed and a call to Claiborne Farm received a response of “we have no comment or information at this time,” there was one compelling Tweet. Hector Garcia, Communicator #MundoTurf on La Tele, Sport 890 and Ovación Tweeted: “The agreement was signed on the date for the arrival of the stallion Orb to Uruguay in a joint effort of ...

Las Vegas There was a time not so long ago when the National Horseplayers Championship was an immovable fixture the week before the Super Bowl. “In hindsight I’m happy it wasn’t held this past weekend,” said Keith Chamblin, chief operating officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. “We may have had some cancellations because of the storm in the northeast.” Weather is the least of the NTRA’s challenges in staging the nation’s biggest tournament for racehorse handicappers. Moved three years ago to the week after the Super Bowl, it was supposed to happen this month ...

Expert Pick of the Week: Withers Stakes Feb 4, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com A strong field of nine sophomores will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Aqueduct dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers S. (G3). The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby event will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 10-4-2-1 basis toward the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 1. The Chad Brown-trained Risk Taking graduated in style at the distance in his first attempt since adding blinkers, and the bay colt could be poised for a big campaign in 2021. The Kentucky-bred son of Medaglia d’Oro...

Capo Kane tops nine in Withers Feb 3, 2021 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com Jerome S. winner Capo Kane will seek his second consecutive Kentucky Derby qualifier when he lines up against eight challengers in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile Withers will award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. By 2007 Kentucky Derby hero Street Sense, Capo Kane posted a 6 1/4-length, wire-to-wire victory in the one-mile Jerome at Aqueduct on New Year’s Day. The California-bred colt will stretch back out to two turns, breaking his...