Ryan Martin
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NYRA: Reeves strives to cap strong Saratoga meet with City Man in G3 Bernard Baruch
Owner Dean Reeves is looking to end the Saratoga Race Course meet the same way he started it: with a Grade 3 victory with multiple stakes-winner City Man. This time, the talented New York-bred son … → Read More
NYRA: Proven Strategies to make a bid for $150K Lucky Coin
West Point Thoroughbreds’ ultra-consistent Voodoo Zip will look to register his first stakes score in Friday’s $150,000 Lucky Coin, a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older horses, at Saratoga … → Read More
NYRA: Golden Pal seeks more Saratoga success in G3 Troy
Sensational turf sprinter Golden Pal will attempt a stakes victory at Saratoga Race Course for the third straight year in Friday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Troy for 4-year-olds and upward sprinting 5 1/2 … → Read More
NYRA: Art Collector goes for back-to-back $135K Alydar wins
Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector takes on three other graded stakes winners in Thursday’s $135,000 Alydar, a nine-furlong test for older horses who have not won a stakes other than state-bred in 2022… → Read More
NYRA: Epicenter punches his Travers ticket with ground-saving victory in G2 Jim Dandy
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter arrived at the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga Race Course with vengeance following a frustrating run on the Triple Crown trail, finishing a close second a… → Read More
NYRA: L’Imperator headlines wide open G2 Bernard Baruch
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown was highly impressed with a comeback allowance optional claiming victory from L’Imperator, so much so that he will step the four-time winner up in… → Read More
NYRA: Essential Quality beats Midnight Bourbon by a neck in thrilling fashion in G1 Runhappy Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality earned the title of top juvenile last year and continued to bolster his bid to be named top 3-year-old male with another impressive sco… → Read More
Big Q seeks second stakes win in $500K NYSSS Fifth Avenue
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - DutchessViews Farm's Big Q was full of answers in winning her first stakes race last out. She'll try to mirror that effort in Sunday's $500,000 New → Read More
Talented juveniles chase Derby dreams in G2 Remsen
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - A field of nine juveniles will hope to garner qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in the 106th edition of Saturday's Grade 2, → Read More
Fire Key seeks sixth stakes victory in $125K Autumn Days
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Saturday's Cigar Mile Day will be bolstered with the rescheduled $125,000 Autumn Days for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at Aqueduct Racetrack. Originally scheduled for → Read More
Red Knight prevails in $100K Point of Entry
ELMONT, N.Y. - Trinity Farm's homebred Red Knight sat well off the front end, made an aggressive move halfway through the race and was able to get the job done → Read More
New and Improved goes from last to first in G2 Sands Point
ELMONT, N.Y. - New and Improved overcame a slow start and moderate pace to capture Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Sands Point over the inner turf course at Belmont Park. → Read More
Midnight Bisou keeps undefeated 4-year-old season intact in G2 Beldame
ELMONT, N.Y. - Midnight Bisou continued to build on a sensational 4-year-old campaign when drawing away from Wow Cat in the final furlong to win Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Beldame → Read More
Code of Honor, Tacitus face elders in G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup
ELMONT, N.Y. - Grade 1 Runhappy Travers winner Code of Honor will look for a second Grade 1 score when he takes on older horses in Saturday's 101st running of → Read More
Edisa prevails in inaugural Jockey Club Oaks
ELMONT, N.Y. - In her first career start outside of France, Edisa backed up her favoritism, coming off a slow pace to make a winning bid down the stretch to → Read More
Mitole back to Grade 1 winning form in stakes record Forego
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - William and Corrine Heiligbrodt's Mitole dueled up front with Grade 1-winner Promises Fulfilled and successfully shook away from his rival to net his third career Grade → Read More