David Grening

Jamie Ness hopes Repo Rocks can work out a trouble-free trip Saturday in the $100,000 Fire Plug, one of four stakes on the nine-race program.

Chelsea Durand/NYRA Running Away earned 20 points toward the Kentucky Oaks for her win in Saturday's Busanda at Aqueduct.

While the focus of his older male turf division centers on Integration and Battle of Normandy, trainer Shug McGaughey appears to have an up-and-comer in the division in Deuteronomy.

Around eight hours after she was crowned 2024 Horse of the Year, Thorpedo Anna had her first official workout Friday morning at Gulfstream Park as she continues preparations for her 2025 campaign.

When trainer Brian Lynch put Dashman on a van at 7:30 a.m. from the Palm Meadows training center to Gulfstream Park Saturday, he hadn’t been told officially that his horse had drawn in from the also-eligible list for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 William L. McKnight Stakes.

There was a time when Be Your Best couldn’t seem to win a race. Now, she doesn’t seem to lose.

Though Spirit of St Louis had won nine of his 13 career starts, eight of those victories had come in races restricted to New York-breds, and the ninth in a listed stakes. It was not quite the resume that Gulfstream Park racing officials were looking for to run in their Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.

Patience and persistence paid off for the connections of Spirit of St Louis, the 6-year-old New York-bred gelding who became a Grade 1 winner Saturday by prevailing in the $983,400 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational by a neck over Integration at Gulfstream Park.

Enjoying his best year at Tampa, trainer Kevin Rice will have a chance to add to his success when he sends out Carroll's Honor in a starter allowance/optional $32,500 claiming race for 3-year-old fillies on Wednesday.

A year after winning the Grade 3 Withers Stakes with Uncle Heavy, trainer Butch Reid will seek a second consecutive victory in the race for 3-year-olds on Saturday when he ships up the unbeaten Global Steve for the now-listed Withers.