Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU 1st Self Love Mb Stables *2.25-1 (HRP) 7-2 (SRF) As predicted, Self Love stalked the speed throughout the race into the stretch taking… Read More ›
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Blueberry Powers Home in NY Turf Sprint
NY Turf Sprint Championship $200.000 6 Furlongs TurfThree Year Olds and Upward Foaled in NYAqueduct October 25, 2025 With a $200.000 purse on the line, six NY bred horses lined up for the NY Turf Sprint Championship. When the dust… Read More ›
Hat Trick Time for Never Hold Back in The Empire Classic
-The Empire ClassicPurse $250,000 (3+ Foaled In NY)South Ozone Park, NY A hat trick is a tough enough accomplishment in ice hockey, but it does happen when a single player is in the zone during one game. In horse racing,… Read More ›
Boardwalk Authority Shows Authority in The Empire Distaff
-The Empire DistaffPurse $250,000 (Fillies and Mares 3+ Foaled In NY)South Ozone Park, NY Boardwalk Authority proved too tough late and held sway from the eighth pole home under strong urging by Jockey RM Hernandez to take the Empire Distaff… Read More ›
Full Field of Juveniles Look to KYD in Street Sense at AQU
Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU I’m not going to go on too much about the history of the development of Street Sense. It reads almost identical to Rags to Riches…. Read More ›
Young Lasses Look for Rags to Riches at AQU
Rags to Riches [KYO]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Old Fillies At AQU Rags to Riches was first run in 2014 as a $60.000 1-mile event. Purse value gradually until in 2019 it reached $120.000, then the following year… Read More ›
Barewolf Serves Notice in Ticonderoga
The Ticonderoga$200.000 1 1/16 Miles InTurfFillies and Mares Three Years Old and Upward Foaled in NYAqueduct October 25, 2025 The Ticonderoga drew a small field of five and turning for home there were four horses across the track fighting it… Read More ›
Bear Head Shows His Good Side In The Station
Bear Head was very impressive with the way he won the Secretariat in August, and he certainly seemed destined to finish better than tenth in his next two starts. There were excuses for each of those runs, and close to three months later, Bear Head reminded us all of the Secretariat.
Diametric Goes Wire To Wire In The Fayette
Despite being in a barn which is not shy about running horses in stakes, Diametric had spent most of his career running in overnights, and consistent hitting the board in them. In August, Diametric finally got his chance to step up in a high paying ungraded race in 2025, and would run second in the $200.000 Jones Stakes.
Hero Sweep Gets It Right in The Mohawk
The Mohawk1 1/16 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up Foaled In NY. 1st Hero Sweep Night Rider Stables Dettori L It all fell into place beautifully for this much improved five-year-old as the fast… Read More ›