Tomcito Using Peter Pan as Springboard for Belmont Stakes Thursday, May 8, 2008
By Jenny Kellner

Tomcito
 When buyers at Keeneland’s September 2006 yearling sale looked at Tomcito, all they saw was an awkward, barrel-chested colt who, frankly, walked like a duck. When trainer Dante Zanelli Jr. looked at the son of Street Cry, he saw something more ... more
NYRA, Mid-Atlantic Sign Simulcasting Agreement
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Contact: John Lee

New York Racing Association simulcasts will return to 16 East Coast tracks, thanks to an agreement signed today between the NYRA and the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative ... more
Numbers Up at Recently Concluded Aqueduct Meet
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Contact: John Lee

Countering national industry trends, the recently concluded 2008 winter and spring Aqueduct seasons saw significant growth in attendance, handle, and purses ... more
"Big" Not Big Enough to Describe Belmont Stakes Prize Package
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Contact: Dan Silver

One trait that separates Belmont Park from the rest of the world’s great racetracks is its size. And it is no coincidence that North America’s biggest racetrack hosts the oldest and longest leg of the Triple Crown, the $1 million, 1 ½-mile Belmont Stakes ... more
Belmont Park Notes
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By NYRA Press Office

Casino Drive
 Following the mid-morning break to groom Belmont Park’s main track Wednesday, Japanese invaders Casino Drive, Spark Candle and Champagne Squall put in their first serious works since arriving here on April 30 ... more
Giant Moon Heading For The Preakness
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
By Jenny Kellner

Giant Moon
 A whole new cast of contenders will be facing Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown on May 17 in the Preakness Stakes, among them New York-bred Giant Moon, who took the Count Fleet Stakes at the Big A in January ... more
Northern Netti Stays Unbeaten With Bouwerie Score
Sunday, May 4, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Northern Netti
 Entering Sunday’s 31st running of the $109,300 Bouwerie for three-year-old New York-bred fillies at seven furlongs, Dance Gal Dance was a formidable adversary. She had won all four of her career starts for trainer Tim Ritvo and was understandably the 3-2 post-time favorite of the Belmont Park crowd of 4,576 ... more
Belmont Park Notes
Saturday, May 3, 2008
By NYRA Press Office

Casino Drive
 After a 12-hour trans-Pacific journey, including a one-hour lay-over in Anchorage, Alaska, and a brief stint at Aqueduct to clear quarantine, Casino Drive, Champagne Squall (IRE), and Spark Candle have at last begun to settle into Barn 17 at Belmont Park ... more
Zaftig Gets Dream Trip to Tally First Stakes Victory
Saturday, May 3, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Zaftig
 In a case where the race could not have set up any better, Susan Moore’s and M and M Thoroughbred’s Zaftig took full advantage and overtook favored Carolyn’s Cat in the lane en route to a 5 ¼- length victory Saturday afternoon 13th running of the Grade 2, $ Nassau County for three-year-old fillies at seven furlongs ... more
Hall of Famer Frank Whiteley Jr. Dies at 93
Friday, May 2, 2008
By NYRA Press Office

Frank Whiteley Jr.
 Hall of Fame trainer Frank Yewell Whiteley Jr., the hard-nosed “Fox of Laurel” and conditioner of Thoroughbreds superstars Ruffian and Forego, died today in Camden, S.C. at the age of 93 ... more