Edited Press Release Chestertown (Tapit) was named the recipient of the Down Broadway Award as New York's Retired Racehorse of the Year on New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day Friday afternoon at Saratoga. The award is named in honor of the first horse to retire through the popular TAKE THE LEAD program back in 2013. The

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YO FANCY (f, 3, Yaupon–Clarendon Fancy, by Malibu Moon) debuted June 13 at Churchill Downs, and employed similar tactics to what she used here–settling far off the pace and making a huge run late to claim second behind a long gone winner. This time there would be no denying her. Sent off as the slimmest

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — As he watched a set of horses exit his barn on the Saratoga backstretch, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse got to thinking. “How lucky was I to have Nitrogen be champion 3-year-old filly last year?” Casse said. “Would it be impossible to think we could have it two years in

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She'd been the runner-up twice against elite-level company in her last two starts, but Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law) did as she always does late, and valiantly ran down Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) in the final strides to win the GII Shuvee Stakes at the Spa. It is an established fact that no one was going

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The leader of the 3-year-old filly division will emerge from Saturday's GI Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. After beginning her career with three straight wins led by a powerful, come-from-behind victory in the GI Kentucky Oaks, 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Always a Runner (Gun Runner) looks to get back on track following

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