The 34th running of the GII Amsterdam Stakes was nothing short of a thriller as Local Knowledge (Yaupon–Chestnut Street, by Scat Daddy) refused to lose Friday afternoon, and the race also marked the 800th graded win for Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. A $625,000 OBS April purchase from a year ago, Local Knowledge was

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — It's simple, really. When asked to give an assessment of his 3-year-old colt Commandment (Into Mischief), his trainer Brad Cox didn't need a lot of words. “He tries hard, he is very honest,” Cox said after watching horses train on the Oklahoma Training Track. There you have it. Commandment, owned by

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Belmont Park's two new turf courses are next in line to be phased in for training by mid-August, following the training that started on the Tapeta track June 29 and the main dirt track July 1. Glen Kozak, the New York Racing Association (NYRA)'s senior vice president of operations and capital projects, gave a racing

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It was around 5:20 a.m. one Sunday morning on the Saratoga backstretch and 17-year-old Will Walden was nursing a hangover after an ill-advised night on the town. The young man was doing his best to hotwalk his first horse of the day for Bill Mott. Walden took the job that summer

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Edited Press Release In a press release shared July 31, the office of the Governor of the State of Maryland revealed that it has completed its acquisition of the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights to the Preakness Stakes and Black Eyed Susan from 1/ST Racing. Governor Wes Moore notified the racing entity June 18 that the

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