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The Saturday Special – June 6

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June 5, 2020
Tom Law & Sean Clancy

Stakes galore Saturday while the country continues to reopen and – hopefully – starts to put the coronavirus pandemic in the rearview mirror.

Better Late

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June 4, 2020
Tom Law

Racing Wednesday, training Thursday. Such is the way of the world these days in New York, which continues to trudge through the gradual reopening of the state in the midst of the worldwide health crisis that  at times seems forgotten while protests over racial injustice and police brutality rage around the globe.

Smash Hit: Remembering Arrogate

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June 2, 2020
Tom Law

Juddmonte Farm’s Arrogate, who died Tuesday at the age of 7 Tuesday from an unknown illness, burst on the scene with a dominating performance in the 2016 Travers Stakes that still resonates to anyone blessed to witness the 13 1/2-length victory and track-record setting effort.

The Monday Special – June 1

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June 1, 2020
Melissa Bauer-Herzog

Fighting Mad helped Bob Baffert’s barn move away from a bad week Sunday when she won the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes just days after leading classics contender Nadal suffered a potentially career-ending injury.

Top sprinter Imperial Hint retired

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June 1, 2020
Joe Clancy

Imperial Hint, an Eclipse Award finalists for champion sprinter in 2017, 2018 and 2019, will retire from racing after wining 14 of 25 starts and earnings $2.2 million. The bay Florida-bred, trained by Louis Carvajal Jr. for Raymond Mamone, burst on to the national scene by winning the Grade 3 General George at Laurel in 2017 – the first graded score for the trainer and the horse.

More..

  1. The Saturday Special – May 30
  2. Saturday’s Special picks – May 30
  3. Belmont eyes return as virus toll eases in N.Y.
  4. The Monday Special – May 26
  5. The Special returns for holiday weekend
  6. Publishing dates set for The 2020 Special
  7. NYRA sets Belmont Stakes, spring/summer meet dates
  8. The Monday Special – May 18
  9. The Saturday Special – May 16
  10. Saturday’s Special picks – May 16

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