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New York Showcase Day

New York-bred Showcase Day: “It’s a family.”

After the first stakes race at Belmont Park on Monday, owner Michael Dubb reflected on winning the Mount Vernon with a New York-bred mare out of a New York-based stallion. “I go to the New York-bred dinner every April, and there’s a real camaraderie,” he said. “It’s a family.” As it does each spring, Belmont…

May 30, 2018 in Belmont spring 2018, New York Showcase Day.

Saturday Question: Ben’s Cat or Kharafa?

I went to Aqueduct for the first time on January 29, 2005. That was the first year that I followed horse racing year-round, and after nearly seven years in Brooklyn, I had yet to visit the only extant track in New York City. I was drawn to the Big A that freezing day not by…

October 20, 2016 in Maryland Million, New York Showcase Day.

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