📣 We are excited to announce the expansion of our Saratoga Breakfast & Breeding Farm tour program, now featuring 3 farms: Old Tavern, Song Hill Thoroughbreds, & our newest addition, Sugar Plum Farm!

Read the full story below & secure your tickets today!
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“By day’s end on Friday, Mr. Trump appeared haggard and rumpled, his gait off-center, his eyes blank.” Read @maggienyt ⁦on the trial’s debilitating toll on a man accustomed to being in charge. ⁩ via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/21/us/…

NYRA Notes:
* Carson’s Run set for Woodhaven
* Deterministic works at BEL but skips #KyDerby
* Blazing Sevens earns 97BSF - Met Mile next?
* Thin White Duke to Elusive Quality; Fingal’s Cave to G2 Ruffian
* Nutella Fella to Woody Stephens
* stakes probs
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Juan Soto just slipped on an Artemi Panarin Rangers jersey and exited the clubhouse. Back to MSG!

A comprehensive look at the future of Belmont Park here from Robert Pozarycki™ 🟦 for amNewYork™.

“The 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will offer purse levels commensurate with the stature and importance of this historic event,” said Andrew Offerman.

Former Cuomo advisor on NY's 51% tax rate: 'It was not an argument about whether 51% was feasible. It was an argument about whether these guys got a jet ski or a boat for Christmas.' Jim Gazzale legalsportsreport.com/174196/lsr-qa-…

The Village of Islandia plans to eliminate property taxes once the Jake’s 58 casino expansion is complete, saving village residents hundreds of dollars per year, Mayor Allan Dorman said.
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A very recent overhead shot of Belmont Park ⁦NYRA (🗽)⁩. The crushed stone oval is the outline of the 1-mile Tapeta, which will be inside of both turf courses. The pedestrian tunnel connecting frontside to the infield also shown pretty clearly here.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) mourns the passing of its longtime racing official John Hennegan, who passed away Thursday, April 11th after a battle with glioblastoma - a form of brain cancer. He died nine days shy of his 85th birthday.
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NYRA Notes:
* NY-bred The Wine Steward returns in G3 Lexington
* Atras seeks graded scores on #KyDerby weekend with Neat, Way to Be Marie
* Our Shot pointing to G2 Turf Sprint
* Tidal Forces to $150K Danger’s Hour
* U20s update
* Week 3 stakes probs
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The process of rebuilding and redesigning a right-sized facility NYRA (🗽)'s #BelmontPark is operating on all cylinders. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4cPvzpP Bob Ehalt

These organizations deliver human services and provide direct assistance to individuals experiencing food insecurity, financial hardship, homelessness and mental and physical disability.

NYRA (🗽) hopes this donation will be used to raise $ and awareness of their missions.

Pimlico Race Course redevelopment bill did make it out of committee so it will go to a full Senate vote on this last day of the General Assembly session. Senators clearly not thrilled at rush to the finish on this complicated legislation.

This guy stole and destroyed Yogi’s World Series rings, a Belmont Stakes trophy from 1903 and much more. But 60 Minutes treats the whole episode as a haha oddity.

Deposition fell in the stretch run of the G2 Wood Memorial NYRA (🗽) #Aqueduct and unseated Dexter Haddock.
Per Dr. Hinchliffe, NYRA Dir. of Vets, Deposition stood up under his own power and walked onto the ambulance. He will be taken back to the barn area for further eval.

Reminder that GA ticket prices increase at 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧!

Live racing today at Aqueduct NYRA (🗽) will proceed as scheduled. First post is 1:20 p.m.

A few images here from the demo work at Belmont Park NYRA (🗽) that began earlier this morning. No impact or earthquake damage reported at Belmont or Aqueduct.

Additional info linked to below.

Today, we hosted a group of students from Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall High School at Aqueduct. They had a great experience learning about careers in horse racing, engaging with officials & veterinarians, and witnessing the excitement of the first race from the winners' circle.