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The connections of several graded stakes winners will keep an eye to the sky as the first of five “Party of the Park” Fridays is highlighted by a pair of $90,000 overnight stakes. First post is 3 p.m. Eastern, as it will be each Friday through the end ...

Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 6/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Greg Gangle's analysis of the Friday 6/14 card at Mohawk Racetrack.

The New York Racing Association intends to step up its marketing efforts surrounding the Belmont Stakes to draw more attention to the track in the week leading up to the third leg of the Triple Crown, NYRA’s chief marketing officer, Rodnell Workman, ...

Le Havre, winner of the 2009 French Derby and freshman sire, was represented by his first winner on Wednesday, when La Hoguette won a maiden race at Chantilly in France by 1 1/4 lengths.

No longer will the deeply loyal Dogwood fans of Aiken be satisfied by merely hitting the board in a classic, or making the lively pace. If the local reaction to the Belmont is any indication, nothing less than a grand triumph will ever be tolerated again.

In the featured sixth race Friday at Emerald Downs, a $10,000 claimer for fillies and mares at six furlongs, Touch of Elegance headlines an evenly matched field of nine, but there are wagering opportunities up and down the card.

Ronald Ardoin will join elite company on June 29 when the former jockey is inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

On June 1, trainer Reade Baker had four Canadian-bred 3-year-olds eligible for the Queen's Plate. His hopes are now down to the maiden Scipio, who runs Friday at Woodbine.

Ben Cecil was a young teenager when he accompanied his uncle, Henry, to Newbury Racecourse near London in the early 1980s. It turned out to be more than a day at the races. It was a life-changing outing.

Marquis Downs begins its 2013 meeting here Friday evening with an eight-race program that attracted a solid 74 horses.

Salsa Express shoots for her second-straight win, and there is a good chance she will get it when she runs in a first-level optional $35,000 claiming race for fillies and mares at Northlands Park on Friday.

The aptly named Power Phil will prep for the $1 million Queen’s Plate against older, Ontario-sired allowance opposition Friday at Woodbine. The 1 1/8-mile race is the first of nine races on the card.

Trainer Graham Motion has two options in Friday’s feature at Monmouth Park, one for either surface.

Trainer Dallas Stewart said Wednesday that the July 13 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs is the likely next start for Golden Soul, the Kentucky Derby runner-up who finished ninth, beaten nearly 11 lengths, in the Belmont Stakes last Saturday.

OwnerView, an industry-sponsored website aimed at attracting and educating new and prospective Thoroughbred owners has expanded to include sections on veterinary care and racetracks.

Friday at Betfair Hollywood Park, Paynter makes his first start since winning the 2012 Haskell in a $62,000 allowance race over seven furlongs.

Six older horses are entered in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap, the Grade 1 race that has become the signature leadoff event for the post-Triple Crown half of the racing season in North America.

Three of the four top contenders in the Stephen Foster Handicap bring forth essentially the same running style – on or near the lead – and how it all plays out is a matter of keen interest to Pat Byrne, the trainer of Take Charge Indy, one of that trio.