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Crown Point Seeks Coronation in Big M Opener

Crown Point, runner-up in last year's Pegasus (gr. III), will return to the Meadowlands for the $150,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes (gr. IIIT) on Friday, opening night of the 2006 Thoroughbred meet.

 Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Retired NYRA Chairman Allan R. Dragone Dead

Allan R. Dragone, former chairman of the New York Racing Association, died Aug. 20 after a lengthy illness.

 Monday, August 21, 2006

Fishy Advice Has Answer in Caesar Rodney

Fishy Advice dictated the pace under Mario Pino and held his rivals safe through the stretch for a 3 1/4-length win in the $201,500 Caesar Rodney Stakes on a good Delaware Park turf.

 Sunday, July 16, 2006

NYRA Makes Security Barn Adjustments

The New York Racing Association is "100 percent committed" to race day security barns, but has taken immediate action to address concerns expressed by horsemen at Saratoga Race Course, NYRA president Charles E. Hayward said July 29.

 Friday, July 29, 2005

Accurate Wins on N.Y. Stallions Stakes Day

Puglisi Stables' Accurate benefited from a taxing speed duel to tally a come-from-behind neck victory in Sunday's $125,000 Great White Way Division for 2-year-olds colts and gelding, one of four stakes races on the New York Stallion Stakes schedule at Aqueduct.

 Sunday, November 07, 2004

Injured Sharp Performance Recuperating

The racing career of William Bloom's Sharp Performance, who suffered severe soft tissue damage to both front legs in Saturday's Fort Marcy (gr. IIIT) at Aqueduct, is over. The four-year-old son of Kris S. is stabilized and resting in Donk's Belmont Park barn.

 Monday, April 29, 2002

Sharp Performance Suffers Career-Ending Injury in Fort Marcy

William Bloom. John T Behrendt, and Charles K. Marquis' two-time graded stakes winner Sharp Performance suffered career-ending injuries to both his front legs in Saturday's Fort Marcy Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Aqueduct.

 Sunday, April 28, 2002

Sharp Performance Wins Lexington in Stakes Debut

Sharp Performance, rising to the stakes ranks after winning an allowance and maiden race in consecutive starts, scored a one-length victory Sunday in the $150,000 Lexington Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, July 15, 2001

Ruff Earns Miss Grillo Win

Robert Spiegel's homebred Ruff rallied from the back of the field of eight 2-year-old fillies to win the $111,300 Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. IIIT) by three lengths Sunday at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, October 22, 2000