Rice Sends 16 Runners to Fall Starter Championships
The stable has horses in 10 of the 11 races on Belmont Park’s October 17 card, with Rice leading all NYRA trainers in 2026.
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Options Open For Max Player After Strong Belmont Showing
George E. Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbred’s Max Player rallied from second-last in the 10-horse field to finish third in Saturday’s Grade 1 Belmont…
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Not Even A Pandemic Can Push Rice Off Course
Linda Rice is as meticulous as they come in preparing her horses. The conditioner knows every detail about each and every horse in her care and maps…
Read story: Not Even A Pandemic Can Push Rice Off CourseMax Player Has Shorter Route to Belmont Stakes Victory
In the days following Max Player’s victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct, while many were starting to talk Kentucky Derby…
Read story: Max Player Has Shorter Route to Belmont Stakes VictoryRice Aims For Historic Belmont Win With Max Player
When Linda Rice was 17 and she told her father, Clyde, of her ambition to follow in his footsteps by becoming a trainer, his reply said much about…
Read story: Rice Aims For Historic Belmont Win With Max PlayerMax Player On Top of His Game In Final Work For Belmont Stakes
If Max Player improves as much in the afternoon as he has in the morning, he just might have a chance to pull an upset in next Saturday’s $1 million…
Read story: Max Player On Top of His Game In Final Work For Belmont StakesRice Wins Second Straight Aqueduct Winter Meet Title
Trainer Linda Rice notched 40 wins for her second consecutive winter meet crown, while jockey Manny Franco posted 64 victories to win his third…
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Rice Scores Milestone 2000th Victory
Trainer Linda Rice secured her 2,000th career win when Alpha Delta Stables homebred Scilly Cay rolled to victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Rego Park at…
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Nicodemus Wins the GIII Westchester S.
Nicodemus got up just in time to deny front-running Stan the Man and earn his black-type badge in the GIII Westchester S. at Belmont on Kentucky…
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Rice Earns Aqueduct Winter Meet Training Title
Trainer Linda Rice (45 wins) won her first NYRA meet title since 2017, jockey Manny Franco paced all riders with 98 victories and Michael Dubb led…
Read story: Rice Earns Aqueduct Winter Meet Training TitleVoodoo Song puts Four-Race Win Streak on the line in Commonwealth Derby
Voodoo Song and jockey Jose Lezcano capture the Saranac Stakes (G3) at Saratoga on Saturday, September 2, 2017 (c) NYRA/Chelsea Durand/Adam…
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Voodoo Song Joins Elite Company With Grade 3 Saranac Win
Barry and Sheryl Schwartz’ 3-year-old homebred Voodoo Song joined some pretty rarified company at Saratoga Racetrack on Woodward Day.
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