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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73 stories matching “Saratoga”
Rice Wraps Career-Best Saratoga Meet With 40 Wins
After a 4-for-45 start, the barn finished with 40 wins, the most of Rice’s career at the Spa and two behind champion Chad Brown.
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Scramjet Takes the Funny Cide as Rice’s Juveniles Close Out Saratoga
Two 2-year-olds, two wins on closing day: Scramjet in the $200,000 Funny Cide and first-time starter Dargham in a maiden special weight.
Read story: Scramjet Takes the Funny Cide as Rice’s Juveniles Close Out SaratogaVelora Much the Best in the $200,000 Seeking the Ante
The $300,000 juvenile purchase won her stakes debut by 2¼ lengths as the 3-5 favorite at Saratoga.
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Five Winners on One Card Ties the Saratoga Record
Rice won five of the six races she entered on August 15, matching the most wins by a trainer on a single Saratoga card.
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Linda Rice Becomes the Winningest Female Trainer in Thoroughbred History
With Treaty Obligation's victory at Aqueduct on October 19, 2024, Linda Rice earned career win No. 2,511 — the most ever by a female Thoroughbred…
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A Banner 2023: Leading NYRA Trainer and a Saratoga Title
Linda Rice finished 2023 as NYRA's leading trainer, shared the Saratoga training title and topped $10 million in purse earnings for the first time.
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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…
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Rice Earns Seventh NY-Bred Trainer Title
Trainer Linda Rice checked all the boxes in 2019: Leading trainer (by earnings) in all New York-bred races – $4,234,018. Leading trainer (wins) at…
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