Voting opens on NYRA 'Race of the Year'

Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct on April 3 was a standout among

three-year-old performances in 2010. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by

John Velazquez, the chestnut stormed to the lead on the turn and pulled

clear to a 9 3/4-length win over Jackson Bend, covering the 1 1/8 miles in

1:49.97 in a gallop.

in the country with her hard-fought win over Shared Account and two-time

winner Forever Together in the Diana S. (G1) at Saratoga. The five-year-old

mare, a Juddmonte Farms homebred who is trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott,

prevailed by a head in a blanket finish under Mike Smith for her third

consecutive Grade 1 win.

and win the Whitney H. (G1) at Saratoga by a head in a thrilling finish. It

was the fifth straight win for Blame, who became the first horse to gain an

automatic berth in a race he would eventually win -- the Breeders' Cup

Classic (G1) on November 6 at Churchill Downs.

last to first as she edged a game Havre de Grace in the 130th running of the

Alabama S. (G1) at Saratoga. The victory, her fifth career Grade 1,

established the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained miss atop the three-year-old

filly division as favored Devil May Care finished fourth.

dramatic finishes in the 141-year history of the Travers S. (G1), as the 6-1

shot matched strides with Fly Down through the stretch before prevailing by

a diminishing nose on the wire. So close was the photo finish that it took

five minutes before the race was made official, giving trainer Jimmy Jerkens

his first victory in the "Mid-Summer Derby" and jockey Javier Castellano,

who had won in 2006 with Bernardini, his second.