James T. Ryerson

After finishing third in two straight stakes, Lenders Way will attempt to earn a breakthrough victory when she competes on Wednesday in Aqueduct Racetrack’s $65,000 East View for New York-bred 2-year-old fillies.   The one mile, 70-yard East View will be the first start beyond seven furlongs fo...Read More

Though the calendar officially says that winter begins on December 21 with the “shortest day of the year” it occurs 20 days before then with regards to racing in New York.  Wednesday is the first day of racing on Aqueduct’s inner track, the winterized oval that has been in use since 1976. The i...Read More

Lubash earned his first open stakes victory with a 35-1 upset in the $60,000 Fifth Marine for 3-year-olds on the turf on Friday at Belmont Park.   Entering today’s race off a 1 ¼-length triumph in the restricted New York Stallion Stakes Cab Calloway Division, Lubash quickly grabbed the lead and...Read More

James Ryerson, winning trainer of Lubash (No. 3): “He ran through the turns well and he sped off turning for home. It's so hard to run them down when they get away like that. [Seattle Mission] was trying to cut into him late, but he had enough to hold him off. I was a little concerned when the horse...Read More