Double Cara
The trainer of the winner – and the second-place finisher for that matter – was nowhere to be found in the immediate minutes after Thursday’s $100,000 Saratoga Dew Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Tom Law
On the Hunt
Before he opened the meeting with a 2-for-2 record, trainer Jeremiah Englehart bore the ignominy of a perfect goose egg here at Saratoga Race Course, 0 wins in 59 starts. It was a blotch on Englehart’s otherwise successful resume that includes a victory in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and graded stakes victories with King Kreesa and Tamarind Hall.
No Denial
Nothing was going to keep Anthony McCarthy from getting his dress shoes dirty Wednesday afternoon.
Quick Turnaround
Jason Servis heard the words from one of the game’s legendary trainers in his head as he talked about getting Tightend Touchdown ready for today’s $100,000 Troy Stakes at Saratoga.
NY-bred sale maintains momentum
Six-figure yearlings were prevalent Sunday night as the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale came to a close with increases in average price and median and a slight decrease in total sales.
Monday’s Special selections
Sales week is in the books and The Saratoga Special returns to its regular publishing schedule this week, forcing our handicappers into cyberspace for Monday’s nine-race card at Saratoga Race Course.
Gains mark NY-bred sale opener
The scene Saturday night for the opening of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale was not quite the same as it was for the sale of selected yearlings Monday and Tuesday.
Upset Special
Tim O’Donohue didn’t like the direction his day was headed after watching a race on his smartphone in the Saratoga Race Course paddock Friday before the $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes.
Breeding Watch: Ring Kings
In a day and age when most Thoroughbreds are raised for the commercial market, seven-figure yearlings might as well count as Grade 1 winners on a stallion’s resume.
Big Man
The late Jess Jackson didn’t set out in the world of Thoroughbred racing – or anything in his hugely successful life for that matter – to do things on a small scale.
