Tom Law 
It’s all down to this now – the final Friday, of the final week, of the final weekend of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting. Another 10-race card awaits as the start of Labor Day weekend begins. The Grade 3 Saranac for 3-year-olds on the turf headlines the day, with seven entered for the 1 … Read more
The final week of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls on Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 3 With Anticipation Stakes for 2-year-olds on the grass. A field of eight entered the 1 1/16-mile With Anticipation, named for the five-time Grade 1 winner and $2,660,543-earner who was trained by the late … Read more
New York-breds take center stage Sunday with the annual Saratoga Showcase Day program at Saratoga Race Course. The six-stakes card puts a cap on Travers Week and the seventh week of the Saratoga meet. The entry box overflowed in some races, and came up a little light in others. Either way it’s a day to … Read more
Travers Day is almost here, but first a 10-race card topped by a stellar edition of the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes Friday at Saratoga Race Course. Nest, Clairiere and Secret Oath headline the 9-furlong Personal Ensign, which also attracted Delaware Handicap winner Idiomatic. The $500,000 stakes for fillies mares goes as the ninth race … Read more
Week 7 rolls on – and inches closer to Travers Day – with a 10-race card Thursday topped by the Grade 2 Ballston Spa Stakes for fillies and mares on the grass. The $300,000 Ballston Spa looks like another showcase for trainer Chad Brown’s deep base of distaff grass runners, with Technical Analysis, Consumer Spending, … Read more
Week 6 and Alabama Weekend come to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the $150,000 Bolton Landing Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on the grass. The 5 1/2-furlong Bolton Landing drew a field of six and goes early on the card, as the fourth race with a post time of 2:52 p.m. so … Read more
By Patrick Kerrison Sometimes, as a boy who idolizes his father, we follow them everywhere they’ll let us, mimicking what they do and how they do it, getting underfoot and wanting to be them. That was me. I would follow my dad everywhere around the track. I thought every racing person he introduced me to … Read more
The weekend arrives and another loaded 10-race card at Saratoga Race Course to set the stage for a big Saturday featuring the Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. The $150,000 Skidmore Stakes going 5 ½ furlongs on the turf highlights Friday’s card, as the eighth race at 4:58 p.m. An overflow field was entered, relegating a … Read more
Week 6 of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls and a 10-race card featuring the Rick Violette Stakes and the third annual New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day await horseplayers and fans Thursday. The Rick Violette, named for the trailblazing horsemen’s advocate, aftercare innovator and outstanding trainer, goes as the ninth at 5:46 p.m. A … Read more
Week 5 of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the $150,000 Mahoney for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass. With five weeks in the books that only leaves three to go but some serious steam up ahead with the Alabama Stakes Aug. 19, Travers Stakes … Read more
