Ria Antonia starts 2014 campaign
Ria Antonia gave her connections a workable and usable gauge to determine just how well she was doing in the days leading up to last year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park.
Tom Law
The Saratoga Special staff teams with NYTB
ST Publishing, publishers of the daily newspaper The Saratoga Special, will team with the New York Thoroughbred Breeders to produce a commemorative program for the organization’s Annual Awards Banquet.
Monday Morning Trainer: The great dig
The Northeast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic is close to being done digging out from last week’s monster snowstorm, warmer breezes are back in South Florida and Southern California and just about everyone is thinking about spring.
Saturday Special: February 15
Take a deep breath. Now that the snow is cleared from the driveway and sidewalk it’s time to breathe. Valentine’s Day is in the books, too, and we’re more than halfway through the second month of 2014.
Osman takes different path to winner’s circle
Every once in a while you come across a person that inspires you to go for something regardless of the circumstances. Racing is filled with such characters and motivators who work in sub-zero conditions, risk their lives on the backs of 1,000-pound animals and put their life’s savings on the line for a trip to the winner’s circle, a 2-minute rush that can last a lifetime.
Monday Morning Trainer: Glitches, no glitches
The Jockey Club Tour on FOX made its debut late Sunday afternoon with a few understandable glitches and awkward moments easily forgivable considering it was just that, a debut broadcast for the fledgling FOX Sports 1 network that seems clumsy even with its regular programming.
Here & There: February 7
Snow, snow and more snow got everyone, including the folks at the New York Racing Association, thinking about springtime, warmer weather and all that anti-winter stuff as we settled into the first week of February and the post-Super Bowl season.
Saturday Special: February 8
Big Saturday. They all seem like big Saturdays of late and this weekend we spill over into Sunday with Gulfstream Park’s decision to move the rich Donn Handicap and its supporting card to Sunday to accommodate the debut of televised racing series on FOX Sports 1.
Gracer returns to New York
Gracer wasn’t part of a contingent of horses trained by Tony Dutrow sent south to Florida from Fair Hill for the winter for one simple reason.
Let it snow
The forecasters, weather scrolls and snow emergency alerts are out in force and the guess is grocery stores will do booming business from folks stocking up on milk, eggs, canned goods and all the like this evening.
