Three jobs, one great summer
“Hey, that’s the paper delivery girl.”
Indeed I did deliver papers Wednesday through Sunday. From the Saratoga Morning Line kitchen to the Oklahoma annex, I covered a lot of ground from 5:30 to 7 a.m.
Tom Law
Closing-day picks from The Special
One day to go for the 2013 Saratoga meet and after 400 races two handicappers from The Saratoga Special are separated by a single victory in their battle for top honors.
In And Out
Bret Calhoun and Steve Asmussen, trainers of the dead-heat winners of the Schuylerville Stakes, had to feel like they at least held some kind of edge with a pair of fillies as battle tested as they could be heading into today’s $300,000 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga.
Bittersweet Score
Junior Alvarado got a push, a little extra help as he guided Strapping Groom to victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Forego Stakes at Saratoga.
Travers outcome under review
The New York State Gaming Commission is investigating last weekend’s Travers Stakes, won by Will Take Charge after the trainer of the runner-up filed a complaint alleging the use of an electronic device by the jockey of the winner to alter the outcome of the race.
The Deep End
Behind one door is another date with Horse of the Year Wise Dan on the grass. Behind another other door is a bit more of an unknown in a one-turn sprint on dirt against Grade 1 company. Sometimes it just makes more sense to jump in the water without seeing the bottom.
Big Appetite
John Charalambous stepped out of the spare stall next to So Long George in Saratoga’s stakes barn, plastic baggy in hand.
Midnight Watch bounces back
There’s plenty more to the Maktoum family’s Greentree Training Center than a quiet setting, immaculate barns, a private training track and a spectacular view of mountains off in the distance.
Midnight Watch could be tough to catch in Riskaverse
Darley’s Midnight Watch knows one way and one way only when she hits the turf course: Go to the front and go to the front fast.
11-Day Wonder
Jeff Weiss keeps it pretty simple with his goals for, and especially for the name of, his small breeding and racing operation Rosedown Racing Stables.
