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Tom Law 
The biggest day of the year for New York-breds arrives Saturday with the Empire Showcase at Belmont Park and the crew from The Saratoga Special is proud to roll out a special edition of The Showcase Special for the occasion. (Originally published for the New York Thoroughbred Breeders.) Wow, that’s a lot of special but … Read more
Hey, we’re back! Sincere apologies for missing the last few Saturdays over several weeks since closing the book on the 2020 Saratoga meet and our largely work-from-home publishing schedule with The Saratoga Special.
It’s easy to remember Rachel Alexandra’s manhandling of the 2009 Woodward Stakes field at Saratoga Race Course – “She is indeed Rachel Alexandra the Great,” saith Mr. Durkin – but odds are you don’t have the same recall of the winner of the sixth race on the Monday of Travers Week in 2015.
Champion jockey Kieran Norris admits he’d contemplated retirement the past few years – starting when he broke his neck at the Radnor Hunt Races in 2017.
Well, we’re back. Again. Yes, another big day of racing and another Bankroll Challenge with the quartet of handicappers from The Saratoga Special.
All stakes, all day. That’s the flavor – along with crab cakes, Black-Eyed Susans and maybe a Duckpin or two from Union Craft Brewing for those at home – for Saturday’s Preakness Day card at Pimlico Race Course.
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic looks to add a second American classic when he headlines Saturday’s 145th edition of the Preakness Stakes.
The 2020 Saratoga Race Course meeting has come to an end, and with that we’re bringing you one last Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour update to recap graduates that won over Closing weekend near and far.
When Fasig-Tipton Co. decided to cancel its summer Saratoga yearling sales, officials from the auction house knew it would be important to reschedule them for New York owners and breeders.
How about this for a Closing Day card? Monday’s 14-race extravaganza at Saratoga Race Course closes the 2020 Covid-19 meeting and features a little bit of everything.
