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Jim Dandy Day at Saratoga Race Course, with a small yet select field set for the traditional local prep for next month’s Grade 1 Travers. Champion Fierceness looks to get back on track, Sierra Leone hopes to put troubled finishes behind him, Preakness winner Seize The Grey bids for return to springtime form and upstarts … Read more

Three cheers for the weekend. Another big few days at Saratoga Race Course are on tap and it starts Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-olds. The 6 1/2-furlong Amsterdam goes as the third race on the card with post time at 2:18 p.m. That precedes a strong … Read more

The 2024 Saratoga Race Course meet rolls into its second quarter – Day 11 – with a 10-race card topped by a strong renewal of the Grade 3 Caress for fillies and mares sprinting on the grass. The 5 1/2-furlong Caress features the top three finishers from last month’s Grade 2 Intercontinental during the Belmont … Read more

Week 3 of the 2024 Saratoga meet arrives Wednesday and with it Issue 5 of The Saratoga Special. Our 40-page edition includes recaps of all the weekend’s action, led by Thorpedo Anna’s dominating victory in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks, Ziggle Pops’ score in the Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick and more. We also … Read more

The second week of the 2024 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close with an 11-race card highlighted by the rescheduled Gradd 1 A.P. Smithwick over jumps and a strong renewal of the Grade 2 Shuvee Stakes for older fillies and mares.  The $150,000 Smithwick, originally scheduled for Wednesday, goes as the opener at … Read more

Thorpedo Anna seeks another defining Grade 1 win Thorpedo Anna stepped out of her stall about 20 minutes before sunrise Thursday morning, into the dark and humid air, right on time and right on schedule.  The sun wasn’t up but activity in the Oklahoma Annex picked up considerably in those minutes before light poked through … Read more

Hernandez rolls into Saratoga with sights on another big one Deck height. Dinner plans. To do lists. Life’s choices. That’s what most people think about while mowing grass.  For Brian Hernandez Jr., nah, none of those.  “You’ll be riding around on the lawnmower and you’re like, ‘Wow, I really did win the Derby,’ ” Hernandez … Read more

Travers-bound Unmatched Wisdom stays perfect Chad Brown didn’t want any pace pressure. Shug McGaughey wouldn’t have minded just a little. Turns out there wasn’t really any in Friday’s Curlin Stakes and the Brown-trained Unmatched Wisdom enjoyed his time on the lead all the way to his third victory in as many starts. The 2-5 favorite … Read more

Season 2024 is in full bloom at Saratoga. The Saratoga Special Saturday edition recaps this week’s races – Friday’s Curlin, Thursday’s Cab Calloway and Wednesday’s Statue of Liberty. Issue 4 also features previews of Saturday’s Grade 1 CCA Oaks and Grade 3 Lake George and Sunday’s Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick and Grade 2 Shuvee, exclusive Fasig-Tipton … Read more

The second weekend of the 2024 Saratoga Race Course meeting arrives Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Curlin Stakes, a potential prep for the Grade 1 Travers Stakes later in the meet. The Curlin goes early – the third race on the card with post time at 2:18 p.m. – and features a … Read more