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The sixth week of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting and Alabama weekend comes to a close with a 10-race card Sunday topped by the $150,000 Bolton Landing for 2-year-old fillies sprinting on the grass. The 5 ½-furlong Bolton Landing, which goes as the eighth race on the card with post time of 5:12 p.m. … Read more

Norway to Saratoga. Now that’s a commute. We’ve got the story of Queen Azteca who swings for the fences in today’s Grade 1 Alabama. Sandal’s Song returns for his first start since finishing third at Royal Ascot in today’s Skidmore. Future Is Now adds another chapter to Larry Johnson’s legacy with another win in the … Read more

The sixth week of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls along with a 10-race card Friday topped by the $150,000 Smart And Fancy Stakes for fillies and mares sprinting on the turf. Future Is Now, already the winner of the Grade 3 Caress at the meet and a close second in the Grade 2 … Read more

Alabama Week rolls on with a 10-race card Thursday topped by the Cab Calloway division of the New York Stallion Series for 3-year-olds on the grass. A field of eight entered the 1-mile Cab Calloway, including the 1-2-3 finishers from the NYSS Spectacular Bid in Friend Ofthe Devil, River Of Time and I’m Due. Friend … Read more

Where did the time go? It’s week six at Saratoga. Charlie Appleby finally makes an appearance at Saratoga this summer and, wow, what an appearance as Godolphin’s El Cordobes upsets the Grade 1 Sword Dancer. And that makes five. Laurelin improves her record to 5-for-5 for Newstead Farm, Graham Motion and the people’s choice Kendrick … Read more

By Darby O’Brien Gabaldon knows a thing or two about travel.  The son of Gone Astray secured his boarding pass across the pond to Royal Ascot and the Windsor Castle Stakes, a 5-furlong race for 2-year-olds, after his winning debut in the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He faced a field of 11 … Read more

The fifth week of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 3 Mahony Stakes for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass. The 5 1/2-furlong Mahony, newly upgraded for this year and the ninth race with post time of 5:50 p.m., lured a field of … Read more

Riding the wave. After a record sale earlier in the week, New York-breds take center stage. The Special talks to every consignor. Yes, that’s right, every consignor for the 304-horse marketplace. Far Bridge tries to defend his title in the Sword Dancer. Charlie Appleby, with Nations Pride and El Cordobes, makes his long-anticipated appearance at … Read more

Rolling right along, the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting passed the midpoint Thursday and continues Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Ballston Spa for fillies and mares on the grass. The 1 1/16-mile Ballston Spa goes as the eighth race on the card with post time set for 5:12 p.m. A … Read more

Time for the second half. The 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting hit the halfway mark Wednesday – not including the nine days of festivals already this spring and summer – and the second half starts Thursday. A 10-race card sets the stage for Day 21 of the proper meeting, with the featured $150,000 Galway Stakes … Read more