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The final weekend of July arrives with a 10-race card Friday topped by the Grade 2 Amsterdam for 3-year-old sprinters. A field of eight entered the $200,000 Amsterdam, which goes as the ninth race at 5:53 p.m. The group includes Grade 2 Pat Day Mile winner Macho Music, the 2-1 morning-line favorite who looks to … Read more

Week 3 of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls along Thursday with a 10-race card topped by the Curlin Stakes for 3-year-olds. A field of eight entered the 1 1/8-mile Curlin, a $135,000 potential prep for next month’s Grade 1 Travers Stakes. The group includes a pair from trainer Todd Pletcher’s barn in Crudo … Read more

And just like that, we roll into the 10th racing day and the fifth edition of The Saratoga Special. Grade 1 hurdlers rumble in the A.P. Smithwick Wednesday. Three-year-olds try to stamp their tickets to bigger and better things in the Curlin Thursday. Three-year-olds rip 6 furlongs in the Amsterdam Friday. And, oh yeah, Sovereignty … Read more

Week 2 of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close with a 10-race card Sunday topped by the Grade 2 Honorable Miss Stakes for older fillies and mares. The 6-furlong Honorable Miss attracted a field of nine led by Grade 2 winner Scylla for trainer Bill Mott, Grade 2 winner Jody’s Pride … Read more

Last year, racing was an afterthought for Little Prankster. After a successful 3-year-old season in which the daughter of Practical Joke won three of seven starts, she suffered a setback that almost took her life. “She got a terrible leg infection and we actually almost lost her,” said Phil Bauer, the 5-year-old mare’s trainer.  After … Read more

Saratoga rolls on with the eighth day of racing and the fourth edition of The Special. Champion Immersive tries to climb back to the top in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks. Book’em Danno and Mullikin, 1-2 in the True North, clash in the Grade 2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Irish-bred Pipsy tries to make … Read more

Time for the weekend. The second Friday of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting features a 10-race card topped by a strong renewal of the Grade 2 Shuvee for older fillies and mares on the main track. Raging Sea puts her strong Saratoga record on the line in the 9-furlong Shuvee, which goes as the … Read more

The second week of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls along Thursday with New. York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day and a 10-race card featuring the $150,000 Rick Violette Stakes for 3-year-old New York-breds. The Rick Violette, named for the late trainer and fierce horsemen’s advocate, goes as the third race with post time of 2:21 … Read more

Four race days down, 36 to go. Week two starts here. The Fasig-Tipton Tour showcases David Duggan and his burgeoning stable. Far Bridge added another stakes score in the Bowling Green, Excellent Truth dethroned She Feels Pretty in the Diana and Governor Sam trounced five rivals in the Quick Call.  China Beach tries to make … Read more

The opening week of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 3 Quick Call Stakes for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass. A field of eight entered the 5 ½-furlong Quick Call presented by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, including Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint … Read more