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Week 2 of the 2024 Saratoga Race Course meeting rolls along Thursday with hopefully clear and dry conditions and a 10-race program topped by the Cab Calloway division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes. The Cab Calloway, a 1-mile event on the turf for 3-year-olds, goes as the fourth race on the card at … Read more

L’Imperator, Kingsley regroup in return to Saratoga Grade 1 Editor’s Note: The Smithwick was shelved because of rain Wednesday, but rescheduled for Sunday as the first race. Post time is 1:10 p.m. Forty-four days ago, a foot abscess forced L’Imperator out of the entries for a Grade 1 steeplechase at Saratoga Race Course. And, chalking … Read more

Whitebeam wires four stablemates and five others in Grade 1 Five became one.  The first 49 seconds of the Grade 1 Diana cut Chad Brown’s five-horse arsenal to a one-horse hope at Saratoga Race Course Saturday. Whitebeam loped through the first half-mile in :49.49. The lone leader sunk the four closers.  “I had these five … Read more

Another week of horses, fun and July heat. It’s another week of races at Saratoga, and the third edition of The Saratoga Special is rolling. Including recaps of The Diana Stakes, Sanford Stakes, and additional recaps of weekend races.  Issue 3 also features a previews of AP Smithwick, The New York Stallion Series, exclusive Fasig-Tipton … Read more

Week 1 of the 2024 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close with a 10-race card topped by the $175,000 Quick Call Stakes for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass.  A stacked field of nine, along with two main track only runners, entered the Grade 3 stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs. Star Of Mystery, Godolphin’s … Read more

Canadian-based mare makes season debut in Grade 1 Kevin Attard and Korina McLean leaned over a black and red Phipps webbing Friday morning. Behind the webbing in stall six on the east side of Shug McGaughey’s barn, way back in the stall stood Moira. The 5-year-old mare didn’t prick an ear, didn’t move a muscle, … Read more

Opening week is in full swing at Saratoga Race Course and the second edition of The Saratoga Special includes recaps of Thursday’s Coronation Cup Stakes and Wilton Stakes and Thursday’s Schuylerville Stakes.  Issue 2 also features a preview of the Diana Stakes, exclusive Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Jeremiah Englehart, Casa Creed’s retirement, Sean Clancy’s Cup … Read more

A successful Opening Day in the books, it’s time to turn the page to Friday’s 10-race card at Saratoga Race Course. The Saratoga Special handicappers face a new challenge this season. In addition to searching for winners on the day’s card, we’re also going to see how they’d fare from a wagering standpoint with a … Read more

Saratoga still creates the perfect racing canvas as 2024 meet arrives Why Saratoga? You can ask anyone in Thoroughbred racing that question and get an answer. Nobody hesitates, not for long anyway. People know why.  “It’s the blue-ribbon meet of America, it’s like the Royal Ascot of America, the Cheltenham of America,” said Bruce Jackson, … Read more

Eleven juvenile fillies clash in the Opening Day Stakes Saratoga has been pretty good to trainer Danny Gargan this year. In the first ever Belmont Stakes held at Saratoga Race Course in June, his current stable star Dornoch delivered a 17-1 upset victory to give Gargan the biggest win of his career.  “It’s a horse … Read more