News

Travers Weekend is here and everything kicks off with the annual Saratoga Showcase Day card for New York-breds. Eleven races are on tap, including six stakes, and the handicappers are hungry for some winners. Here are the picks for Friday, Aug. 26. Good luck. JOHN SHAPAZIAN (104/315):1-Maple Leaf Mel, Miracle, Song Parody.2-Photon, Funny How, Clement … Read more

Travers Week kicked off Wednesday and rolls along Thursday with a 10-race card topped by the $135,000 Riskaverse Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the grass. A field of 11 entered the Riskaverse, a restricted 1-mile stakes on the inner turf for fillies which have not won a sweepstakes other than state-bred at 1 mile or … Read more

Nest. Brilliant again. The 3-year-old filly added her second Grade 1 of the meet with a romp in the 1 1/4-mile Alabama Stakes for Todd Pletcher and Irad Ortiz Jr. She’s the star of the meet, with a big weekend coming up for some of the others. Plus, we catch up with Caravel, Haughty and … Read more

And then there were two. Well, almost two. Weeks that is, remaining in the 2022 Saratoga Race Course meeting. Where did your summer go? Where did ours go? OK, maybe we won’t get into the trials and tribulations that went into the 22nd season of The Saratoga Special. We have four issues remaining, and big … Read more

Alabama Day is here. Coaching Club American Oaks winner Nest, breezing on the main track last week, faces off with Secret Oath, Gerrymander and Nostalgic in field of seven. Saturday’s edition also previews the Lake Placid and the Smart And Fancy stakes, goes on a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Danny Gargan and plenty more. Oh, … Read more

The weekend is here, and another strong card at Saratoga Race Course awaits. A 10-race program topped by a strong renewal of the $135,000 Summery Colony for older females and a puzzling edition of the $150,000 Skidmore for 2-year-olds sprinting on the grass is set for Friday. The handicappers dug into those races, and the … Read more

Alabama Week got underway Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course with a pair of stakes, including Snap Decision’s dominating victory under 164 pounds in the Grade 1 Jonathan Sheppard. The 8-year-old son of Hard Spun improved to 11-for-16 over jumps and remained squarely in the lead spot for this year’s Eclipse Award for champion steeplechaser. The … Read more

Casa Creed speeds home in 1-mile Fourstardave, ousting favored mare Regal Glory, adding a second Grade 1 to his 2022 scorecard and earning a trip to the Breeders’ Cup. Plus we cover Damon’s Mound’s victory in the Saratoga Special, catch up with the New York-bred sale and loads more. Wednesday’s edition also previews Snap Decision’s … Read more

The 2022 Saratoga meet rolls on as Week 5 comes to a close with a 10-race card Sunday topped by the $150,000 Mahony Stakes for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass. The 5 1/2-furlong Mahony attracted a field of seven led by Big Invasion, winner of the Grade 3 Quick Call way back on the first … Read more

Regal Glory, riding a four-race winning streak, takes on the boys in the Grade 1 Fourstardave. We’ve got a preview, plus a look back at her late owner/breeder Paul Pompa Jr. Saturday also features 2-year-olds squaring off in the Saratoga Special (the race, not the newspaper and no, it’s not named after us). Gulfport and … Read more