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Three, four, five deep they stood around the paddock fence. It was much the same on both sides of the backyard path leading there. The people came to see their horse. Dual classic winner Sovereignty? Not yet, hold on. Saratoga Race Course belonged to a different star – first – Saturday as 2024 Horse of … Read more
“He knows. He knows. He knows.” Set your clock and read about Sovereignty. The best 3-year-old in the country added the Travers to his trophy case of brilliance. Champs are going to champ. Thorpedo Anna grinds out a nose win over Dorth Vader in the Personal Ensign. Liberty and prosperity. Book’em Danno, the New Jersey … Read more
Travers Day in the books, and a monumental one to boot. Sovereignty continued to show why he’s the best in America – and maybe the world? – with an expected dominating victory in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. What’s next for the Godolphin superstar? All signs point to a date … Read more
As Sovereignty stormed down the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby, Brooks Adams took a phone call. “Hey, wasn’t that one of yours?” a friend asked. Adams had to look, but yes indeed Sovereignty was one of his. “Wow, yes,” he replied, “I foaled that horse’s mother.” Retired from a 32-year job at Betty Moran’s … Read more
Travers Day. And 64 pages of coverage. Cover Story. Sovereignty makes his sixth cover of the year. The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner takes on four rivals in the Travers. We’ve got the Travers and the other Saturday stakes covered. New York-bred Iron Dome bumps win streak to three with a romp in … Read more
Here we go. Travers Weekend arrives Friday – technically – and a 10-race card awaits to whet the appetite for the main event Saturday. The 10-race card features a pair of New York-bred stakes – the $150,000 Seeking The Ante for 2-year-old fillies and $150,000 Yaddo for older fillies and mares on the grass. The … Read more
Horacio De Paz thought about running Barry Schwartz’s homebred Awesome Czech between her July 4 allowance win and Friday’s $150,000 Yaddo Stakes. So much so that he entered the stakes winner in another allowance race, going longer than the daughter of Mendelssohn might want to go before taking a different tact. “I tried her in … Read more
Travers Week rolls on with a 10-race card Thursday topped by a pair of $200,000 New York-bred stakes – the Albany for 3-year-olds and the Fleet Indian for 3-year-old fillies – at Saratoga Race Course. The 9-furlong Fleet Indian goes first, as the third race at 2:18 p.m., and attracted a field of five led … Read more
And look at that, it’s Travers Week. Aired. Nitrogen rises to the top of the 3-year-old filly division with an Alabama romp. Take five. British import Givemefive makes U.S. debut in the Jonathan Sheppard. It hasn’t started to rain. Yet. New York-bred 3-year-olds star in the Fleet Indian and Albany Thursday. A Cup of Coffee … Read more
By Julia Reedy and Darby O’Brien Owner and breeder Jim Chicklo feels like a nervous parent watching his horses run. In preparation for Sunday’s Bolton Landing Stakes, a friend even suggested he leave the country. But Chicklo will stay bedded down in Florida to watch his 2-year-old filly Gerrards Cross run from the comfort of … Read more
