Sunday’s Saratoga picks – July 5

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

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