Sunday’s Saratoga picks – July 5

Riding the wave. After a record sale earlier in the week, New York-breds take center stage. The Special talks to every consignor. Yes, that’s right, every consignor for the 304-horse marketplace. Far Bridge tries to defend his title in the Sword Dancer. Charlie Appleby, with Nations Pride and El Cordobes, makes his long-anticipated appearance at … Read more

Rolling right along, the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting passed the midpoint Thursday and continues Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Ballston Spa for fillies and mares on the grass. The 1 1/16-mile Ballston Spa goes as the eighth race on the card with post time set for 5:12 p.m. A … Read more

Time for the second half. The 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting hit the halfway mark Wednesday – not including the nine days of festivals already this spring and summer – and the second half starts Thursday. A 10-race card sets the stage for Day 21 of the proper meeting, with the featured $150,000 Galway Stakes … Read more

You hit the Pick Six. The final Sales Week Special is here. Six in a row and back to your regular scheduled program. Wednesday and Saturday from here on in. $4.1 million…$3 million…$2.9 million…$2.6 million…Let’s just say the first session of the Fasig-Tipton sales hit the mark and the second one went out of the … Read more

Five questions … What’s the score? One down, one to go for Fasig-Tipton. Five down, one to go for The Special. What’s the time? It’s 1:34 in the morning as we type this out. Who’s the session topper? A cool $2.7 million for Hip 37 and another eight yearlings ticked past seven figures. And they … Read more

Bonus Coverage. Four down, two to go in the six-in-a-row skein of racing and sales. Jam session. Bring Theband Home rocks and rolls for Hall of Famers Mark Casse and Javier Castellano in the Troy. 1:00.38 of speed. Mythical trounces four rivals in the Adirondack. Much love mon. Bruce Brown – and Tuba – make their … Read more

Three in a row of six in a row. Hey, Champ. Sierra Leone returns to the top with a last-to-first rally in the Whitney. Next stop, Jockey Club Gold Cup. Deterministic has them crying in the winner’s circle after the Fourstardave. Kilwin puts Rusty Arnold back in the Saratoga spotlight in the Test. Riley Mott … Read more

Fierceness, Sierra Leone and other titans clash in the Grade 1 Whitney. We’ve got John Velazquez, Flavien Prat, Dylan Davis, Joel Rosario, Irad Ortiz Jr. and Sheldon Russell talking strategy for the $1 million stakes. The Saratoga Special, the Fourstardave, the Saratoga Derby and the Test underpin a stellar Saturday in Saratoga. The pendulum swings … Read more

Twenty-one years after taking the sport on an implausible journey, Smarty Jones joins the Hall of Fame. Joe’s feature takes you back to the glory days of the Pennsylvania-bred wunderkind who went 8-for-9 in his far-too-short career. Birdstone. The name still stings. How much rain did we get? Turf racing was washed out Thursday and … Read more

Hall of Fame and Whitney Week kicked off Wednesday and continues Thursday with a 10-race card topped by the $150,000 John Morrissey Stakes for older New York-breds. The Morrissey, lengthened this year from 6 to 7 furlongs, drew a bulky field of 13 led by nine-time winner and recent Commentator Stakes winner Bank Frenzy, Grade … Read more