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Three cheers for the weekend. Another big few days at Saratoga Race Course are on tap and it starts Friday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-olds. The 6 1/2-furlong Amsterdam goes as the third race on the card with post time at 2:18 p.m. That precedes a strong … 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
We’re back and so is racing at Saratoga Race Course. Season 24 of The Saratoga Special kicks off with a 48-page loaded edition featuring some memorable look-backs at racing in upstate New York. We answer the onoing question “Why Saratoga?” Issue 1 also features a preview of Friday’s $175,000 Schuylerville and other racing, previews Friday’s … Read more
One final installment – at least until the fall – of The Saturday Special before our team rolls out the first edition of The Saratoga Special next week with the opening of Saratoga Race Course. The team is ready to roll, thanks in part to already producing four editions during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. … Read more
