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The second week of the extended 2026 Saratoga Race Course meetings kicks off Thursday with a another nine-race card and a rare day without a stakes race here in upstate New York. How’s your bankroll faring after opening weekend? Fear not if it’s not up to par, there’s plenty of time to make up for … Read more
Hall of Fame Day. Jockey Joel Rosario and champions Gun Runner and Justify headline the Class of 2024 headed to the Hall. Issue 8, which kicks off a run of six straight papers through Whitney Weekend and the Fasig-Tipton Sales, looks back at Rosario’s life and career. We recap the early stakes that kicked off … Read more
Welcome to August. The fourth week of the Saratoga meeting rolls along with Thursday’s 10-race card topped by a strong renewal of the Grade 2 Glens Falls for fillies and mares going long on the grass. A field of seven entered the 11-furlong Glens Falls, including defending champ, multiple graded stakes winner and $1,749,790-earner McKulick. … Read more
Week 4. Crank it up. A huge week and weekend on tap. Before we get rolling on the Hall of Fame, Whitney Day and the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, we recap all the action from last weekend. Fierceness shows up and shows off in the Jim Dandy. Nakatomi wins the Vanderbilt and Silver Knott keeps on … Read more
The third week of the Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the Grade 2 Bowling Green Stakes going long on the turf. A field of seven entered the 11-furlong grass exam, including Godolphin’s multiple Grade 2 winner Silver Knott, multiple Grade 1-placed Soldier Rising and Grade … Read more
Jim Dandy Day at Saratoga Race Course, with a small yet select field set for the traditional local prep for next month’s Grade 1 Travers. Champion Fierceness looks to get back on track, Sierra Leone hopes to put troubled finishes behind him, Preakness winner Seize The Grey bids for return to springtime form and upstarts … Read more
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
The 2024 Saratoga Race Course meet rolls into its second quarter – Day 11 – with a 10-race card topped by a strong renewal of the Grade 3 Caress for fillies and mares sprinting on the grass. The 5 1/2-furlong Caress features the top three finishers from last month’s Grade 2 Intercontinental during the Belmont … Read more
Week 3 of the 2024 Saratoga meet arrives Wednesday and with it Issue 5 of The Saratoga Special. Our 40-page edition includes recaps of all the weekend’s action, led by Thorpedo Anna’s dominating victory in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks, Ziggle Pops’ score in the Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick and more. We also … Read more
The second week of the 2024 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close with an 11-race card highlighted by the rescheduled Gradd 1 A.P. Smithwick over jumps and a strong renewal of the Grade 2 Shuvee Stakes for older fillies and mares. The $150,000 Smithwick, originally scheduled for Wednesday, goes as the opener at … Read more
Thorpedo Anna seeks another defining Grade 1 win Thorpedo Anna stepped out of her stall about 20 minutes before sunrise Thursday morning, into the dark and humid air, right on time and right on schedule. The sun wasn’t up but activity in the Oklahoma Annex picked up considerably in those minutes before light poked through … Read more
