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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
Week 5 of the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a 10-race card topped by the $150,000 Mahoney for 3-year-olds sprinting on the grass. With five weeks in the books that only leaves three to go but some serious steam up ahead with the Alabama Stakes Aug. 19, Travers Stakes … Read more
If Saratoga had a pool and a pond, the pond would be OK with Carl Spackler who blazed down the stretch to win Friday’s rescheduled Hall of Fame Stakes after the original was canceled with horses in the paddock last week. Check your Caddyshack references and read about how he did it. Plus we’ve got … Read more
The weekend is here and Friday kicks it off with an 11-race card at Saratoga Race Course featuring three stakes. New York-bred take their turn on the stage in the $125,000 Union Avenue for fillies and mares and older horses go in the $125,000 Evan Shipman. Friday’s card also includes the rescheduled Grade 2 Hall … Read more
Halfway. The 2023 Saratoga Race Course meeting hit the midpoint Wednesday and crosses into the second half Thursday with a 10-race card without a stakes. The $125,000 John Morrissey Handicap was slated for Thursday’s card but didn’t draw sufficient entries. That leaves a card of the usual – maidens, allowances and claimers – on the … Read more
A colt by Curlin out of Beholder (so a Hall of Fame sire and a Hall of Fame dam) brings down the house at Fasig-Tipton with a $4 million price tag to power a strong second session with eight million-dollar yearlings. Spendthrift Farm bred the chestnut, who was sold by Taylor Made Sales Agency to … Read more
Opening night at the sale showcases two million-dollar yearlings and statistical increases over last year’s first night. Plus we have a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour with Ian Wilkes, more stories from Hall of Fame trainer Wayne Lukas (don’t miss it), a conversation with Javier Castellano about his big 2023 and what it means to him and … Read more
It’s sales time. The yearling auction kicks off tonight at Fasig-Tipton where people look for future stars on the track. We preview it all kinds of ways including a check in with some Saratoga yearlings whose dams shined on the track here. On the racing front, the “other Ortiz brothers” win the Adirondack with Brightwork, … Read more
On a sad day at Saratoga Race Course, White Abarrio thrives at the 1 1/8-mile trip and upsets the Whitney as Cody’s Wish settles for third. Tragedy mars the Test, which went to Pretty Mischievous even though everyone wishes it didn’t. Smokin’ T wins the Lure for Lure’s trainer Shug McGaughey. Cogburn shows how much … Read more
Major dude Cody’s Wish rides a six-race winning streak into today’s Grade 1 Whitney, the meet’s key stop for older horses. Can the Godolphin star stretch his speed to 1 1/8 miles and beat five rivals? The morning-line oddsmaker thinks he can as he’s 1-2 for trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado. Super fan, … Read more
Hall of Fame Day is here and The Special has you covered with the first of six daily – yes daily – editions in a row. Arrogate, California Chrome and Songbird lead the way for the Class of 2023 along with Corey Nakatani, Fernando Toro and three Pillars of the Turf. We’ve got a feature … Read more
