Sunday’s Saratoga picks – July 5

The expected news became official Wednesday with the announcement that 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna would be retired and join the broodmare band at John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa in Lexington. “For everybody out there that’s worried about her, you can rest at ease. She’s fine,” trainer Kenny McPeek said. … Read more

The story of Cody Dorman and Cody’s Wish came full circle – literally – Saturday morning at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. More than 500 people gathered for the unveiling of a monument of Cody’s Wish that is at the center of a circular plaza that also includes granite stones displaying images of Cody … Read more

Middleburg, Virginia. Say the name to anyone in American jump racing and you’ll get a memory – of Glenwood Park, the Red Fox Inn, the Coach Stop, the elbow in the stretch and the various greats to grace the place over the decades. The Virginia Fall Races take over Glenwood Saturday. Remember when it was two … Read more

Week two of the fall season. The jumpers roll up or down Route 29 or across I-64 for the Foxfield Fall Races Sunday in Charlottesville, Va. It’s the 47th time for the fall standard which has hosted the best in the sport – Zaccio, Sailor’s Clue, Double Reefed, Victorian Hill to name a few – and will … Read more

The steeplechasers come in from a long summer on the road – in Virginia for Colonial Downs and in New York for action at Saratoga and Aqueduct – as the autumn season jumps to life at Shawan Downs in suburban Baltimore, Md., Saturday. The six-race card showcases four hurdle races and two timber tests to … Read more

The training championship went down to the final race. The Jockey Club Gold Cup turned into demolition derby. A horse with a flip-flopped name won the Hopeful and might be the best 2-year-old in the country. And The Saratoga Special’s Tom Law won the 2025 Saratoga Race Course handicapping challenge. Law, The Special’s managing editor … Read more

And here we are. Down to the final day of racing for 2025 at Saratoga Race Course, the finale to the proper 40-day meeting and ultimately the last of 49 days since the doors opened this spring. A few races are on ice, including our annual handicapping battle for most wins. Tom Law owns that … Read more

And then there were two. That’s all that remain of the 40-day Saratoga Race Course meeting – not counting the other nine days for the spring and summer festivals. Make it count, it’s a long winter. Sunday’s star-studded card features the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup featuring the best older horses not named Fierceness. … Read more

And then there were none. The final edition of The Saratoga Special for 2025. Le Mehana tries to make it three in a row in the Flower Bowl. Percy’s Bar rolls in from Keeneland for the Spinaway. Mindframe takes on a ring of stars in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Sunday. From Scylla to Scotland, … Read more

The races are back. If you’re in or near Cecil County, Maryland, this weekend, Thoroughbreds race at Fair Hill once again Saturday with The Races at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory, a six-race card of races on the rebuilt turf course. Post time is 1 p.m. If you’ve been before – the event hasn’t happened … Read more