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The first weekend of the 2026 Saratoga Race Course meeting comes to a close Sunday with a nine-race card – remember nine race cards? – topped by the inaugural running of the Grade 1 Leo O’Brien Handicap over jumps and the Grade 3 Kelso and Harvey Pack for older horses on the grass. Back to … Read more
The closing week train rolls on Friday with a 12-race card featuring a pair of turf stakes – the $150,000 Bernard Baruch for older horses and the $150,000 Perfect Sting for older fillies and mares. The day starts at 12:35 p.m. and racing fans should be mindful of different post times throughout the final few … Read more
Down to five. That’s all that remains of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course meeting – five cards. Thursday’s 11-race program includes a little bit of everything and features the Grade 3 With Anticipation for 2-year-olds on the grass. A field of eight entered the 1 1/16-mile feature, including Saratoga maiden winners Capital Partner, Final Score, … Read more
Bill Mott ducked out of the horse-path gap of the paddock Saturday afternoon and weaved through Travers Day fans on his way to Box F20 in the fifth row of the clubhouse. A man raised an oversized can of a Modelo Especial and shouted out Mott’s name. Another fan by the shoeshine stand in front … Read more
Three, four, five deep they stood around the paddock fence. It was much the same on both sides of the backyard path leading there. The people came to see their horse. Dual classic winner Sovereignty? Not yet, hold on. Saratoga Race Course belonged to a different star – first – Saturday as 2024 Horse of … Read more
“He knows. He knows. He knows.” Set your clock and read about Sovereignty. The best 3-year-old in the country added the Travers to his trophy case of brilliance. Champs are going to champ. Thorpedo Anna grinds out a nose win over Dorth Vader in the Personal Ensign. Liberty and prosperity. Book’em Danno, the New Jersey … Read more
Travers Day in the books, and a monumental one to boot. Sovereignty continued to show why he’s the best in America – and maybe the world? – with an expected dominating victory in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. What’s next for the Godolphin superstar? All signs point to a date … Read more
As Sovereignty stormed down the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby, Brooks Adams took a phone call. “Hey, wasn’t that one of yours?” a friend asked. Adams had to look, but yes indeed Sovereignty was one of his. “Wow, yes,” he replied, “I foaled that horse’s mother.” Retired from a 32-year job at Betty Moran’s … Read more
Travers Day. And 64 pages of coverage. Cover Story. Sovereignty makes his sixth cover of the year. The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner takes on four rivals in the Travers. We’ve got the Travers and the other Saturday stakes covered. New York-bred Iron Dome bumps win streak to three with a romp in … Read more
Here we go. Travers Weekend arrives Friday – technically – and a 10-race card awaits to whet the appetite for the main event Saturday. The 10-race card features a pair of New York-bred stakes – the $150,000 Seeking The Ante for 2-year-old fillies and $150,000 Yaddo for older fillies and mares on the grass. The … Read more
Horacio De Paz thought about running Barry Schwartz’s homebred Awesome Czech between her July 4 allowance win and Friday’s $150,000 Yaddo Stakes. So much so that he entered the stakes winner in another allowance race, going longer than the daughter of Mendelssohn might want to go before taking a different tact. “I tried her in … Read more
