Derby 10 Only one Derby winner since 1908 broke his maiden in the Derby and this year, with time added to the Derby trail thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the Derby probables have had extra ti...
By Mike Farrell Essential Quality took another step on the road to Horse of the Year. Firenze Fire turned savage in the Forego (G1), and Bob Baffert came up smelling the roses on both coasts. It was q...
By Richard Rosenblatt A perfect day at Saratoga Race Course: A huge crowd, a sunny day, a half-dozen Grade 1’s and champion Essential Quality winning the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) by a hard-...
By Ed McNamara She was everybody’s single in the pick 6, and Gamine didn’t disappoint Saturday at Saratoga. Before an overflow crowd on Travers day, Bob Baffert’s superstar filly dom...
The 152nd Travers Stakes, the Mid-Summer Derby, is Saturday, Aug. 28 at Saratoga Race Course. The top race of the summer for 3-year-olds is contested at 1¼ miles with a purse of $1.25 million. Here a...
By Richard Rosenblatt A sensational lineup of five Eclipse Award winners is ready to run on Travers Day on Saturday, all of them quite capable of overcoming Saratoga’s reputation as the “Graveyard...
By Noel Michaels The 22nd NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) is set to re-convene in Las Vegas after a monthslong delay due to COVID-19. The tournament, originally scheduled for February, r...
By Ed McNamara Saturday’s Travers day card is easily the best one we’ll see until Breeders’ Cup Saturday, and it’s hard to imagine that the races on Nov. 6 at Del Mar will be t...
By Ed McNamara Handicapping and gambling: different sides of the same coin. Monmouth Park guru Brad Thomas, one of the country’s best longshot pickers, recently offered this insight: Handicappin...
2021 Travers Stakes Probables, Contenders And Odds: Masqueparade The 152nd Travers Stakes, the Mid-Summer Derby, is Saturday, Aug. 28, at Saratoga Race Course. The top race of the summer for 3-year-ol...
