Travers Day is upon us. For those who bet horse racing, it’s time to put your money where your handicapping has led you. The $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1), the showcase race of the summer at Saratoga Race Course, takes place as the grand finale of five Grade 1 stakes on Saturday’s blockbuste...
Sovereignty may have missed out on making Triple Crown immortality, but the colt remains firmly in the hunt for history, and for a title that could define his legacy: Horse of the Year. This Saturday, Sovereignty lines up as the overwhelming favorite in the 2025 Travers Stakes, known as the “Midsu...
The 2025 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is one of the most prestigious races of the summer meet, and for good reason. This Grade 1 event for fillies and mares going a demanding 1 1/8 miles is a key "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Distaff. The winner of this [&hell...
The 2025 Forego Stakes, a highlight of the Saratoga Race Course summer meet, is quickly approaching, and horse racing fans are getting ready for one of the most anticipated sprint races of the year. This year's edition promises to be a thriller, as a talented field of older horses will compete in a ...
Key Takeaways: The $1.25 million Travers Stakes, better known as the Mid-Summer Derby, returns to Saratoga on Saturday, August 23rd, and as usual, the race draws some of the very best 3-year-olds in the country. A staple on the racing calendar since 1864, the Travers is a 1 1/4-mile Grade 1 run over...
There is nobody who stood taller in the racing world than Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who passed away today at age 84, one month after celebrating his birthday. The news was announced by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in a statement that read, “Ron was a legendary rider [...
Nine runners looking to secure a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI) over the same track in 2 ½ months, will race seven furlongs in Saturday’s 40th edition of the $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar, the tracks third of six Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In�...
The History and Grandeur of Saratoga's "Midsummer Derby" The Travers Stakes, a cornerstone of the American thoroughbred racing calendar, has captured the hearts of fans for over a century and a half. Known as the "Midsummer Derby," the Grade 1 race for three-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course represe...
It’s been a quiet Saratoga meet for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. That could change dramatically on Saturday. Somewhat surprisingly, Baffert does not have an entrant in the big show, the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds at the Kentucky Derby distance of 1 1/4 miles. Instead, t...
It’s called “the Ascot of the North,” and when that track was being rebuilt in 2005, Royal Ascot was staged at York Racecourse. This week Yorkshire’s 294-year-old showplace is hosting its marquee meet, the four-day Ebor Festival. Friday’s feature is the 5-furlong Nunthorpe Stakes (G1), a �...
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