This year, the 10-furlong Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar will be contested for the 35th time and is once again a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” event for the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), set to be held this year over this same track in just two months. In 2003 Pleas...
No active trainer has had more wins in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) than Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, who has six victories in the 7-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies to be contested Saturday on closing weekend at Saratoga Race Course. The $300,000 Spinaway – named for the juvenile filly who in 1880...
Be Your Best might be a good bet Saturday in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares on the turf at Saratoga Race Course. On closer inspection, she looks like the best bet in the “Win and You’re In” contest that awards the victor a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly [&...
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...
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...
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�...
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 �...
All hail the reigning queen in her return to action Saturday at Saratoga. Yes, Thorpedo Anna is back to headline the $500,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles. The Personal Ensign offers a “Win and You’re In” berth into the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on ...
It's the Midsummer Derby, a 1 1/4-mile test over ancient Saratoga's dirt. It's named for attorney William Travers (1819-1887), a Wall Street financier and the track's first president. His colt Kentucky won the race's inaugural running in 1864, and on Saturday it will be staged for the 156th time. Th...
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