The $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G2) on Saturday is a key Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep offering 100-50-25-15-10 points to the top five finishers. A top race for 3-year-old fillies in California, the race has sent many runners on to Churchill Downs to wear the garland of lilies under the Twin Sp...
Vah-Vah-Vah-Voom Grade 1 winner Vahva returns to Saratoga Race Course on Saturday as the even-money favorite over seven other fillies and mares in the $500,000 Ballerina Handicap (G1), a “Win and You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). Rising Star Vahva Ready for ...
Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes couldn’t be more intriguing. Besides bringing together the leading 3-year-old colts (Dornoch, Fierceness, Sierra Leone), there’s the injection of Girl Power with all-conquering filly Thorpedo Anna. She’ll try to be the first female to take the...
This is an unusually busy stakes Friday due to fortuitous scheduling and unforeseen circumstances with the three major events on tap. The most prestigious race of the trio is the $500,000 Personal Ensign (G1) for older fillies and mares, kicking off Travers Stakes weekend at Saratoga. However, the b...
The canoe that has been floating in the infield lake at Saratoga Race Course has been around for a long time. Well, maybe not the same canoe, but a canoe nonetheless. Back in 1959, Bill Laudner wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that the canoe – then painted a cerulean blue – had been [&hellip...
The Travers Stakes (G1), often called the “Midsummer Derby,” is the most significant race remaining for 3-year-olds. It is a final chance to determine the pecking order in the division before summer turns to fall and the leading sophomores step up to the handicap division to face their elders on...
The 155th running of the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday (Aug. 24), aka the “Midsummer Derby,” is considered the marquee race of the summer. A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered on Sunday. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. 2024 Trave...
The 155th running of the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday (Aug. 24), aka the “Midsummer Derby,” is considered the marquee race of the summer. A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered on Sunday. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. 2024 Trave...
Thorpedo Anna will attempt to become the first filly since 1915 to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday – and she will have to do it from the inside post. Thorpedo Anna second choice with Fierceness against the boys in the Travers The fantastic filly traine...
Power Squeeze was taken eight wide in the stretch, avoided some bumping on the inside, and nipped favorite Candied by a head in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Power Squeeze earned trainer Delgado a first career Grade 1 Ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano,...
For those who bet horse racing, it’s always worth a wager on a Chad Brown-trainee turf runner offering good value at Saratoga. Longshot upset in the Lake Placid at Saratoga And it paid off Saturday in the 1 1/16-mile, $200,000 Lake Placid Stakes (G2) on the inner turf – 7-1 longshot Grayosh outd...
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