Master the Middle Jewel: 2026 Preakness Stakes Schedule and Venue The 151st running of the Preakness Stakes is set to ignite the horse racing world on Saturday, May 16, 2026. This year represents a historic shift as the "Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" moves temporarily to Laurel Park while Pimlico R...
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...
The $1 million King’s Plate, the first race of the Canadian Triple Crown, was canceled on Saturday due to heavy rain. The King’s Plate and four other stakes were rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 23. The card was canceled after the fifth race. The new date comes a day before the $1.25 million Travers...
Kevin Attard will again look to win the $1 million King’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Saturday with a filly. The longtime trainer has done it before, with Moira in 2022, but his filly Wickenheiser finished 11th of 17 in last year’s edition of the first leg of the Canadian Triple Cr...
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