For those who bet on horse racing, it is well known that Saratoga Race Course is also called the “Graveyard of Favorites’’ as well as the “Graveyard of Champions.” Either is appropriate, as some of racing’s biggest upsets have taken place at the iconic upstate New York racetrack. A few...
Be Your Best certainly looks to be the best bet in a field of six fillies and mares in the $500,000 Beverly D. Stakes (G2) on Saturday at Colonial Downs’ Festival of Racing. The 5-year-old mare bred in Ireland has won four of six starts since being moved to the barn of trainer Saffie Joseph, [&hel...
Saturday’s $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) at Del Mar -- the first graded stakes event of the year for juveniles racing in Southern California – honors the late, great California-bred gelding, Best Pal, who was foaled 37 years ago just down the road from “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” in near...
Dream On looks to be in the right place at the right time for a third straight victory as the 3-year-old takes on seven rivals in the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (G2) at Colonial Downs on Saturday. Trained by Mark Casse, Dream On is the class of the field coming off wins in the Woodhaven Stakes [&he...
It’s been 15 months since Mystik Dan won the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) in a thrilling three-horse photo finish. Since then, the 18-1 longshot Derby winner is 1-for-7. A victory in the Blame Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on May 3 ended an 0-for-5 post-Derby run, which included a second in the Preak...
After Christophe Clement upset the 2014 Belmont Stakes (G1) with Tonalist, he was no longer pigeon-holed as a turf trainer. But it was with grass runners that the Frenchman made his mark in America, and two-time Eclipse champion Gio Ponti was his best. Clement died May 25 of a rare eye cancer, and t...
The $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the race that usually crowns the Horse of the Year, is shaping as one of the most contentious in its 42-year history. Sovereignty, the recent Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) winner after victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1), leads the first ...
When his racing career ends, Sierra Leone will be retired to stud to Coolmore America/Ashford Stud and his value as a stallion keeps rising and rising. The morning after Sierra Leone won the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday to validate his star status, trainer Chad ...
No bumping, no jostling, no issues, no problem for Sierra Leone. Seizing the lead from a game Highland Falls in the stretch with his patented closing style, Sierra Leone won the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) in front of packed house at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with favorite Fierceness fadi...
Hopefully, most of the handicapping has been completed, but be sure that savvy horseplayers are still poring over their betting options for Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course. A sunny day with temperatures in the mid-70s is in the forecast for the 13-race blockbuster lineup highlighted by the 98th�...
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