Turf racing is an important part of the Saratoga experience. We get into the grass groove Saturday with a pair of important turf stakes: the $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1) for fillies and mares and the $200,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2) at 1 3/8 miles. Let’s take a deeper dive into the Bowling Green S...
She Feels Pretty has looked terrific throughout her career, taking seven of 10 grass races, all but one a stakes. She’s never been out of the money and brings a four-race winning streak, all Grade 1s, into Saturday’s $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. The 4-year-old daughter of 2014 Breeder...
The “official’’ opening day at Saratoga Race Course is Thursday, with so much interest in the feature race of the day, the listed De La Rose, that the 1-mile turf test was split into two divisions. Traditionally, the opening day feature for the summer meet has been the Schuylerville Stakes for...
Saratoga Race Course was first dubbed the "Graveyard of Favorites" almost a century ago, probably after Jim Dandy surprised 1930 Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox at 100-1. And while there have been many memorable upsets since then - think Secretariat losing the 1973 Whitney Stakes to Onion, or Americ...
Last seen at the races, 43-1 longshot Magnitude was rolling to a 9 ¾-length victory in the Risen Star Stakes (G3) at the Fair Grounds to become a rising contender for the Kentucky Derby (G1). That was back in February. A few weeks later, a left front ankle chip was discovered, successful surgery wa...
Among Saratoga’s many charms is the unveiling of so many promising young horses. There’s always a chance to see the next Kentucky Derby (G1) winner in a field of well-bred, expensive juveniles. Saturday’s Sanford Stakes (G3) is the Spa’s first added-money race featuring 2-year-old colts. The...
The biggest day of horse racing in Indiana is set for Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis, featuring the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) led by a trio of Kentucky Derby (G1) runners – Chunk of Gold, Coal Battle, and Publisher. Coal Battle, 11th in the Kentucky Derby on May 3, is the 7-2 morning-li...
Looking for betting action on the Fourth of July? Saratoga is the answer to spice up your holiday. The Spa serves up five stakes to complement your barbecue and fireworks festivities topped by the $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) for 3-year-olds on the turf, the $400,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) for main-tra...
The future is now at Saratoga Race Course. Welcome to the Fourth of July racing festival at Saratoga, an inaugural event most figure by 2027 will become the opening week of an extended summer season at the upstate New York track. With the new Belmont Park on target to host racing again by the fall [...
Thoroughbreds and summer go together like pizza and beer, and first-class racetracks are vacation destinations all over the globe. The French adore seaside Deauville, the English gush over Glorious Goodwood, and Germans flock to Baden-Baden. Californians love Del Mar, where they can swim in the Paci...
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