By Richard Rosenblatt Decisions, decisions, decisions. A few weeks ago, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen acknowledged Pneumatic would show up for the 145th Preakness (G1) on Oct. 3, giving the trai...
Will ‘Graveyard of Favorites’ Rise Up Against Tiz the Law in Travers? By Mike Farrell Saratoga, the legendary “Graveyard of Favorites”, confirmed its well-earned reputation last weekend as Mid...
By Jenny Kellner The preceding century-and-a-half or so had seen more than its share of champion thoroughbreds, which is not surprising since champion thoroughbreds have been congregating in Saratoga ...
By Jenny Kellner When Saratoga Race Course opens Thursday (July 16) for the 152nd time, one is tempted to put the venerable track’s longstanding slogan, the “Summer Place to Be” a different way ...
By Richard Rosenblatt It’s on to the Travers for Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law. A day after his 3-year-old star overpowered the field in 2020’s first leg of the re-jiggered Triple Crown, train...
By Richard Rosenblatt The early news concerning the 150th edition of the Runhappy Travers (G1) on Aug. 24 came from California and two-time Triple Crown winning trainer Bob Baffert on Thursday: Game W...
(Breeders’ Cup press release) — Saratoga’s prestigious summer meets reaches a crescendo Saturday when the historic $1.25 million Travers (G1) highlights a card that is anchored by four Grade I ...
It was only a couple months ago that we were all talking about how deep and talented this year’s 3-year-old crop was — until Justify came around and turned the Triple Crown into a one-horse show. ...
Always Dreaming, who won the Kentucky Derby, and Cloud Computing, who shocked that one in the Preakness Stakes, will settle the score — at least for the time being — in the Jim Dandy Stakes at Sar...
In the 2015 Travers Stakes (GI), trainer Bob Baffert came to Saratoga with the seemingly unbeatable American Pharoah. Before the race was run, many were under the impression that the Pioneerof the Nil...
