The Cigar Mile Handicap is named for two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, the winner of 16 consecutive races from 1994-1996. The race was called the NYRA Mile Handicap from 1988-1996 and renamed the Ciga...
Back in the winner’s circle after a brief absence, Cody’s Wish has one final mission before heading into retirement – a second straight victory in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) next month. ...
By Ed McNamara Playing the horses is a game of the day, with races over in the time it takes to brush your teeth. The entire Triple Crown doesn’t even last 6 1/2 minutes, and a place in history ...
By Richard Rosenblatt Will she or won’t she? Neither owner nor trainer knows for sure … yet. Decision day looms on whether the Preakness-winning filly Swiss Skydiver will run against the boys in t...
By Richard Rosenblatt This has not been the greatest Saratoga summer season for Todd Pletcher, although you have to remember the high standards he expects from his string of thoroughbreds. A 13-time l...
By Sean Morris Another Best Bet column, another Saturday Pick 4 at Saratoga – and alas, it’s the last of the newly extended meet, featuring the Grade 1 Woodward and Grade 2 Glens Falls. I was agai...
Since the turn of the century, Saratoga’s Woodward Stakes (G1) has played host to six Horse of the Year winners (Saint Liam, Ghostzapper, Mineshaft, Curlin, Rachel Alexandra, and Havre de Grace) and...
There is an old saying that goes: “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” It is very true in our great game of skill — the greatest skill gambling game in the world, in m...
With Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) favoritism, and perhaps the Horse of the Year title up for grabs, Gun Runner continued on an upward trajectory towards those goals with a 10 ¼-length runaway win in ...
