While handicaps have become passé in America during the past half-century, in England (and elsewhere) they generally form the backbone of day-to-day racing. Although the most important races are all run under weight-for-age conditions, many […]
Mitole capped a 6-for-7 season and a terrific 10-for-14 lifetime career with a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, beating his younger and favored rival Shancelot. […]
After a hiccup earlier in the Saratoga meet, Mitole was back on his game Saturday in the $576,950 Forego (G1). The 9-10 favorite against five rivals in the seven-furlong test, Mitole kept primary rival Promises […]
Sprinters of various shades will be in abundance at Saratoga on Travers Saturday, with established stars like Mitole in the Forego (G1) and up-and-comers like Shancelot in the H. Allen Jerkens (G1) the marquee names. […]
The end of the Triple Crown series on Saturday unofficially brought to a close the first half of the racing season and, unlike the landscape 12 months ago, we have ourselves a race for Horse […]
Travers Day is the centerpiece of the Saratoga meet and a slew of Breeders’ Cup prospects competed in seven graded stakes. Here are my thoughts in the aftermath: TRAVERS Catholic Boy returned to dirt with […]
by Teresa Genaro In his 21-race career, five-year-old Whitmore had run at nine racetracks. He’d won at five of them. He’d won one Grade 2, and four Grade 3s. But he’d never run at Saratoga […]
The $1.25 million Travers (G1) serves as the main event and six additional stakes races, including five Grade 1s, support the centerpiece program of the Saratoga meet. Four are “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup […]
The recently departed Aretha Franklin famously sang of R-E-S-P-E-C-T. If history is any guide, Accelerate might not get the amount he is potentially due when it comes time to count votes for 2018 Horse of […]
One day after West Coast wired the 148th running of the Travers Stakes (G1) by 3 1/4 lengths at Saratoga, trainer Bob Baffert indicated no plans have been set for the colt’s next start. West […]
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