The cognitive dissonance standing trackside at Saratoga’s opening weekend
Welcome to Saratoga 2020, Covid-19 edition. Opening weekend at Saratoga Race Course was an exercise in cognitive dissonance. […]
CCA Oaks
Guarana tries two turns against only four in CCA Oaks
Guarana improved to two-for-two with an outstanding six-length win in the one-mile Acorn (G1) on the Belmont Stakes undercard and the three-year-old filly has all the makings of a superstar in her division. She will […]
Coaching Club American Oaks attracts Monomoy Girl, Midnight Bisou
A field of five sophomore fillies was entered to go 1 1/8 miles in the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) on Sunday at Saratoga, and the field includes four of the top five finishers […]
Abel Tasman holds off Elate, survives inquiry, to take CCA Oaks
by Teresa Genaro Though jockey Mike Smith didn’t have the easiest flight from California last night, Abel Tasman once again handled the cross-country trip with aplomb, taking her second straight Grade 1 race in New […]
Abel Tasman goes for Grade 1 hat trick in CCA Oaks
Abel Tasman captured the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 5 and Acorn Stakes (G1) on June 10, and on Sunday trainer Bob Baffert will saddle the bay daughter of Quality Road in her third straight […]