On a wet, closing day at Saratoga on Labor Day, the aptly-named Basin skipped over the sloppy track to post a commanding victory in the $350,000 Hopeful (G1) while leading a one-two-three finish for Steve […]
If Saratoga Special (G2) winner Green Light Go can follow up in Monday’s $350,000 Hopeful (G1), the unbeaten juvenile would become the first since City Zip (2000) to turn the double. Six rivals are set […]
Under pressure from the start, Mind Control dug deep and found more down the stretch to post an upset win Monday in the $350,000 Hopeful (G1), the closing-day feature at Saratoga. Kept honest by Nitrous […]
Impressive maiden winners Mucho and Nitrous will make their initial stakes appearance in Monday’s $350,000 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga. A total of eight two-year-olds are entered for the seven-furlong heat on closing day. Mucho rolled […]
He narrowly threw the race away in the final hundred yards when ducking out sharply several paths, but Sporting Chance instead clung to victory by a neck over the favored Free Drop Billy in the […]
by TERESA GENARO Seventeen years ago, City Zip accomplished the impressive feat of sweeping Saratoga’s major stakes for two-year-olds on dirt, the Sanford, the Saratoga Special, and the Hopeful. Ninety-six years before that, a two-year-old […]
It’s the biggest race of the meet for 2-year-olds and among the most prestigious. And Monday’s 113th edition of the $350,000 Hopeful (G1) has drawn an exciting cast of eight looking to make their mark […]
Having tasted Kentucky Derby (G1) success with Monarchos in 2001, owner John Oxley will hope to add a second with the more precocious Classic Empire, who heads into this year’s classic trail the favorite after […]
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