Travers Day excitement building
The 2017 3-year-old crop lacks a standout but depth is not a concern. And that results in a large and contentious field for Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga. The Midsummer Derby highlights a […]
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Classic-winning trio all confirmed for Travers
All three Triple Crown race winners were confirmed for Saturday’s $1.2 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga by trainers Todd Pletcher and Chad Brown on Monday. Satisfied with Preakness (G1) winner Cloud Computing‘s recovery from a […]
Always Dreaming, Tapwrit among Travers workers
Trainer Todd Pletcher worked three of his Travers (G1) hopefuls Friday morning at Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track, including Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming and Belmont S. (G1) hero Tapwrit. Third in the Jim Dandy […]
Always Dreaming, Tapwrit and Outplay work for possible Travers start
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming, Belmont Stakes (G1) victor Tapwrit and Curlin Stakes hero Outplay are all still under consideration for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) on August 26 at Saratoga following breezes […]
Pedigrees galore at 97th Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale
Pedigree enthusiasts have lots to savor at Fasig-Tipton’s 97th Saratoga Sale. On Monday and Tuesday evenings, beginning at 6:30 pm. (EDT), a stream of blue-blooded yearlings will enter the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion and spark […]
Keen Ice doing well after stumbling Whitney second, targeting Jockey Club Gold Cup
Like the rest of the field, Keen Ice was no match for Gun Runner in Saturday’s Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, but the five-year-old son of Curlin did manage to get up for second despite […]
Always Dreaming Is Still the Leader of the Three-Year-Old Male Division
Always Dreaming’s lack of support as the top-three-year-old male is a sad commentary from a fan base that laments horses not running enough each year and/or beyond a certain age while damning potential superstar horses […]
And the leader of the three-year-old males is…No one
Observers hoping that some clarity in the three-year-old male division would result from this weekend’s Jim Dandy (G2) and Haskell Invitational (G1) had to have been as thrilled as the connections of the top two […]
Triple Crown race winners breeze at Saratoga
Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Always Dreaming, Preakness Stakes (G1) victor Cloud Computing and Belmont Stakes (G1) conqueror Tapwrit all worked at Saratoga on Saturday in preparation for upcoming stakes at the Spa. Always Dreaming, who […]
Always Dreaming, Patch breeze for Pletcher; Cloud Computing, Practical Joke work for Brown
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming recorded his first official move on Saturday since capturing the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1), breezing a half-mile over Belmont Park’s fast training track in :49.96 under exercise rider […]