“That was a great ride by Joel.” Thus trainer Mark Casse aptly summed up the role played by jockey Joel Rosario in Sir Winston’s Belmont S. (G1) upset. Engineering a ground-saving trip most of the […]
What DQs in horse racing have stood the test of time? The decision that awarded Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) victory to Country House will be talked of for years to come. While they did not […]
by Teresa Genaro Robert LaPenta’s maroon and gold silks honor his alma mater, Iona College, a Catholic institution in the tradition of the Christian Brothers. The college takes its name from a Scottish island on […]
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 […]
Good Magic will be the horse to beat in Saturday’s 149th running of the $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga. A convincing winner of the Haskell Invitational (G1), the Chad Brown-trained colt has been installed […]
Well-regarded sophomore Hofburg, expected to be one of the prime players in Saturday’s Travers (G1), has come down with a fever that rules him out of the $1.25 million “Midsummer Derby.” “Hofburg will not run […]
Wonder filly WONDER GADOT returned to the worktab on Friday, breezing a half-mile over the fast main track to ready for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes on August 25 at Saratoga. It was the filly’s […]
A trio of preps were offered and the Travers (G1) picture came into sharper focus last weekend. The “Mid-Summer Derby” will be offered on August 25. Good Magic confirmed himself as the Travers favorite with […]
Saratoga’s Travers Stakes (G1) has picked up an exciting new probable as trainer Mark Casse announced that Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes romper WONDER GADOT is likely to take on the boys for […]
Manny Ycaza, the Hall of Fame jockey who was among the first generation of Latin American riders that came to dominate the upper echelons of the sport and whose colorful and aggressive riding style endeared […]
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