In keeping with a trend in recent years, the stakes schedules for Belmont Park’s spring/summer meet and the Saratoga season are both weighted toward big events. Belmont Park begins its 54-day run on Friday, April 27, and […]
Judging by the fact that he doesn’t have his own Wikipedia page, Eurasian might be one of the more forgettable Travers Stakes winners, which also might account for the owner’s trophy being available at auction […]
The result of Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1) appeared to answer one question while at the same time provoking spirited rebukes from certain quarters that another was also, virtually, settled. Following up a wire-to-wire, 3 1/4-length […]
West Coast strutted onto the track with purpose, bouncing along as he headed toward the Travers starting gate, and he proceeded to dominate a deep group of rivals recording a wire-to-wire victory. Jockey Mike Smith […]
The three-year-old male championship is far from decided, but there’s an indisputable new leader of the division named West Coast, who captured Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) in wire-to-wire fashion by 3 1/4 lengths, and […]
The Anomaly of the Triple Crown participant streak By wiring a field led by all three classic winners and other alumni of the 2017 Triple Crown, West Coast became the latest poster boy for two […]
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 […]
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming is set for a break at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky following his ninth-place finish in Saturday’s Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. Trainer Todd Pletcher reported the Bodemeister colt […]
West Coast continued his ascension with a convincing wire-to-wire tally in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1), giving trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Mike Smith back-to-back victories in Saratoga’s centerpiece event. The 3-year-old son of Flatter […]
The 148th Travers (G1) Flash Quotes Mike Smith, winning jockey aboard West Coast (No. 4): “So proud to be riding for this outfit and for these people and the chance to ride a horse that […]
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