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Title Role leads familiar cast in G1 Saratoga Derby pres. by Qatar Racing By Michael Adolphson SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Will Stroud’s Title Role seeks an encore performance on Saturday in the eighth edition of the Grade 1, $750,000 Saratoga Derby presented by Qatar Racing at...

By Christian Abdo —- Deterministic among four Grade 1 winners in G1 Fourstardave SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable’s Deterministic seeks a title defense, but it won’t come easily among a classy field in Saturday’s...

By Mary Eddy — Magnitude leads highly anticipated summer showdown in G1 Whitney John Rowland; Coady Media SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In what is certain to be a highlight of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, Group 1 Dubai World Cup-winner Magnitude is among a...

By Pat McKenna Breck Thomas-Ross —- Monday, August 3, 2026 Horse racing’s biggest events unite in landmark new Thoroughbred Championship Series The New York Racing Association, Inc. and Churchill Downs Incorporated introduce a six-race championship series, running across...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Sunday, August 2, 2026 Saratoga Race Course Notes Renegade taking familiar path to G1 DraftKings Travers following G2 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun win; Pletcher nearing 6,000-win milestone Commandment under consideration for G1 DraftKings...

By Jim Charvat —- Stable Notes August 2, 2026 CLEMENT L. HIRSCH WINNER EUNOMIA BREEDERS’ CUP BOUND G1 Clement L. Hirsch winner Eunomia “bounced out good” from Saturday’s race and will now begin preparations for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which she earned a spot in with her...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Friday, July 31, 2026 Saratoga Race Course Notes Nitrogen posts final breeze for G1 Whitney Kinnon LaRose, protégé of Tom Amoss, looks to continue early success with 2-year-olds in Sunday’s G3 Adirondack Where Luck Lives points to G1 Test presented by...

Stable Notes July 31, 2026 By Jim Charvat —- SEISMIC BEAUTY GUNS FOR REPEAT IN G1 CLEMENT L. HIRSCH SATURDAY Seismic Beauty came into last year’s G1 Clement L. Hirsch on a two-race winning streak and was being touted as a horse to watch in the months leading up to the...

Pletcher, approaching 6,000-win milestone, takes pride in success of former employees By Jon Forbes SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In his 31 years of training thoroughbreds, Todd Pletcher has developed a list of accomplishments rivaled by few horsemen: eight Eclipse Awards for...

Stable Notes July 30, 2026 Jim Charvat —- GOLD PHOENIX IN GOOD ORDER, EYES NEXT MONTH’S DEL MAR ‘CAP Gold Phoenix is a unique Thoroughbred. Not only does he win big races but he continues to do it at an age when most horses are retired from racing and enjoying a second...