Saratoga: Grade 1’s Sword Dancer, Allen Jerkens, Ballerina Stakes Previews

By Brian Bohl —- European winners give G1 Sword Dancer international flair SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Niarchos Family’s Irish-bred Erupt will be looking for his second Grade 1 win in as many starts as he headlines a diverse field of seven in the Grade 1, $1...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Triple Crown winners face off in G1 Travers for first time in 35 years

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Attracting all three winners of the year’s Triple Crown races for the first time since 1982, and only the second time in the Mid-Summer Derby’s storied tradition, Kentucky Derby victor Always Dreaming,...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Del Mar Stable Notes Aug 23, 2017

DMTC News – From the Wire —- ELEVEN ENTERED IN SATURDAY’S PAT O’BRIEN STAKES A field of eleven was entered Wednesday in Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, the last of five Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series events of the summer meeting....
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Ian Wilkes, Simon Bray & Dallas Stewart preview the Travers with Andy Serling on AT THE POST LIVE

By Marina Bui —- Presented by NYRA Bets Thursday, August 24 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET What: Nationally televised NYRA horse racing personality and pundit, host Andy Serling returns to the ESPN airwaves and on location at the Parting Glass Pub for a sixth...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Champions Songbird, Drefong among California contingent to arrive for Travers Day assignments

By Lynne Snierson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The formidable contingent of California horses, which include dual champion and nine-time Grade 1 winner Songbird and 2016 champion Sprinter Drefong, rolled into the Saratoga Race Course backside late Tuesday afternoon...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Saratoga Day 29: John’s Call Stakes

By Rick Francis —- Race 8), 1† Mile. (Turf) John’s Call S. Purse $100,000 FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: ( 5:02)/ 4:02/ 3:02/ 2:02 St. Louie (1), Maker/Saez; after winning two back at Belmont, 5-year-old weakened at the top of the stretch to finish a well...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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Gun Runner Eclipses Arrogate for First Position in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

By Joan Lawrence —- Gun Runner Eclipses Arrogate for First Position in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 27 out of 41 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, August 21, 2017) – The recent Grade 1 Whitney winner Gun Runner took over first place for the first...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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Cloud Computing confirmed for G1 Travers

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown confirmed Monday morning that Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Grade 1 Preakness winner Cloud Computing will enter the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, on...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- Pletcher says Outplay’s Travers status to be determined Tuesday Lookin At Lee wraps up major G1 Travers preparations, Gun Runner turns in bullet work for G1 Woodward Fayeq looking to make a name for himself in Travers McCraken tentatively slated for...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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SANTA ANITA’S 2017 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE

SANTA ANITA’S 2017 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE STARTS WITH GRADE III EDDIE D STAKES SEPT. 29 & WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY FIVE GRADE I BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ STAKES ON SEPT. 30 19-DAY STAND TO OFFER 21 STAKES, 11 OF THEM GRADED, WITH A TOTAL OF SIX GRADE I EVENTS...
Posted On 22 Aug 2017
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