Saratoga Day 10: Coronation Cup Stakes

By Rick Francis —- Race 8), 5½ Furlongs. (Turf) Coronation Cup S. Purse $100,000 FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD Post Time: ( 5:02)/ 4:02/ 3:02/ 2:02 ADVANCED FORECAST: Mostly Sunny, High 87 Low 65 Let It Ride Mom (1), tries grass first time after having success on the Woodbine...
Posted On 31 Jul 2017
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • G2 Jim Dandy winner Good Samaritan in fine fettle • Always Dreaming exits Jim Dandy in good order for ‘proud’ Pletcher • ‘Happy horse’ Hunter O’Riley exits G2 Bowling Green score in good order; Time and Motion targets G2...
Posted On 31 Jul 2017
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Sunday, July 30

By Bailey Gallison —- THE TABULATOR TAKES IOWA STAKES IN SECOND START Carolyn Wilson’s The Tabulator, a debut winner by nine lengths at Arlington International Racecourse on July 2, showed no weaknesses when trying dirt for the first time in the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes...
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Del Mar Stable Notes July 30, 2017

By Dna Smith —- CROSBY PRINCIPALS SHOW CLASS AND STUDIOUSLY MOVE ON Thirty yards out of the gate, Saturday’s $300,000 Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes went from high expectations to high anxiety. When 2016 Eclipse Award sprinter Drefong suddenly shot to the left at the gap where...
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Good Samaritan steals victory from Triple Crown stars in G2 Jim Dandy

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It had been 26 years since a Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner faced off in a race at Saratoga Race Course. Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy featured both, but like that Travers contested in 1991, neither...
Posted On 30 Jul 2017
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Saturday, July 29

By Bailey Gallison —- POSTULATION POINTING TOWARD AMERICAN ST. LEGER Runnymede Racing LLC’s Postulation, the six-length winner of the Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware Park on July 8, will target the Grade III American St. Leger at Arlington International Racecourse for his...
Posted On 30 Jul 2017
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Saratoga Day 9: Grade Shuvee Handicap

By Rick Francis —- It’s rare to find three horse starting field’s in any race much less a Graded Stakes from Saratoga, but that’s what we have here in the running of the Grade 3 Shuvee Handicap for fillies and mares; let’s take a look at the...
Posted On 29 Jul 2017
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Del Mar: Stellar Wind, Vale Dori renew rivalry in Grade I Hirsch

TSV Selections —- Race 8), 1ˆ Mile. ™CLHrsch-G1 Clement L. Hirsch S. HIRSCH S.. Grade I. Purse $300,000 FOR FILLIES AND MARES, THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: 8:33/ 7:33/ 6:33/( 5:33) ADVANCED FORECAST: Mostly Cloudy, High 75 Low 68 Motown Lady (1), makes first start...
Posted On 29 Jul 2017
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • Maragh back in Saratoga winner’s circle for first time since 2014 • Tagg wins two in a row at the Spa; Tale of Silence likely for G1 Jerkens • Keen Ice turns in final breeze for G1 Whitney • Contessa pondering next stakes assignment for Tu Brutus...
Posted On 29 Jul 2017
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Monmouth: Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Selections

TSV Selection —- Race 12), 1„ Mile. HsklInv-G1 betfair.com Haskell Invitational S. OM HASKELL INVITATIONAL S.. Grade I. Purse $1,000,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. Post Time: ( 5:47)/ 4:47/ 3:47/ 2:47 ADVANCED FORECAST: Mostly Sunny, High 80 Low 66. Irish War Cry (1), took the...
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