Monmouth park Barn Notes for Thursday, August 24, 2017

By John Heims —- CONQUEST BIG E LOOKS TO ADD TO HIS WIN STREAK IN ISELIN Conquest Big E will try to make it three straight wins and his first graded stakes victory when he faces four others in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Phillip H. Iselin Stakes, going a mile and an...
Posted On 24 Aug 2017
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Songbird headlines Grade 1 Personal Ensign; Lady Eli to make final Saratoga start in G2 Ballston Spa

By Lynne Snierson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With the imposing presence of dual champion and nine-time Grade 1 winner Songbird entered in Saturday’s Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign, a compact yet talented field of five fillies and mares is set to contest the...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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Saratoga Day 30: Riskaverse Stakes; Full-Card, Early & Late Pick-4 Selections

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- Thursday, August 24 Race 2: 5-1-3-7 Race 3: 8-6-5-10 Race 4: 7-1,1a-4-2,2b Race 5: 5-12-7-10 Race 6: 5-6-10-7 Race 7: 6-8-10-11 Race 8: 1-8-7-6- Race 9: Riskaverse Stakes 12-11-8-4 Race 10: 8-3-5-4 Early Pick 4 (Races 3-6) 2,5,6,8,10 w/...
Posted On 23 Aug 2017
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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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