Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith looking for a fifth Travers win on long shot Chess Chief Not That Brady to try to emulate dam Lisa’s Booby Trap in Albany Preservationist works Thursday for G1 Woodward; stablemate gets ‘Green Light’ for...
Posted On 23 Aug 2019
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Gulfstream: Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $793,147

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $793,147 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 27th consecutive racing day Thursday at Gulfstream Park, producing a carryover jackpot of $793,147.53 for Friday’s 2 p.m. twilight...
Posted On 23 Aug 2019
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Annals of Time returns to stakes competition in G1 Sword Dancer

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Entering off an impressive optional claiming allowance win on July 24, Klaravich Stables’ and William Lawrence’s Annals of Time will make his first graded-stakes start since winning the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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Shancelot returns to Spa for G1 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Shancelot, dominant winner of the Grade 2 Amsterdam in his most recent outing, returns to Saratoga Race Course to head a field of nine entered in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy....
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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Leading trainer Brown enters three in Ballston Spa

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. – A select field with a decided international flavor will assemble Saturday for the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa for turf fillies and mares, one of six stakes on the undercard of the Grade 1, $1.25...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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Midnight Bisou puts unbeaten season on line in G1 Personal Ensign presented by Lia Infiniti

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing’s Midnight Bisou, undefeated in five starts this season, looks to keep her perfect record intact while seeking her first career victory at Saratoga Race Course in...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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ALBERTRANI POINTING BEAU BELLE AND NONSENSICAL TO SATURDAY’S UNBRIDLED ESSENCE STAKES AT MONMOUTH

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Monmouth Park’s longest stakes race of the year can’t come soon enough for trainer Tom Albertrani. He’s so eager to give the inaugural running of The Unbridled Essence Stakes at try that he will likely send two fillies postward for the...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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BREEDERS’ CUP REVEALS OFFICIAL LOGO FOR 2021 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jim Gluckson/Breeders’ Cup —- Breeders’ Cup simultaneously launches two sweepstakes promotions in celebration DEL MAR, Calif. (August 17, 2019) – Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, today unveils the official logo...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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Tax, Tacitus renew rivalry in 150th Runhappy Travers

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Hugh Lynch and Corms Racing Stable’s former claimer Tax and Juddmonte Farms regally bred Tacitus, the one-two finishers of the Grade 2 Jim Dandy presented by NYRA Bets,...
Posted On 21 Aug 2019
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Grade 1 wins coast-to-coast for Team Brown Concrete Rose out for rest of the year Owendale on target for Travers following Saturday’s workout; arrives at Saratoga on Tuesday Scars Are Cool looks to add character to G1 Runhappy Travers field...
Posted On 19 Aug 2019
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