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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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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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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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA —- Good Samaritan impresses Mott in final breeze before G1 Travers Unchained Melody ‘seems sound’ after being pulled up in G1 Alabama; Meantime comes back strong off Belmont Stakes freshening Brown’s turf contingent put in final works for Travers Day...
Posted On 20 Aug 2017
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MONMOUTH: FRISKY MAGICIAN SQUEEZES THROUGH ON THE RAIL IN SUNDAY FEATURE

By John Heims —- Frisky Magician saved all the ground on the far turn and found a narrow opening on the rail to get up in time to take Sunday’s $41,000 allowance optional claiming feature by a neck at Monmouth Park. Trained by Jane Cibelli, Frisky Magician covered the five...
Posted On 20 Aug 2017
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Del Mar Stable Notes Aug 20, 2017

DMTC News – From the Wire —- BAFFERT IS CHIPPER-ISH ON THE MORNING AFTER CLASSIC SWEEP Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was jovial Sunday morning, as might be expected following the 1-2 finish by his Collected and Arrogate in Saturday’s $1 million Grade I TVG Pacific...
Posted On 20 Aug 2017
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