Saratoga: Rocketry faces tough test in G3 Saranac

NYRA RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Centennial Farm’s talented allowance winner Rocketry will take on a competitive field of nine as he makes his stakes debut in the Grade 3, $300,000 Saranac for 3-year-olds on the Mellon turf course Saturday at Saratoga...
Posted On 01 Sep 2017
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Pure Silver looks to come up golden in G1 Spinaway

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Pure Silver will attempt to stay undefeated, facing a talented field of juvenile fillies in the 126th running of the Grade 1, $350,000 Spinaway on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The winner...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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Saratoga: Gun Runner tops field of five in G1 Woodward

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward will mark a year and six days since Gun Runner ran third behind Arrogate’s devastating 13 ½-length winning performance in the 2016 Travers. Since then, the 4-year-old son of Candy...
Posted On 30 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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New Money Honey looks to cash in on switch to dirt in G1 Alabama

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ New Money Honey will look to parlay her success on the turf to the main track when she makes her dirt debut in the 137th running of the $600,000 Alabama for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday at...
Posted On 18 Aug 2017
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Run Away Favored Versus Seven Foes in Best Pal Stakes

Fwd: DMTC News – From the Wire Kaleem Shah’s flashy Run Away, unbeaten in two starts, including the Santa Anita Juvenile, is the likely favorite versus seven rivals in Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Best Pal Stakes for two-year-olds. Run Away, who will have Flavien Prat in...
Posted On 11 Aug 2017
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OSCAR PERFORMANCE, PERMIAN CLASH IN STELLAR SECRETARIAT

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – The Grade I $400,000 Secretariat Stakes, one of the premier Grade I turf stakes for 3-year-olds in America and throughout the world, has drawn an exceptional sextet of sophomores in 2017. Named for one of...
Posted On 09 Aug 2017
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DONA BRUJA TOPS TEN IN DEEP BEVERLY D. FIELD

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – The 28th running of the Grade I $600,000 Beverly D. over 1 3/16-miles on the turf at Arlington International Racecourse sets up as a battle between Dom Felipe’s brilliant Dona Bruja (ARG) and nine other...
Posted On 09 Aug 2017
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DEAUVILLE TOPS WIDE-OPEN ARLINGTON MILLION XXXV

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – A field of 13 passed the entry box in advance of anticipated starts in Saturday’s 35th running of the Grade I $1 million Arlington Million at Arlington International Racecourse. The Million, run at 10...
Posted On 09 Aug 2017
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Trio of graded stakes winners face off G3 Fasig-Tipton Waya

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Three graded stakes winners – Suffused, Summersault and Guilty Twelve – comprise an accomplished field of eight fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in the 14th running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya on...
Posted On 03 Aug 2017
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