View from the Grandstand

By Tom Pedulla SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way – with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel. Dubb and a friend ventured a couple of...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- SISTERCHARLIE HIGHEST-RANKED TURF HORSE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL OFF THIRD G1 WIN OF 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 13, 2018) – Four-year-old filly Sistercharlie moved to eighth on this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after her third Grade...

By Bob Hill TSV Staff Writer —- Race 9 – Grade 1 Secretariat The Secretariat looks to be a battle between Analyze It (9) and Hunting Horn (13) for which one get his first Grade 1 victory. Trained by Chad Brown, Analyze It has been in the exacta in all five life-time starts....

By Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE HOSTS OLD FRIENDS FOUNDER MICHAEL BLOWEN, TRAINER JONATHAN THOMAS, AND NYTB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF CANNIZZO Thursday, August 9 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: Acclaimed radio program, At The Post...

By Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 6, 2018) – New York-bred gelding Diversify became a multiple Grade 1 winner while leading every step in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course, an effort that confirmed his status as the Ea...

NYRA RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Overnight rainfall of 2.3 inches has forced the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) to cancel the final two races of Saturday’s card. The $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 11. The...