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NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, August 3, 2025 Saratoga Race Course Notes Sierra Leone’s G1 Whitney win a satisfying one for Chad Brown Riley Mott savoring first graded win with World Beater in G1 Saratoga Derby Inv. Deterministic stakes claim as divisional leader Ewing to...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Appleby raiders Nations Pride, El Cordobes arrive for G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Post Time among eight millionaires in G1 Whitney Highland Falls returns to the Spa in G1 Whitney Think Big swings for the fences in G1...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, July 31, 2025 The accomplished Skippylongstocking is one of three Oaklawn-raced horses entered in the prestigious $1 million G1-Whitney Stakes for older horses at 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Saratoga. Probable post time for the...

NYRA Press Office —- Obliteration brings perfect record to G2 Saratoga Special SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Leland Ackerley Racing’s Obliteration will look to double up on graded scores at the Spa in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, July 29, 2025 One of Oaklawn’s major Kentucky Derby prep races received another boost when Louisiana-bred standout Smoken Wicked rolled to a 5 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 G2-Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Friday at...

By Mary Eddy —- Johannes makes his return in competitive renewal of G1 FanDuel Fourstardave SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – CUYATHY’s multiple graded stakes-winning Kentucky homebred Johannes will make his anticipated return in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 FanDuel Fourstardave, a...

Test Score tops trio of top-flight winners in G1 Saratoga Derby Invitational By Michael Adolphson SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A deft and dynamic field of runners from each side of the Atlantic will assemble for Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational over 1...

Eight millionaires among star-studded cast for G1 Whitney Fierceness; Chelsea Durand By NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A star-studded cast featuring Champions Fierceness and Sierra Leone and a sextet of fellow millionaires led by four-time Grade 1 winner White Abarrio...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Sovereignty sets sights on G1 DraftKings Travers after G2 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun score Smoken Wicked earns 101 BSF for G2 Amsterdam pres. by Albany Med Health System Hotazhell, Juwelier and Tiberius Thunder ship in...