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NYRA —- Fact Sheet: 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million RUNHAPPY Travers AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE ON Saturday, August 25, 2018 ADMISSION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Admission gates open at 7 a.m. on Travers Day, with a special first post time of 11:35 a.m. Parking gates...

By Brian Bohl —- Francesca Le Donne Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Mark Casse will be looking to make history on Travers Day, but even as Wonder Gadot attempts to become the first filly in 103 years to win the Mid-Summer Derby, another of his contenders looks...

By Richard Rosenblatt —- Abel Tasman (outside); Coglianese/Chelsea Durand Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The “Bill and Bob Show” is set for Saturday’s Grade 1 $700,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga Race Course on a star-studded racing program on...

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $82,177 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot at Gulfstream Park grew to $82,177 for Thursday’s twilight program (2 p.m. first-race post time) when the popular multi-race wager went...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sadler’s Joy; Coglianese/Chelsea Durand Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Sadler’s Joy, beaten less than a length in each of his last three starts, will be after some...

By Tom Luicci —- NATIONS SET TO DEBUT PROMISING FILLY PROUD MANDATE IN THURSDAY’S TURF SPRINT FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS OCEANPORT, N.J. – As trainer Keith Nations continues with a major overhaul of his barn, moving to better quality, less quantity and with a focus on younger horses,...

By Jon Forbes —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A Raving Beauty heads a trio of three entrants for trainer Chad Brown in the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The Ballston Spa is for fillies and mares and will be contested...

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 26 BATTLE OF MIDWAY ENTRY MAKES O’BRIEN A BATTLE OF THE STARS Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer opted to make Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes the first race in the unexpected comeback of 2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Carl R. Moore’s multiple graded stakes winner Finley’sluckycharm will try to become the third filly in six years to sweep the Grade 2 Honorable Miss and the Grade 1, $600,000 Ketel One Ballerina as she heads a...