Saratoga At a Glance July 15
SARATOGA AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 4.99 – 1 Favorite Win%: 32%, Favorite Itm%: 80% EXOTICS PAYOFF Quinella 27.94 Exacta 76.80 Daily Double 84.52 Trifecta 381.96 Pick 3 563.12 Superfecta 2,007.77 Pick 6 61,703.67 […]
Saratoga
Champion Sistercharlie leads Brown trifecta in Diana repeat
Reigning champion turf mare Sistercharlie, last seen wrapping up an Eclipse Award in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), reasserted her divisional leadership with a repeat victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1) at […]
By Your Side sharp in Sanford
By Your Side confirmed himself as an exciting two-year-old winning Saturday’s $150,000 Sanford (G3) at Saratoga, drawing away to a three-length victory. The bay colt from the first crop of Constitution improved to two for […]
Mr Havercamp grabs Forbidden Apple
Overlooked at 13-1 in his belated seasonal debut, Mr Havercamp relished the yielding conditions at Saratoga Friday to upset the $150,000 Forbidden Apple (G3). The Canadian shipper worked out a favorable stalking trip courtesy of […]
Comical gets last laugh in Schuylerville; Listing makes it a California double in Quick Call
Saratoga’s opening day festivities had a California flavor as West Coast shippers won both graded stakes on Thursday. After the Doug O’Neill-trained Comical prevailed in the $150,000 Schuylerville (G3), Ben Cecil sent out Listing to […]
Sistercharlie tops Brown quartet in Diana; five set for Sanford
Last seen winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), champion female turf horse Sistercharlie will make her reappearance in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1) at Saratoga. The five-year-old mare launched her current three-race win […]
Qurbaan, Voodoo Song among 10 in Forbidden Apple lineup
Qurbaan‘s U.S. campaign got off on the right foot last summer with an upset victory in the Bernard Baruch (G2) at Saratoga. Since then, however, the Shadwell Stable-owned horse has run second or third five […]
Schuylerville, Quick Call highlight 2019 Saratoga opener
Summer at Saratoga arrives slightly earlier this year as the country’s most popular race meeting kicks off its 40-day stand on Thursday. Mondays have been eliminated from the schedule for 2019, thus racing will be […]
NYRA announces creation of lucrative Turf Triple Series for three-year-olds
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has announced the creation of the 2019 Turf Triple Series, two three-race series patterned after the Triple Crown. The “Turf Trinity” series for three-year-olds and the “Turf Tiara” series […]
Best of Hanson 2018: An Anthology
Continuing a tradition started in 2015, I’ve gone back through the past 12 months and compiled a list of what I think were my better takes and historical features published at Brisnet.com during the course […]