Harmonize back on song in Glens Falls
Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize hadn’t visited the winner’s circle since her up-in-time photo in last summer’s Del Mar Oaks (G1), but all she needed was a step up in trip to 1 3/8 miles for Saturday’s […]
Saratoga
Saranac sees Rice, Voodoo Song record a quartet of wins
by Teresa Genaro Heading into the final two days of the 2017 Saratoga race meet, 13 trainers have won seven or more races. After Saturday’s Saranac Stakes (G3), Linda Rice has won that many with […]
Field of nine entered in Prioress
Nine sophomore fillies have been entered to go six furlongs on Sunday in the $250,000 Prioress Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Among the group are a couple of last-out romping winners as well as graded scorers. […]
Catholic Boy stays undefeated in With Anticipation
Catholic Boy sprung a 12-1 upset of Wednesday’s $150,000 With Anticipation (G3) at Saratoga on Wednesday, putting himself in the long-range discussion for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at Del Mar in early November. […]
Pure Silver headlines five-filly Spinaway
Unbeaten romper Pure Silver will only have to take on four fellow juvenile fillies in Saturday’s $350,000 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, and everyone of that quartet will be facing a winner for the first […]
Fifty years on from the “Race of the Century,” the Woodward has an entirely different look
The official anniversary is a month away, but with Saturday’s renewal of the Woodward (G1) will come remembrances of the clash that occurred in the same race 50 years ago, a showdown often dubbed “The […]
Seven BC Juvenile Fillies Turf hopefuls line up for P.G. Johnson
The $100,000 P.G. Johnson, a race won three times by horses that later finished first or second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), has a field of seven entered for its latest renewal […]
Pletcher taking two shots at a sixth With Anticipation
Trainer Todd Pletcher has won five of the past nine editions of the $150,000 With Anticipation (G3), and will take two shots at the 1 1/16-mile grass stakes for two-year-olds as the final week of […]
West Coast assumes lead in division where losses matter, too
The three-year-old male championship is far from decided, but there’s an indisputable new leader of the division named West Coast, who captured Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) in wire-to-wire fashion by 3 1/4 lengths, and […]
West Coast reinforces recent Travers trends
The Anomaly of the Triple Crown participant streak By wiring a field led by all three classic winners and other alumni of the 2017 Triple Crown, West Coast became the latest poster boy for two […]