Whitmore
Top BRIS Class Ratings August 20-26
Horse Track Dist(Cond) Date BRIS Class Abel Tasman SAR 1 1/8m (ft) 8/25 124.7 Catholic Boy SAR 1 1/4m (ft) 8/25 124.1 Catalina Cruiser DMR 7f (ft) 8/25 123.3 Whitmore SAR […]
BRIS Speed Stakes Ratings August 20-26
Top Winning Stakes Speed Ratings (8/20-8/26) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date Race Bris Speed Abel Tasman 4F 1 1/8m (ft) SAR 8/25 Personal Ensign S. 107 Aztec Sense 5G 1 1/8m […]
BRIS New York Speed By Circuit August 20-26
Top Winning Speed Ratings (8/20-8/26) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Abel Tasman 4F 1 1/8m (ft) SAR 8/25 107 Mr. Buff 4G 1 1/8m (ft) SAR 8/22 100 Can […]
Breeders’ Cup implications from Travers Day
Travers Day is the centerpiece of the Saratoga meet and a slew of Breeders’ Cup prospects competed in seven graded stakes. Here are my thoughts in the aftermath: TRAVERS Catholic Boy returned to dirt with […]
Whitmore prevails in Forego, Marley’s Freedom takes Ballerina in Saratoga bows
by Teresa Genaro In his 21-race career, five-year-old Whitmore had run at nine racetracks. He’d won at five of them. He’d won one Grade 2, and four Grade 3s. But he’d never run at Saratoga […]
Six stakes featured on Travers undercard
The $1.25 million Travers (G1) serves as the main event and six additional stakes races, including five Grade 1s, support the centerpiece program of the Saratoga meet. Four are “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup […]
The state of Eclipse Award races three months out from Breeders’ Cup
We’re about three months away from the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs, a weekend that should decide most divisional championships that are still undecided at that time. As usual, early August is far too early to […]
Limousine Liberal secures Breeders’ Cup berth with Belmont Sprint Championship score
Katherine G. Ball’s LIMOUSINE LIBERAL got up to stick his neck in front on the wire in the $343,000 Belmont Sprint Championship (G2) at Belmont Park on Saturday. The race is part of the Breeders’ […]
Hoppertunity, Dr. Dorr top Suburban; Mendelssohn returns for Dwyer
One likes to come from off the pace and the other likes to race closer to the front, and both entries for trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont Park figure to […]