Race Recaps Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage helped him prevail over a gutsy rail-skimming Keepmeinmind to win Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Essential Quality broke from the far outside…
Saratoga Drain The Clock Looks To Continue Strong Sophomore Campaign In Amsterdam SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Drain the Clock has not left the competition much time to come back on him during a sophomore campaign that has already featured 3 graded stakes victories. The Maclean’s Music colt will look to complete the trifecta of graded stakes scores at a NYRA track while… Read More
Race Recaps Ultra-Tough Lexitonian Upsets Vanderbilt SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – “Horses don’t know their odds.” The horse racing adage proved true Saturday when the 34/1 longshot Lexitonian proved ultra-tough along the rail, outkicking the 3/1 second choice Special Reserve in the shadow of the wire to upset the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga.… Read More
Race Recaps Cross Border Repeats As Bowling Green Champ SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Unlike last year’s win via disqualification, Three Diamonds Farm’s Cross Border repeated as the unquestionable champion in Saturday’s $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Cross Border broke from post 2 under Luis Saez and settled into a close stalking trip as fellow sons of English… Read More
Saratoga Jim Dandy Preview: Will the Graveyard of Champions Claim Another Victim? SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) returns to its normal place on the racing schedule this Saturday at Saratoga and drew a field of six runners, including Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Essential Quality. The Jim Dandy is set for race 9 on a fantastic card with… Read More
Saratoga Vanderbilt Preview: Mischevious Alex Cuts Back in Distance SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The older sprinters get going on Saturday at Saratoga in the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1), which drew a competitive field of 9 runners. Sharing the card is the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) and Bowling Green Stakes (G2), which should provide us with several memorable… Read More
Podcast The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets for Wednesday’s Late Pick 4 at Saratoga, a sequence featuring 3 graded stakes including Essential Quality in the Jim Dandy (G2). The Magic Mike Show with Curtis “Magic” Kalleward and Mike Somich is the ultimate horse racing show covering the… Read More
Race Recaps Dynamic One Goes Last-To-First To Win Curlin SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Dynamic One benefitted from a freshening following his Kentucky Derby (G1) appearance, returning off a nearly 3-month layoff to go last-to-first in posting a 1 3/4-length win in Friday’s 9-furlong $120,000 Curlin at Saratoga Race Course for 3-year-olds who have not won a graded sweepstakes over… Read More
News Pletcher To Debut Well-Bred Juveniles Saturday At Saratoga SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle a trio of 2-year-olds Saturday at Saratoga as he looks to add to an impressive ledger that has already seen two juveniles post maiden scores this summer. Last Saturday, Repole Stable’s Midnight Worker, an Outwork colt, prevailed by… Read More
Saratoga First Captain Seeks To Maintain Perfect Record In Curlin SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – First Captain has stamped himself as a rising star through a perfect 3-for-3 record and will try to keep winning ways intact when racing outside of Belmont Park for the first time in Friday’s 12th running of the $120,000 Curlin for sophomores going 9 furlongs at… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 510: Jim Dandy Preview and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes preview the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2)… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 294: Saratoga Wednesday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 509: Haskell Fallout, CCA Oaks Preview, and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes unpack last Saturday’s controversial $1 million Haskell… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 293: Del Mar Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
Clement L. Hirsch Preview: Shedaresthedevil Returns To California DEL MAR, CA – Regular rider Florent Geroux ships west… Read More
Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage… Read More
Drain The Clock Looks To Continue Strong Sophomore Campaign In Amsterdam SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Drain the Clock has not left… Read More
Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Del Mar, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga Picks for August 1, 2021 Ricky’s Rockets 🚀 sure enjoyed another big day of racing… Read More
Ultra-Tough Lexitonian Upsets Vanderbilt SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – “Horses don’t know their odds.” The… Read More
