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Saratoga Report #7: The Awards

Horse of the Meet: Songbird – It was the “Summer of Songbird” at Saratoga! She was the hype horse from the very first week of the meet and she didn’t disappoint as she took home…

Track Reports

Saratoga Notes: Baffert Eyes Future for G1 Travers Hero Arrogate

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – On the morning following Arrogate‘s stakes record-smashing performance in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga Race Course, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert had nothing but accolades for his new stable star. “I watched the race again a couple of… Read More

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Cavorting Wins G1 Personal Ensign in Blanket Finish

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Cavorting’s record at Saratoga Race Course remained unblemished after she won Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Personal Ensign, which marked her first start around two turns. Stonestreet Stables’ Cavorting zoomed through the stretch with a locomotive-like run to post a half-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile dirt… Read More

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Personal Ensign Stakes Preview: Curalina Looks for Two in a Row

Cavorting, undefeated in three graded stakes around one turn at Saratoga Race Course, seeks her first two-turn victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Personal Ensign. The five-horse field features four Grade 1 winners, each with earnings in excess of $1 million. The 1 1/8-mile main track race serves as a… Read More

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Saratoga

First Look: 2016 Saratoga Meet

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith perched upon undefeated champion filly Songbird wearing the Fox Hill Farm red-and-white silks set against the backdrop of the red-and-white awnings of Saratoga Race Course may be a serene way to kick off 40 days of pure horse racing bliss this summer in upstate… Read More

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Cavorting Plays With Field in G1 Ogden Phipps

Stonestreet Stable’s Cavorting scored her first Grade 1 victory of the year, getting the best of a tough group of older fillies and mares in the Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps Saturday at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old Bernardini filly settled well behind pacesetting longshot Desert Valley, who led the… Read More

Belmont Stakes

Pletcher Holds Strong Hand in G1 Odgen Phipps

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher will be well represented in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps, entering a formidable duo in Curalina and Stopchargingmaria to top an exceptionally competitive 48th edition on Belmont Stakes Day at Belmont Park. Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Curalina will attempt to duplicate a dominant… Read More

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Belmont Stakes

Stopchargingmaria’s Ogden Phipps Starts in Saratoga

Saratoga Springs is a quaint town nestled in upstate New York where horse racing is ingrained in the blood life of the town. It’s a town that many in the horse racing industry have fallen in love with over the years. Add 2015 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria to that… Read More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Team McLaughlin Takes Aim at Belmont Racing Festival Stakes

ELMONT, N.Y. – While multiple graded stakes-winning 3-year-old Mohaymen gets some time off before launching a summer campaign, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will be busy with several stakes runners during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Recent Keeneland maiden winner Kareena is set to make her stakes debut in Friday’s $150,000 Jersey… Read More

Handicapping

Distaff Division in Spotlight

The Distaff dirt division for older female fillies and mares has taken a back-seat to the three year-old males and fillies for most of 2016, but will be thrust back into the spotlight the next two weekends. With two Grade-1 affairs coast-to-coast in the Vanity Mile at Santa Anita on… Read More