Saratoga
NYRA Preview: Saratoga 9/2
Closing Day at Saratoga is always bittersweet, reminding us of the amazing racing that we’ve seen over the past couple of months. This summer, horses like Sistercharlie, Guarana, Imperial Hint, […]
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Saratoga
NYRA Preview: Saratoga 9/1
This time last year, Sippican Harbor came from dead-last and stormed home to win the Spinaway Stakes (G1). The Spinaway, a Saratoga fixture for years, features 2-year-old males looking to […] Read More
Race Recaps
Preservationist Presses Through in Woodward
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Centennial Farms’ Preservationist pressed between foes in mid-stretch and shot through late to win Saturday’s $750,000 Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at Saratoga. Breaking from post […] Read More
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Sneaky Mrs. Sippy Takes Glens Falls in American Debut
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Andrew Stone’s homebred Mrs. Sippy snuck through and split foes at the top of the stretch before running off to win Saturday’s $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes (G2) at […] Read More
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Global Access Comes on Late in Saranac
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Global Access stalked from the rear early before coming on late to defeat the favored Good Governance in Saturday’s $200,000 Saranac Stakes (G3) at Saratoga. […] Read More
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Royal Charlotte Bounces Back in Prioress
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – First Row Partners and Parkland Thoroughbreds’ Royal Charlotte bounced back from her first career loss to outkick her foes in Saturday’s $250,000 Prioress Stakes (G2) at […] Read More
Saratoga
NYRA Preview: Saratoga 8/31
As I write this preview, I regret to inform you that this is the very last Saturday at the Spa in 2019. It’s not all bad – we get a […] Read More
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Shekky Shebaz Shakes Free in Lucky Coin
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Rarely does a horse privately purchased out of a claiming race return next out to face stakes foe, but Shekky Shebaz did that – and then some […] Read More
Saratoga
NYRA Preview: Saratoga 8/30
Friday’s Lucky Coin Stakes is one of my favorite races at Saratoga. Last year, Extravagant Kid went gate-to-wire in this race and held off Pocket Change down to the very […] Read More
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Clean Crystalle Nails P. G. Johnson
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Tobey Morton and Chuck Hovitz’s Crystalle, whose maiden-breaking debut effort was taken away via disqualification, ran much cleaner on Thursday to nail Sweet Melania at the wire […] Read More