Personal Ensign

BLINKERS OFF 451: Whitney Stakes Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview Saturday’s $750,000 Whitney Stakes (G1) going 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga Race Course, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series event for the Longines Classic. Then the Dudes give…

Breeders' Cup

Racing Dudes 2020 Whitney Stakes Wagering Guide and Picks

A field of five millionaires will make up a talented group of older horses for the 93rd running of Saturday’s $750,000 Whitney Stakes (G1) going 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga Race Course. The winner of the Whitney will receive an automatic position in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Longines Classic… Read More

Handicapping

Racing Dudes Travers Stakes Wagering Guide and Picks Released

The card is set for Saturday’s $1,250,000 Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) Presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga featuring seven stakes and six Grade 1s. The entire team at RacingDudes.com has added their input into this card and are looking to score BIG! Want to see how? Keep reading. This 14-page… Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 396: Travers Stakes Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview Saturday’s running of the $1,250,000 Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course with special guest Mike “Saratoga Slim” Spector. Then the Dudes give rapid-fire picks for some of the other major graded stakes races around the country, including the four Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re… Read More

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Handicapping

Racing Dudes Travers Stakes Wagering Guide and Picks Presale

On Saturday, August 24, 2019, the $1,250,000 Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) Presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga will headline a card featuring seven stakes and six Grade 1s. Looking to cash in BIG? Keep reading. This Inside Track to the Travers Stakes wagering guide gives you an inside look at… Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 329: Travers Stakes Undercard and Pat O’Brien Previews

The Racing Dudes rapid-fire preview the six graded stakes races on the Travers undercard at Saratoga, including the Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign Stakes and the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Sword Dancer Stakes, then go to Del Mar for the Grade 2, $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes. Rapid-Fire Music by High Rule:… Read More

News

Farewell to a Champion: Songbird Retired

Two-time Eclipse champion filly Songbird has sung her last notes on the race course. Owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm announced the decision to retire her Thursday morning after a veterinary evaluation showed an enlargement of both of her hind suspensory ligaments. In her last race, the Grade 1 Personal… Read More

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Race Recaps

Forever Unbridled Nips Songbird in G1 Personal Ensign

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Two top-class females made Saturday’s Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign Stakes a stellar start to Travers Day, with Charles Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled charging late to outlast Songbird. The Personal Ensign was a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In race, giving Forever Unbridled an all-fees-waived entry into the Breeders’ Cup… Read More

News

2017 Travers Stakes Contenders

The Travers is now only TWO WEEKS away! We’ve built a dedicated page for many of the big races around the country so that you can follow all of the news leading up to the big race on one single site. This year, the Travers will go a long way… Read More

Saratoga

The Saratoga Skinny: Alabama Bound

Each week on Dark Tuesdays, we will bring you “The Saratoga Skinny” looking at the coming week of racing at Saratoga and looking back at the big action the week before. “The Saratoga Skinny” will be broken into five sections: The Break (looking at the biggest story of the week),… Read More