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Saratoga Skinny: Predicting a Travers Upset

It’s going to be an eerie Travers this year. Eerie because there will be no fans in the stands. Eerie because it’ll be run during a pandemic. Eerie because this […]

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Saratoga Skinny: Top 10 Horses of Saratoga 2019

The ebbs and flows of the Saratoga season began way back in April when the brisk chill of early spring mornings greeted the new batches of thoroughbreds arriving at the […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Shug Stars on Travers Day

After a tornado almost hit Saratoga last week, and the skies opened above the track with devastating rain and lightning on multiple occasions, the weather for Travers Day couldn’t have […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: McGaughey, Code of Honor Seeking Historic Triumph in 150th Travers

Horse racing’s rich history defines its essence. When a sport has races that have been run since 1864, amidst a country deeply immersed in the middle of a Civil War, […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Alabama More Than a Two-Filly Affair

For the third year in a row, the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) winner will not wheel back on four weeks’ rest to contest this Saturday’s Alabama Stakes (G1). In […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Fourstardave & Saratoga Special Top Saturday’s Card

Four weekends down. Four more to go. We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2019 Saratoga season with a lot of memories made in the rear-view mirror and more to […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Big Friday Starts Revamped Whitney Festival Weekend

The Whitney Stakes (G1) this year will be extra special. Marylou Whitney, the Queen of Saratoga, passed a little over a week ago. Her absence from the winner’s circle – […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Curlin Stakes Demands Respect

The Curlin Stakes is the red-headed step-brother of the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2). The Curlin gets no respect. Every year during this week, people berate the lesser-heralded event’s existence. The […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Preakness Winner War of Will Headlines Jim Dandy

It always seems like War of Will is looking for his chance at redemption. After starting 2019 with two graded stakes wins at Fair Grounds that put him atop many […] Read More

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Saratoga Skinny: Guarana Can Clear Up 3-Year Old Filly Picture in Coaching Club America Oaks

In just the past three years, we have been fortunate to witness memorable performances by some of the best fillies of our generation at Saratoga in the $500,000 Coaching Club […] Read More