SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Calumet Farm’s homebred Channel Cat, twice a stakes winner at age 3 last year, finally broke through for his first graded triumph in Saturday’s $250,000 Bowling Green […]
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
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – A field of nine sophomores will seek their first stakes victory of the year in Friday’s $100,000 Curlin for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles over the […] Read More
The Racing Dudes preview Saturday’s running of the $1,000,000 TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $6 million Breeders’ […] Read More
The Racing Dudes preview the 2019 Saratoga meet, including opening weekend stakes races headlined by the Diana Stakes (G1). Then the Dudes give rapid-fire picks for some of the other […] Read More
When I was a teenager in the late 80s and early 90s, I remember coming to Saratoga Race Course every summer with my parents. My father loves the track and […] Read More
Living in upstate New York, the doldrums of winter are only made bearable by the dreams of a Saratoga summer. When I’m blowing a foot of snow off of my […] Read More
The feature race on an amazing day of racing Saturday at Belmont Park will be the $1 million Belmont Derby (G1), which has drawn a tremendous international field of 14 […] Read More
The Racing Dudes preview the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) and the $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1), then give rapid-fire picks for the remaining Stars & Stripes Festival stakes […] Read More
ELMONT, NY – Imperial Racing millionaire Plus Que Parfait already has bested a talented field of international contenders on dirt when he captured the Group 2 UAE Derby in March. The Brendan […] Read More