Posts tagged Saratoga
Boys At Tosconova wins Hopeful Stakes
Sep 7th
It may end up taking nine years but Bob Baffert’s belief in one of his horses may yet be vindicated – if only vicariously. Describing a juvenile colt as “a great horse” before the end of the season is something of a hostage to fortune but the ever-quotable Baffert felt sure that Officer was about [...]
Breeders’ Cup Mile option for Paco Boy
Sep 6th
The trip to Paris may have been a waste of time but Richard Hannon may have an even more ambitious plan for Paco Boy. The run of high-profile reverses that have punctuated Hannon’s yard has been frustrating for the trainer. First there was Strong Suit, who did not perform to expectations in the Phoenix Stakes [...]
Breeders’ Cup Classic next for Quality Road
Sep 6th
There may be questions to answer- such as can he really stay 10 furlongs – but Quality Road’s victory in the Grade One Woodward Stakes at Saturday was enough to make up Todd Pletcher’s mind. The trainer will now prepare his colt for a crack at the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on November [...]
Quality Road takes Woodward Stakes win
Sep 4th
Quality Road put himself back in the picture for the Breeders’ Cup when he won the Grade One Woodward Stakes at Saratoga. Four weeks previously Quality Road had just lost out to Blame in a tight finish to the Grade One Whitney Handicap, giving the winner 5lbs, and he was the heavy market leader this [...]
Woodward Stakes preview
Sep 4th
Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers once said that: “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.” Four weeks ago, when Quality Road lost out in a tight finish to Blame in the Grade One Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, Todd Pletcher would probably have said that he could have done without [...]
Godolphin go worldwide
Sep 3rd
Out of sight can easily be out of mind in sport, where time out of the spotlight can send careers into decline. It is almost a year since the royal-blue silks of Godolphin were seen in the winner’s enclosure of a British racecourse after a Group One race, when Mastery won the St Leger at [...]
Calvin Borel off Mine That Bird ride for Woodward Stakes
Sep 2nd
This will probably be a week that Calvin Borel will prefer to forget. First Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was a dismal 10th of 11, beaten 24 lengths, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later Borel rode the same 10 furlongs in the Personal Ensign Stakes and for eight of them [...]
What next for Rachel Alexandra?
Aug 30th
A trainer with enough years of experience to qualify for every long-service award going once said: “I’ve only heard of three racing certainties – and two of them got beaten.” For a mile of the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga, Rachel Alexandra looked form the grandstand as though she could be that exception, except that [...]
Shock defeat for Rachel Alexandra in Personal Ensign Stakes
Aug 29th
Rachel Alexandra was a shock loser to Shug McGaughey’s Persistently in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. Steve Asmussen’s filly, racing over 10 furlongs for the first time, was facing only four rivals, all of whom were considered inferior. The main threat was expected to be Life At Ten, winner of her last six starts, [...]
Time for Rachel Alexandra to shine
Aug 29th
The real deal about to prove the doubters wrong or a fading star about to be found out? Even suggesting that Rachel Alexandra may no longer be one of the queens of American racing will be considered a sacrilege by her legion of followers. But now she has the chance to prove that when she [...]
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