Posts tagged Saratoga
Afleet Express wins the Travers Stakes
Aug 28th
Afleet Express got the best of an epic last-furlong battle to win the 141st running of the Grade One Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The race was not short of quality but there was no outstanding market leader in the field of 11, although Trappe Shot having the slight edge. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Afleet-Express-wins-the-Travers-Stakes-a24182
Travers Stakes preview
Aug 27th
Rather like the ageing star, the Travers Stakes is finding itself upstaged by a relative upstart as this year’s Saratoga meeting reaches its climax. Given that the Travers predates even the Kentucky Derby, and has been the magnet race that has drawn crowds to the Spa track for most of its 146-year history, it would [...]
Field of five in Personal Ensign Stakes
Aug 26th
Rachel Alexandra has been drawn in stall two of a field of five for the Grade One Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga on Sunday. The reigning Horse of the Year is the odds-on market leader for what is her first run in a Group One race this season, with Calvin Borel in the saddle for [...]
Todd Pletcher’s Saratoga double
Aug 25th
Picking winners is never easy – just look at all those short-term loan adverts on the television – but the marketing gurus at the New York Racing Association are pushing a special double wager for Saratoga this weekend. Just find the winners of both the Grade One features, the Travers and Personal Ensign Stakes, which [...]
Rachel Alexandra runs on Sunday
Aug 24th
As befits one of the two divas of American horse racing, Rachel Alexandra will be upstaging the main event at Saratoga this weekend. The Travers Stakes may usually be the hot ticket for the entire Saratoga meeting but it is having to take a back seat this year. Whether Rachel Alexandra makes the main event [...]
Morning work for Rachel Alexandra
Aug 11th
A racecourse meeting between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta seems as far away – both geographically and in terms of race programmes – as ever but the latest workout from the reigning Horse of the Year helped to keep the pot boiling. After Zenyatta maintained her perfect record with an 18th straight victory, in the Grade [...]
Blame wins at Saratoga
Aug 8th
Blame got up in the dying strides to win the 83rd running of the Grade One Whitney Handicap at Saratoga. The start was delayed when Haynesfield broke through the stalls but he also broke first for Ramon Dominguez when the gates opened. But it was Quality Road who led into the first turn and he [...]
Lookin At Lucky out of Travers Stakes
Aug 4th
Bob Baffert could be forgiven for thinking that it is two steps forwards and one back when it comes to training Lookin At Lucky. The colt, who stamped himself as the dominant three-year-old colt with his victory in the Grade One Haskell Invitational Handicap at the weekend, has now been ruled out of his next [...]
Quality Road goes to Whitney Handicap
Aug 3rd
So who is the best horse in America? The supporters of Zenyatta will point to an unbeaten 18-race career, even if John Shirreffs has yet to definitively point the mare to her next race. Then those members of the Rachel Alexandra fan club will remind you that she is the reigning Horse of the Year, [...]
Lookin At Lucky wins Haskell
Aug 1st
Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra may be the current marquee names of American racing but Lookin At Lucky came through as the dominant three-year-old with a victory in the Grade One Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park. The race had brought together a quality field that offered the opportunity to settle arguments that this year’s Triple [...]
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