Posts tagged Todd Pletcher
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rachel Alexandra wins Lady’s Secret Stakes
Jul 25th
Rachel Alexandra completed the formality of claiming her 13th victory in 18 starts in the Lady’s Secret Stakes at Monmouth Park. The doubts that had been expressed after Rachel Alexandra had been beaten in her first two starts of the season had been forgotten when she won the Grade Two Fleur de Lis Stakes at [...]
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