Spa All-Sources Handle Jumps 4.4%
NYRA reports the 2017 Saratoga Race Course meeting handled a record $676 million in all-sources handle, eclipsing last year's mark by 4.4%.
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Pletcher, Ortiz, Dubb take Saratoga Titles
The Saratoga meet titles for 2017 go down the to the wire. Todd Pletcher takes his 13th trainer's title with 40 wins, which ties Chad Brown's mark set last year. Jose Ortiz wins second straight title at the Spa.
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Mind Your Biscuits to Return to Track After Forego Loss
Trainer Chad Summers plans to bring multiple grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits back to the track Sept. 2 for the first time since running sixth to champion Drefong in the Aug. 26 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
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Harmonize Seeks Glens Falls Rebound
Larkin Armstrong's Harmonize, bred by Jack Swain III, seeks to rebound off a fourth in the July 22 Diana Stakes (G1T) at the Spa in the Sept. 2 Glens Falls Stakes (G3T) at 1 3/8 miles. Swain is also represented by his grade 3-placed homebred Lottie.
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Will Bricks and Mortar Win Again in the Saranac?
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Saranac Stakes (G3T) and Glens Falls Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga
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Pure Silver Looks to Stay Perfect in Spinaway
Pure Silver will try to extend her unbeaten record when she takes on four other juvenile fillies in the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 2.
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Gun Runner the Target in Woodward Stakes
When Gun Runner heads to the starting gate for the Sept. 2 Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, he will be viewed as the star burning brightest among his peers.
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West Coast is Best in Travers Stakes
One year after champion Arrogate shipped in from California and turned the division on its ear with his win in the Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), West Coast emulated his stablemate when he registered a victory in the 1 1/4-mile test.
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Practical Joke Too Good in H. Allen Jerkens
Practical Joke remains unbeaten around one turn and added another top-level triumph to his resume when he ran down Takaful in the stretch to win the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 26.
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Ramon Dominguez Inducted into Saratoga Walk of Fame
The New York Racing Association welcomed three-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Ramon Dominguez to the Saratoga Walk of Fame Aug. 25.
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Rested Tapwrit Seeks To Land Travers Knockout
For the first time in months, Tapwrit is coming into a race rested. And if the classic winner lands another power punch in the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), it might be the hit that sends the rest of his division sprawling.
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Lady Eli Bids Farewell to Saratoga in Ballston Spa
Nearly three years to the day after her debut, Lady Eli will try and end her time at the Spa in the same fashion it began when she breaks from the inside post in a field of six for the $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa Stakes (G2T) Aug. 26.
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Paulassilverlining Brings Best Form Into Ballerina
The pro-tem leader of the female sprint division puts her four-race win streak on the line Aug. 26 when she breaks from post 3 in a field of seven entered for the $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course.
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Contentious Travers Stakes on Tap
With all three individual classic winners set to start, along with six other graded stakes winners in the field of 12, the $1.25 million Travers (G1) could provide that long-awaited moment when the balance of power among the 3-year-old males shifts.
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What's Going On Here: Ring Around Saratoga
Alabama winner Elate's family comes full circle at the Spa
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Tapwrit Favored on Travers Morning Line
Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tapwrit was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the field of a dozen sophomores entered for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1).
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Mind Your Biscuits on Track for Forego Start
Multiple grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits is officially on track for the Aug. 26 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course following his half-mile breeze over the Oklahoma training track the morning of Aug. 18.
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Always Dreaming Confirmed for Travers
Trainer Todd Pletcher saw three of his possible starters in the Travers Stakes (G1) breeze early the morning of Aug. 18, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming going four furlongs in company with Outplay, and Tapwrit also working a half-mile.
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Handicapping a Competitive Alabama Stakes
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
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Saratoga, Del Mar to Offer All-Stakes Pick 4s
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced Aug. 17 an "All-Stakes Pick 4" with a partnership between Saratoga Race Course and Del Mar Racetrack on both Saturday, August 19 and Saturday, September 2.
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Salty Seeks Breakout Win in Alabama
After suffering three straight defeats at the hands of the multiple grade 1 winner Abel Tasman, Salty has a chance to snag a top-level score for herself in the 10-furlong Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
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Champion Classic Empire Back Training in Ocala
With the champion colt's notorious training issues again flaring up at Saratoga Race Course this summer, Classic Empire has been shipped to Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala to prepare for the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
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First Day of Equestricon Successful, Productive
The Saratoga Springs City Center was buzzing with activity Aug. 14, as the first convention for Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts opened with more than three dozen events on topics ranging from aftercare, to marketing, to the sport's greatest horses.
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Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale: Francis Vanlangendonck
Summerfield Sales' Francis Vanlangendonck talks about the success of the Fasig-Tipton New York bred sale.
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Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale: Meg Levy
Bluewater Sales' Meg Levy talks about the first session of the Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearling Sale.
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Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale: Shack Parrish
A satisfied Shack Parrish of Indian Creek talks about his consignment's first night.
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Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale: Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor talks about the Taylor Made consignment and her optimism about the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Preferred Yearlings sale. Sponsored by Taylor Made.
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Girvin, Cloud Computing Turn in Half-Mile Breezes
Brad Grady's Girvin, winner of the July 30 betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), turned in his penultimate work for the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), breezing four furlongs in :50.45 Aug. 12.
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Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale: Hanzly Albina
Hanzly Albina of Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services talks about his expectations for the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales
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Mind Your Biscuits Leaves Summers Wanting More
On paper, multiple grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits' five-furlong breeze in 1:00.45 under regular rider Joel Rosario was one of the best over the Saratoga Race Course's main track on Aug. 11, ranking third-fastest of 18 horses.
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Hendrickson Plans to Attract Next Gen to Hall of Fame
John Hendrickson, a successful businessman who is thoroughly immersed in the Thoroughbred world, hopes to modernize the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, making it more accessible to a younger generation.
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Comic-Con, SantaCon, Why Not Equestricon?
When it comes to Thoroughbred racing and Saratoga Springs, N.Y., too much, it seems, is never enough.
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Buy A Piece Of Secretariat, Dr. Fager, Arts and Letters
Why spend a million dollars on an untried yearling when you can buy a piece of history? We're not talking just any piece of history, but items that represent three superstars of The Turf, Secretariat, Dr. Fager, and Arts and Letters.
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McCraken Fires Bullet in Preparation for Travers
McCraken turned in one of his snappier breezes Aug. 10, when he covered four furlongs in :49.03 over the Oklahoma Training Track, the fastest of 31 drills at the distance Thursday.
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Two Out of Three Not Bad for Blake-Albina at Saratoga
Ron Blake and Hanzly Albina's consignment sold two fillies for $1.075 million at the Saratoga yearling sale. A third filly, by Pioneerof the Nile, failed to meet its reserve after being bid to $385,000.
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Lothenbach Takes Buying Spree to Saratoga
Owner/breeder Bob Lothenbach bought five yearlings for $1.415 million. Three of his purchases are colts by More Than Ready, the sire of his multiple stakes winner Sonic Boom.
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What's Going On Here: Horses And Horsepower
Auto and equine industries have some similarities
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Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale Day 2 Recap
Claire Novak recaps day 2 of the Fasig-Tipton selected yearling sale including comments from Boyd Browning, Kerri Radcliffe, Davant Latham, and Brian Graves. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
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Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale Day 1 Recap
Claire Novak recaps day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton selected yearling sale including comments from Ian Brennan, Craig Bandoroff and Boyd Browning. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
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ABR: Gun Runner Rules on Whitney Day
Horse racing at its best was on display on Whitney Stakes Day at Saratoga. Gun Runner delivered a superstar performance in the Whitney while revelers made memories on another fantastic day at the Spa.
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Neolithic Gets Back to the Winner's Circle
The distance wasn't his preference and the longshot pacesetter wasn't folding up as expected. Nonetheless, Neolithic pressed forward and got his comeback victory over the Saratoga Race Course main track Aug. 5.
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Gun Runner Cruises in Whitney
Cruising for home on his lonesome under a confident ride from Florent Geroux, the 3-5 Steve Asmussen-trained favorite continued to draw away en route to a 5 1/4-length win over Keen Ice.
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American Gal Perfect in Test
Kaleem Shah's homebred American Gal landed the grade 1 victory she's been chasing Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Estrechada, Castellano Capture Waya Stakes
Only twice in his career has California-based Mike Puype put one of his charges on his plane to the Spa and both times, they have returned with graded stakes success.
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Bricks and Mortar Stays Perfect With Hall of Fame Win
The powerful turn of foot that carried Bricks and Mortar to victory in his first three starts kept him unbeaten in his toughest challenge to date as he ran by favorite Yoshida (JPN) in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T).
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Litfin: Rain Could be 'X' Factor in Whitney
There is terrific stakes action all over the map Aug. 5, which is Whitney Stakes (G1) Day at Saratoga Race Course and also West Virginia Derby (G3) Day at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort.
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Carina Mia Finds Her Luster in Shine Again
The form from the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) continued to hold up well as Carina Mia became the third next-out winner from that Belmont race when she made quick work of the Shine Again Stakes field at Saratoga for new trainer Chad Brown.
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All Eyes on Gun Runner in Whitney Stakes
With rain in the forecast and a rabbit entered to try and disrupt his rhythm, Gun Runner will no doubt elevate himself should the 4-5 morning-line favorite run to form in the Aug. 5 Whitney Stakes (G1) over 1 1/8 miles.
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What's Going On Here: Upset Minded
So what do we make of the beginning of the second half of the 2017 race season, where in the space of one week we’ve seen the defeats of Arrogate, Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, Irish War Cry, and Timeline with nary a battle offered?
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Balanced Field Set for Hall of Fame Stakes
On the day a new set of Racing Hall of Fame inductees are installed, a few connections look to add to their resumes in the $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) going 1 1/16 miles at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 4.
