Hieroglyphics Translates Ground-Saving Trip Into Better Talk Now Victory
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partner’s Hieroglyphics used a ground-saving trip and well-timed stretch run by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez
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Destin possible for Jockey Club Gold Cup
By David Grening SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher already has Whitney runner-up Keen Ice pointing to the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct. 7 at Belmont Park. He could have another Gold Cup runner, perhaps Destin, who won a third-level allowance race by a nose over stablemate Donegal Moon on Thursday at Saratoga. Destin, […]
Read MoreHazit – TDN Rising Star
August 26, 2017 – Saratoga, Race 1, Msw, USD $83,000, 6 1/2F Hazit, c, 2, 2015 by War Front 1st Dam: Rumor (GSW, $418,391), by Indian Charlie 2nd Dam: Mini Chat, by Deputy Minister 3rd Dam: Phone Chatter, by Phone Trick Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Breeder: Raydelz Stable (KY) Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher Hazit (War […]
Read MoreWide-Open With Anticipation Features 11 Juveniles
A field of 11 juveniles are set to contest a wide-open edition of the 1 1/16-mile $150,000 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 30, the ninth race on the program.
Read MoreContentious Travers Stakes on Tap
Some of the most heated debates that spring up around the racetrack could be resolved by one relatively simple concept: gather all the stars in the same place and let them determine who the brightest of the bunch is.
Read MoreTriple Crown winners face off in G1 Travers for first time in 35 years
Attracting all three winners of the year’s Triple Crown races for the first time since 1982, and only the second time in the Mid-Summer Derby’s storied tradition, Kentucky Derby victor Always Dreaming, Preakness Stakes winner Cloud Computing, and Belmont Stakes hero Tapwrit
Read MoreWell-connected El Dulce tops class in Skidmore Stakes
El Dulce will try to taste the sweetness of stakes victory for the first time in his nascent career, as the well-connected colt is favored in Friday’s $100,000 Skidmore Stakes for 2-year-olds sprinting on the turf at Saratoga.
Read MoreDel Mar: From Canterbury to Del Mar, and straight to winner’s circle
Vallestina won her debut at Canterbury Park by 17 1-2 lengths on June 24, prompting a private acquisition from Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
Read MoreFavored Lady Valeur wins three-way photo in Luther Burbank Handicap
Favored Lady Valeur ($4.20) maintained her perfect Northern California record as she got first run into the lane and won a three-way photo in the $59,875 Luther Burbank Handicap on Saturday at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa.
Read MoreRating ability key for Earth in Tyro Stakes
The $60,000 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday seems to center around Earth. But trainer Wesley Ward could have Earth surrounded.
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