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, […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tapwrit, who has been cooling his heels since his classic triumph, was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the field of a dozen sophomores
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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
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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.
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The most significant event in Kentucky over the coming week is the full solar eclipse, and the Bluegrass State is dead-center for viewing a total eclipse of the sun. The Bluegrass, more than most portions of the Earth, should be eclipse conscious because the pattern and character of the Thoroughbred today is significantly shaped by a single horse named after a similar event 253 years ago.
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Follow along with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners President Aron Wellman as he takes you inside the opening evening of the highly popular Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.
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Vallestina won her debut at Canterbury Park by 17 1-2 lengths on June 24, prompting a private acquisition from Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
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