The Whitney (Grade 1) (BC)- $1,000.000SAR- For Three Year Olds and UpwardOne Mile and One Eighth on the DirtAugust 3, 2019 It’s one of the biggest weekends of the year at Saratoga Race Course, and some of the best horses… Read More ›
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Interesting Tactical Battle Looms in SAR Oaks
SAR Oaks SAR Race #8 1 3/16m Turf StakePurse $750.000 (plus up to $62.500 for NY-breds) For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Cest And Me D J C Racing Stables Lezcano J The BEL Oaks is the key marker for… Read More ›
Ghost In The Shell Scares Off Hirsch Rivals
Hirsch Stakes- Grade 1 (BC)- $300.000 PurseDMR- For Fillies and Mares Three Years Old and UpwardOne Mile and One Sixteenth on the DirtJuly 28, 2019 Ghost In The Shell took longer then most contenders at this level to break her… Read More ›
Z One Chance Does it Again in Crosby Stakes
Z One Chance had just one chance to do something that no other horse had ever done in the past: win the Crosby twice, and in consecutive years.
Jinxing Jinxed Queen in The Hirsch Stakes
On Sunday at DMR, we will know who one more runner in the BC Distaff will be as a field of ten goes to post in the 16th running of the Grade 1 Hirsch Stakes, a stake that provides an automatic spot in the field of the BC Distaff.
Pretty Ferro a Surprising Entrant in Crosby Stakes
Every once in a while, a race will have an entry in it that surprises you. For the Grade 1 Crosby, that horse is Pretty Ferro, the former KYD winner and once seen as a major TC threat.
Haskell Winner Twin Towers Earns Some Admiration
The Haskell got a surprising declaration with about an hour prior to post: Admiration had been scratched.
Elegant Stacks ’em Up in The CCA Oaks
The CCA Oaks – Grade I1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Elegant Mb Stables Sanchez M J With the slow early pace it was important to be close to the pace and this is… Read More ›
TC Race Winners Start Outside in Haskell
The summer heats up this weekend in more ways then one, and at MTH we will be treated to the 14th running of the Grade 1 Haskell. This is a race that has been good in the past to winners of one of the TC races, as the last three Haskell winners (Pretty Ferro, Shootfromthehip and Carneyman) held that distinction.
A Spiders Web of Intrigue in The CCA Oaks Sets Up a Great Race
The CCA Oaks – Grade ISAR Race #8 1 1/8m Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Spicy Poke Estero Farms Wilson E J Third in the grade two Sorrento Stakes as a juvenile this filly was… Read More ›