The million dollar, Grade 1 Haskell Stakes is Saturday at Monmouth Park. It is the first major race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds since the end of the Triple Crown series back in early June. The Haskell is part of the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In Challenge Series, offering the Winner an automatic, fees-paid berth to the $7 million dollar BC Classic at Del Mar on November … Continue reading Who Wins The Haskell ?
The million dollar Haskell Stakes is Saturday at Monmouth Park. The Winner of the race gains an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Classic this Fall. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds is expected to draw several accomplished horses, including Triple Crown veteran JOURNALISM. Using the last 20-plus years of Haskell history as a sample set should help bettors sort through the contenders and determine the … Continue reading Some Helpful Haskell Hints
The Grade 1, $500,000-dollar Diana Stakes is Saturday at Saratoga. Trainer Chad Brown will try to Win the event for the 10th time in his career. The 1 1/8-mile turf race drew a talented field of six fillies, which includes a pair from Brown’s barn. Brown has Won the last three editions of the Diana along with eight of the last nine, and all nine of … Continue reading Who Wins The Diana Stakes?
Thursday marks the beginning of the regular 2025 season at Saratoga Race Course. Saratoga is a where top horses, trainers, and jockeys congregate, for some of the best racing action of the summer. Saratoga is universally considered one of the premier racing meets in the country and the world. It’s also one of the most heavily bet. Last summer, the 40-day meet handled over $800 million worth … Continue reading Some Local Spa Knowledge
Thursday kicks off the inaugural July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. The festivities run from July 3rd through the 6th. Typically held at Belmont Park, the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga will serve as a precursor to the traditional six-week summer meet at the Spa. With the addition of the Belmont Stakes and the July 4th Festival, Saratoga will have hosted nine additional … Continue reading Saratoga Racing Festival Stakes Schedule
The 4th of July Racing Festival at Saratoga begins next Thursday. With that in mind, it’s time for Daily Racing Blog’s annual salute to one of racings great characters- Mr. Harvey Pack. Harvey moved on to the big paddock in the sky back in July of 2021 at the age of 94. Gone but not forgotten. A pioneer in the field of on-air racing personalities, … Continue reading Throwback To Pack
The 157th edition of the Belmont Stakes is set to run Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The $2 million-dollar, Grade 1 race moved to the historic upstate New York track last year when Belmont Park began a remodeling project that continues this year. That means that the Belmont Stakes, traditionally held at 1 ½ miles on the Big Sandy, will for the second year in a row be … Continue reading Who Wins The Belmont Stakes?
It’s not news to racing enthusiasts that the Belmont Stakes will once again be ran at Saratoga. Which means it will be contested at the shortened distance of 1 ¼ miles. Horseplayers that follow track trends need to adjust their handicapping accordingly because Belmont Stakes trends from past editions at Belmont Park– at the race’s traditional 1 ½-mile distance, are rendered insignificant for this year’s … Continue reading Speed & Gate Matter In Belmont @ Saratoga.
The $2 million dollar, 1 3/16 miles, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes is Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. The second leg of the Triple Crown will not feature the Kentucky Derby Winner SOVEREIGNTY as his connections elected to bypass the 150th edition of the Preakness and are pointing him to the Belmont Stakes (at Saratoga) on June 7th. Even without the Derby Winner this year’s Preakness … Continue reading Who Wins The Preakness?
Kentucky Derby weekend starts in earnest with the Friday running of the Kentucky Oaks. The Preakness Stakes kicks-off its weekend of festivities on Friday with the Black-Eyed Susan. The $300,000 dollar, Grade II for 3-year-old fillys is not a Grade 1 Stakes like the Oaks, but this year’s Black-Eyed Susan offers a solid field that should be an interesting race to watch and wager on. Here’s … Continue reading Who Wins The Black-Eyed Susan?
