Saturdays feature event at Saratoga is the 139th running of the Alabama Stakes. The prestigious stakes race for 3-year-old fillies is one of the oldest races for females in the United States, with its first edition taking place in 1872 in a race Won by WOODBINE, a horse owned by August Belmont. The race itself was not precisely named in honor of the great state … Continue reading The Alabama Stakes
It’s like he was never gone. Sam Grossman, aka Sam The Bugler announced last year that after twenty six years of blowing out the Call To The Post (the little ditty that signals the horses have reached the track prior to each race) at Saratoga Race Course he was going to retire. Well look out old Sam is back. Let’s not even refer to it as a … Continue reading Sam Is Back In Town
The Fourstardave Stakes is contested at one mile on the turf, for horses 3 and older. It is a Grade 1 Stakes Race with a purse of $500,00 dollars. Here is a brief look at the field: 1. MARCH TO THE ARCH (ML 10-1) Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione Trainer: Mark Casse 2. DR. EDGAR (ML 8-1) Jockey: Julian Leparoux Trainer: Barclay Tagg 3. UNI (ML 5-2) Jockey: Joel Rosario Trainer: Chad Brown 4. RAGING BULL (ML 3-1) Jockey: Jose Ortiz Trainer: … Continue reading Fourstardave Picks
This Saturdays feature event at Saratoga is the $500,000 dollar, Grade 1 Fourstardave. The race is named to honor a favorite at Saratoga…you guessed it FOURSTARDAVE. He was one of the most popular horses of his time, as he competed from age 2 to 10. And boy how he loved The Spa. He Won at least one race at Saratoga from 1987 to 1994, earning him … Continue reading FOURSTARDAVE
The Daily Racing Blog had a wonderful weekend in Saratoga. Two days spent with the girlfriend and her family yielded not only a great experience in town and at the track, but we managed to pad the bankroll a little bit as well. On Sunday DRB spent a few races with some not-so-regular track goers. It was a pleasure watching their joy and excitement as … Continue reading Basic Tenets Of Racing
Saturday is the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga. It is the next step on the Road to the Breeders’ Cup for horses targeting the $6 million dollar Breeders’ Cup Classic, held November 2nd at Santa Anita Park. This nine furlong race has a scheduled Post Time of 5:46 eastern standard, and will be televised on NBC. Here is a look at the field for the Grade 1, … Continue reading The Whitney Stakes
This Saturday the Saratoga Race Course will host the 91st running of the Whitney Stakes. The Daily Racing Blog would be remiss if we didn’t talk about the Queen of Saratoga– Marylou Whitney, who passed away July 19th, at the age of 93. For seven decades, Mrs. Whitney was among the most successful owners in thoroughbred racing. In 1958 she married Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney, one of … Continue reading The Whitney…Marylou
A spike in racehorse fatalities at Santa Anita Park in California earlier this year led to a lot of negative press, and outcry from animal rights groups criticizing the horse racing industry of being fundamentally unethical in the treatment of horses. This sort of publicity endangers the future of horse racing. For horse racing to survive, it has to face its ethical hurdles and defend the fundamental … Continue reading For The Love Of Horse Racing
The 55th running of the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) is Saturday at Saratoga. It is the traditional prep-race for the Travers’ Stakes (G1), which is August 24th this year. The Jim Dandy is a race for 3-year-olds, contested at 1 1/8 miles on the dirt, with a purse of $600,000 dollars. Here is a brief look at the field for this years contest. #1 LAUGHING FOX [ML 12-1] … Continue reading The Jim Dandy Stakes
You will occasionally catch trainers or turf writers referring to a big race as a key race in a horse’s preparation for an upcoming race. This usually means that the race was essential to the trainer’s plan for that horse, a race that meant a lot for the horse’s development. But when you hear handicappers and horse-players using the term key race, they usually mean … Continue reading Key-Race Longshot Angle
