This Saturday Saratoga Race Course will host the 96th running of the Whitney Stakes. The race is named in honor of the Queen of Saratoga– Marylou Whitney, who passed away July 19th of 2019, 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 the founders of the National Museum of Racing, as well as Pan American Airlines. … Continue reading The Whitney
The $500,000, Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday isn’t a Grade 1 but it’s coffee namesake is worthy of a G1 rating. Saratoga Cool Beans Coffee is a neat little website that has a Saratoga, Thoroughbred theme to it and offers some damn fine coffees. They ship anywhere in the continental United States and the order usually arrive in two business … Continue reading A Tasty Jim Dandy
Saturday at Saratoga Race Course is the 60th edition of the Grade 2, Jim Dandy Stakes. The race is for 3-year-olds and up with a purse of $500,000 dollars and is run on the main track at a distance of one & one eighth miles. The race is named in honor of 3- year-old colt JIM DANDY, (pictured) who in the 1930 Travers Stakes beat Triple Crown Winner GALLANT … Continue reading A Jim Dandy Of A Race
The million dollar, G1 Haskell Stakes is Saturday at Monmouth Park. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher had said that he would enter three of his horses in the mile & 1/8th contest. And today he did just that by submitting FIERCENESS, MINDFRAME and TUSCAN SKY to compete in the signature race at Monmouth. The question is, how many of them actually take the trip … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions
Opening week at Saratoga Race Course was fraught with exhaustive heat and humidity. But despite that and Thursday’s races being off turf the four day opening week at The Spa was a good one. There was a beefy 18.3% increase in all-sources handle for the first four days of racing at Saratoga. In addition, more total races were run and fewer races taken off the … Continue reading Good Opening Week At The Spa
Saratoga Race Course is known for its terrific 2-year-old racing, and all of the big barns plus some of the smaller stables with a nice juvenile or two target the meeting in upstate New York. And fans of baby racing aren’t waiting long as 2-year-old action swings into high gear with the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes on Saturday. The Sanford is one of three featured Stakes on … Continue reading Who Wins The Sanford Stakes ?
The Belmont Stakes at Saratoga was by all accounts very successful and adds another tier to the storied history of The Spa. In S.P.A.C. speak that means the warm-up act is over, it’s time for the headliner to take the stage. The 40-day racing season, the 156th since the first meet was staged in 1863, commences Thursday with an 11-race program at Saratoga Race Course, … Continue reading Riders Up @ Saratoga
The 161st edition of the Saratoga summer meet is set to kickoff on Thursday, July 11th. So here are seven furlongs of knowledge in regard to America’s Racetrack. 1. Saratoga Race Course Is The Oldest Sports Venue In The United States. The track opened for business in 1863, making it the oldest sporting venue in the entire United States. If you love horses and/or history, Saratoga is a bucket-list … Continue reading A Saratoga Primer
The one-mile Tapeta track currently under construction at Belmont Park will become the exclusive winter racing surface on the New York Racing Association circuit when the Long Island facility reopens in 2026, NYRA has announced. The change will result in approximately three months of racing exclusively on an all-weather surface with the shift from dirt to the all-weather in the winter months. This is expected … Continue reading NYRA Improving Surfaces
FOX Sports and the New York Racing Association first established a partnership in 2016 with the launch of Saratoga Live. Saratoga Live continues to be a critically acclaimed and award-winning television show which provides daily coverage of the 40-day summer meet at Saratoga. FOX Sports has continually expanded its coverage of racing’s most important events each year since 2016, most recently broadcasting the 156th Belmont Stakes from Saratoga. … Continue reading Saratoga On TV
