Saturday is the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Also known as the Mid-Summer Derby it is by far the most popular day of the entire meet. Travers Day features five Grade 1, Stakes races, totaling over 5 million dollars in purses. For the uninitiated here is a brief Travers Stakes historic primer. THE NAME: The Saratoga Racing Association named the Travers Stakes for William R. Travers (one of the founders of America’s oldest … Continue reading Travers Stakes Basics
Saturdays feature event at Saratoga is the 145th 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. The inaugural Alabama took place in 1872- that race Won by WOODBINE, a horse owned by August Belmont. The race itself was not precisely named in honor of the great state of Alabama; rather, it was named after … Continue reading Sweet Home Alabama…Stakes
The Grade 1, $750,000 dollar Sword Dancer is Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The race is a win-and-you’re-in qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Turf November 1st at Del Mar. Here is a brief look at the field of nine runners: 1. EL CORDOBES [ML 4-1] Trainer: Charlie Appleby. Jockey: Flavien Prat. This is his first trip to America. The 4-year-old won a Group 2 at Newmarket … Continue reading Who Wins The Sword Dancer?
The 2025 Travers Stakes at Saratoga is Saturday, August 23rd. The Grade 1 race for three-year-olds is the highlight of the Saratoga summer meet and has aptly been dubbed the Mid-Summer Derby. Travers Day is a marathon of Grade 1 Stakes races (5) with purses totaling over 20 million dollars. The first race of the day is scheduled for 11:40 with the Travers set to … Continue reading Travers, Grade 1 Coffee
The $1 million-dollar, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes is Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. It is one of the most important races in the Breeders’ Cup Classic division as well as one of the marquee summertime races in U.S. horse racing. The 1 1/8-mile dirt race is a Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series qualifier for the BC Classic, giving the Winner an automatic berth to the $7 million dollar … Continue reading Who Wins The Whitney ?
Stakes races like the Belmont or the Woodward stand as tributes to those who make significant contributions to horse racing. Those family names on the events are reflective of what those Pillars of the Turf have given the sport. Saturday at Saratoga Race Course is the Whitney Stakes. This annual race recognizes what the family’s multiple generations of owners and breeders have given the sport … Continue reading A Whitney Worthy Tribute
Saturday at Saratoga Race Course is the 97th edition 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. In the 1970s’ … Continue reading The Whitney
Saturday is the Grade 2, $500,000 dollar Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes Winner SOVEREIGNTY is the heavy favorite. The race, which is restricted to 3-year-olds, drew a field of five who will race 1 1/8 miles on Saratoga’s main track. Here is a brief look at the field: 1. BAEZA [ML 3-1] Trainer: John Shirreffs. Jockey: Hector Berrios. Shows up … Continue reading Will SOVEREIGNTY Reign Supreme?
The $500,000, Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday is a Grade 2. Jim Dandy coffee from Saratoga Cool Beans rates a G1 status. Saratoga Cool Beans is a neat little website that has a Saratoga, Thoroughbred theme to it and offers some damn fine coffees. The Daily Racing Blog staff has tried several of their coffees and found each one to be outstanding! They ship anywhere in the continental … Continue reading A Jim Dandy Cup Of Coffee
On Saturday Saratoga Race Course will host the 61th 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 FOX. The Graveyard of … Continue reading One Jim Dandy Of A Race
