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
Wednesday (7/16) marks the beginning of the first full week of racing at Saratoga Race Course in it’s normal meet of summer racing. With the exception of Labor Day the famed race track is dark on Mondays and Tuesdays- but there’s still plenty to see on Union Avenue even on the dark days. Located at 191 Union Avenue, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of … Continue reading Horse Racing Hall Of Fame
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?
Legendary New York City sportswriter Red Smith once began a column on how to get to Saratoga Race Course thusly; “From New York City you drive north for about 175 miles, turn left on Union Avenue and go back 100 years.” The town of Saratoga Springs resides in a vacuum as it relates to horse racing. Some might consider a lack of change to be a negative, but for Saratoga, as a … Continue reading Thoroughbred Paradise
