A memorable summer sojourn at Saratoga for jockey Manny Franco got that much sweeter with the sun beginning to set Saturday afternoon, as Wathnan Racing's 'TDN Rising Star' LEADING CHANGE (c, 3, Gun Runner–Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats) came after longtime…
The team of Klaravich Stables, Chad Brown, and Flavien Prat, who won the GI Personal Ensign Stakes earlier on Saratoga's Travers Day card with Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law), was back at it in the GI Resorts World Casino Ballerina…
A debut maiden winner on the dirt when pitched in against $12,500 claimers back in March 2024, In Our Time (m, 5, Not This Time–Laura's Pleasure, by Cactus Ridge) scaled the heights Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Downs, wiring the $1.75-million…
The complexion of Saturday's GI Forego Stakes at Saratoga took an about-face when reigning champion sprinter and Saratoga powerhouse Book'em Danno (Bucchero) was scratched Saturday morning after getting cast in his stall Friday night. Fleur de Lis Stables homebred Hymn…
Mid American (Epicenter) earned the first black-type for freshman sire Epicenter (by Not This Time) when he sailed home a winner in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint on Saturday. The Jimmy DiVito trainee was well-beaten on the dirt at…
EMANCIPATE (Uncle Mo–Marley's Freedom {GISW, $1,233,935}, by Blame) ran fourth in his debut behind 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' Inshallah (Flightline) at Del Mar Aug. 15. Ready for another shot at the winner's circle, the 'Insighted' colt was backed…
From last to first! European shipper Naomis (Fr) (City Light {Fr}) hit the gas from the back of the field Saturday, rocketing up the center of the Saratoga turf course to take down the GII Lake Placid Stakes for Chad…
Pennsylvania-bred Emphatic (Nyquist), a brilliant debut winner at Colonial Downs July 25, backed that up with authority Saturday in the two-turn Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park. Quick from the gate despite a wide draw into the short run for the…
The only filly to finish in front of Fully Subscribed (f, 4, Tiz the Law–Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride {Arg}) in her two previous starts this summer at Saratoga was Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), the undisputed leader of the older filly and…
C R K Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Englishman (c, 3, Maxfield–In It for the Gold, by Speightstown) was always going to be the long odds-on choice for Saturday's $500,000 GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga on…