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…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–The chase continues for jockey Manny Franco. For just about all of the summer at Saratoga, Franco, along with everyone else in the jockey colony, has been on the hunt, trying to catch Jose Ortiz. Ortiz has held…
Saratoga Maidens, presented by Keeneland First-time starter Club Reign (Core Beliefs), a colt co-owned by former Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson, kicked off DraftKings Travers Day at Saratoga strong, blitzing a maiden special weight field in the…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Book'em Danno (Bucchero), the even-money morning line favorite for Saturday's $500,000 GI Forego Stakes, cast himself in his stall sometime Friday night and was withdrawn from his title defense, trainer Derek Ryan said.…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In eight of Renegade (Into Mischief)'s nine career races, he has had the steady hands of jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. guiding him. The band got broken up when Ortiz's Saratoga season was cut short when he…
Golden Tempo (Curlin), a sensational last-to-first winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes, is the horse to beat in an ultra-deep renewal of the GI DraftKings Travers S. at Saratoga Saturday. The 157th renewal of the 'Mid-Summer…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Fans of the 1960s TV show “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” have their horse in Saturday's 157th running of the $1.25-million GI Travers Stakes. The lead character in the campy spy show was an agent named Napoleon…
Freshman sire Jackie's Warrior (by Maclean's Music) got his first stakes winner Thursday when Wood Island (Jackie's Warrior) wired the 5 1/2-furlong Skidmore Stakes for trainer George Weaver. Meant for the turf but rained onto the main track for his…
Despite enjoying considerable success since arriving in California in 2023, jockey Antonio Fresu will soon be making the trek east to Belmont Park. He has announced that he will begin riding in New York on opening day of the new…
Saratoga Maidens, presented by Keeneland First-time starter Brickyard Belle (Yaupon) saved her best running for late and mowed down the field in an impressive final-furlong run to become the latest 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' at Saratoga. The filly…