SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.–Round three of the longest summer of racing in Saratoga starts Thursday with an 11-race program. Officially, the New York Racing Association designated Friday, July 3, as the opening day of the record 46-day Saratoga season. It was…
Summer in Saratoga is a great occasion to love that particular course, and Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) will look to avenge his third-place finish in last month's GIII Poker Stakes even as the two horses who beat him…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The sting from last weekend's GI Stephen Foster Stakes is still felt throughout the Hall of Fame barn of trainer Bill Mott. But there is no chance that Mott and his crew are going to throw…
The 2025 GI Stephen Foster Stakes was a doozy on paper, featuring the previous year's GI Kentucky Derby victor (Mystik Dan), a reigning winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic (Sierra Leone) and a G1 Dubai World Cup hero (Hit…
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has never won the GIII Ohio Derby at Thistledown, but that might change when the speedy Desert Gate (Omaha Beach) runs on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt owned by the 'Three Amigos'–Michael Pegram, Karl Watson…
Baeza (McKinzie), winner of last term's GI Pennsylvania Derby and an unlucky third after completely missing the break in his 2026 return in the GII Alysheba S. May 1, is aiming to make his next start in a star-studded renewal…