by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.11.202208.11.2022|9:41pm9:43pm $123,924 Pick 6 Carryover On Friday’s Saratoga Card Friday’s card at Saratoga Race Course will feature a $1 Pick 6 carryover of $123,924 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s 10-race program. The $1 Pick 6 returned $20,654 for bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. Thursday’s sequence kicked off in Race 5 with Top Envoy [No. 2, $71] graduating at first asking […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.10.2022|8:32pm Isolate Gives Amoss 4,000th Career Win In Tale Of The Cat Stakes Trainer Tom Amoss secured his 4,000th career win when Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Isolate posted a gate-to-wire score in Wednesday’s ninth renewal of the $135,000 Tale of the Cat, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses yet to win a graded stakes in 2022, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. An emotional Amoss said his […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.10.2022|5:10pm Damon’s Mound, Gulfport To Square Off In Saratoga Special Emerging stars Gulfport and Damon’s Mound will look to make the grade in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for juveniles, at Saratoga Race Course. Cliff and Michele Love’s Florida homebred Damon’s Mound will provide trainer Michelle Lovell her first starter at Saratoga. Lovell, who was a jockey from 1989-94 and […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.07.2022|5:34pm Naughty Gal Goes Wire To Wire For First Stakes Win In Adirondack, Provides Lukas Record Seventh Triumph In Race Holy Cow Stable’s Naughty Gal made her stakes debut a winning one in Sunday’s $200,000 Adirondack (G3), a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for juvenile fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas and piloted by Luis Saez, the Into Mischief bay entered from a 9 1/4-length romp in a six-furlong maiden […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.06.2022|5:34pm ‘She Had A Little More Kick Than The Rest Of Them’: War Like Goddess Scores Repeat Win In Glens Falls George Krikorian’s War Like Goddess, perfectly piloted by Joel Rosario, drew away in hand to a 1 1/4-length score in Saturday’s $250,000 Glens Falls (G2), a 12-furlong inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the 5-year-old English Channel mare is now 3-for-3 over […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.06.202208.07.2022|4:44pm12:11am Longshot Dynadrive Earns First Stakes Win In Lure Stakes Thriller At Saratoga Flying P Stable and James Schurman’s Dynadrive outdueled Sifting Sands to the wire in a thrilling stretch run to capture Saturday’s $135,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The 5-year-old Temple City gelding made his first start for trainer Tom Morley last out, upsetting an optional-claimer at 10 furlongs on the Belmont Park turf […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|08.03.2022|4:26pm Classic Causeway Faces Pletcher-Trained Trio In Saratoga Derby Kentucky West Racing and Clarke M. Cooper’s Classic Causeway will take on 10 rivals as he looks to capture Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational, a 1 3/16-mile Mellon turf test for sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course. The second leg of the Caesars Turf Triple series is one of three Grade 1 […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|07.31.202207.31.2022|10:16pm10:18pm Wit Takes To Turf For First Time In Saratoga’s Racing Hall Of Fame Stakes Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable and Gainesway Stable’s multiple graded-stakes winner Wit will make his turf debut in Friday’s $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2), a one-mile inner turf test for sophomores at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, the dark bay Practical Joke colt made two graded […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|07.30.202207.30.2022|6:54pm8:50pm ‘I Wanted This More Than You’re Supposed To Want Things:’ Asmussen Thrilled As Jackie’s Warrior Makes Saratoga History With Vanderbilt Victory Kirk and Judy Robison’s reigning champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior was hand ridden by Joel Rosario to a two-length victory in Saturday’s $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1), a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the 4-year-old Maclean’s Music bay captured his fifth career […]
by Keith McCalmont/NYRA|07.28.2022|3:21pm Arklow Returns From 10-Month Layoff In Sunday’s Bowling Green Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger and the Estate of Peter Coneway’s multiple graded-stakes winner Arklow returns off a nearly 10-month layoff in Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green, an 11-furlong inner turf test for older horses at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Brad Cox, the 8-year-old Arch bay was last seen in October at Belmont Park […]