5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (635+ words) Saratoga closed its 45-day summer meet Monday with paid attendance topping 1 million for the 11th consecutive year and wagering handle of more than $900 million, capping a three-year stretch in which the Spa absorbed an outsized share of the New York racing…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (248+ words) Just like last year, millionaire Stellify led at every call when she ran away with her second consecutive victory in the Grade 3, $1.5 million Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Invitational covering 1 5/16 miles Sunday. Sent off as the odds-on favorite, 5-year-old Stellify (1-2) raced…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (232+ words) Debut winner The Good Life got to the front shortly after the start, opened a big lead turning into the stretch and ran on to an open-lengths victory Sunday in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful Stakes for seven 2-year-olds at Saratoga. Manny…...

1+ week, 30+ min ago   (235+ words) Odds-on favorite Mashallah pressed Vekoma's Diva through a swift opening quarter-mile, wore her down nearing the quarter pole and drew off to a 5-length win Sunday in the Grade 3, $225,000 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga. The victory handed Manny Franco the 2026 Saratoga…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (968+ words) Taken on their own merit, the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga and the Del Mar Futurity in California are worthy Grade 1, seven-furlong tests that will measure some of the country’s top 2-year-olds. As bellwethers for the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby, well, that…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (721+ words) Tiffany saved ground along the inside, found a pocket in the upper stretch and surged past a stubborn pacesetter to a 1 3/4-length win Saturday in the Grade 2, $2 million Kentucky Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs. Luke Morris rode the 6-year-old mare…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (471+ words) Only one week after an allowance win at Saratoga, Caroline St. Beat rated the early speed from mid-pack, dueled early pacesetter Glacius down the stretch Saturday and earned a 17-1 upset win by 1 1/2 lengths in the Grade 2, $3 million Nashville Derby Invitational…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (370+ words) Possiblemente, a 6-year-old gelding who became a graded-stakes winner when he joined trainer Joe Sharp this year, became racing’s newest millionaire Saturday when he stalked and scored in the Grade 2, $1.75 million Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint covering six furlongs on firm…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (695+ words) Velora remained undefeated with an impressive 2 1/4-length score under José Ortiz in Friday’s $200,000 Seeking the Ante Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga. Trained by Linda Rice for Winning Move Stable, Sabby Racing, IEE Racing, Sanford…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (995+ words) Closing weekend at Saratoga could be another steppingstone for Kinnon LaRose. He could get his first Grade 1 win, perhaps from the filly who gave him his first graded-stakes breakthrough just last month. Or maybe from a colt who broke his…...