Horseplayers take note: In 2024, more than 77% of the races on the New York Racing Association (NYRA) circuit will take place at Aqueduct Racetrack. With Belmont Park undergoing massive renovations th...
The Belmont Stakes is moving upstate to Saratoga for the first time, and likely not the last – an expected result due to the massive renovation of Belmont Park on Long Island. The official announcem...
Irad Ortiz, Jr., Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables easy winners as top jockey, owner After 40 days of racing at Saratoga, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and owner Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables were runa...
Trainer Gary Contessa, who opened the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meet with a 21-1 upset in the Schuylerville (G3), closed the 40-day summer season when Nutella Fella posted a stunning 54-1 upset in the...
Javier Castellano’s Remarkable Comeback: A Triumph in the 2020s The 2020s have been challenging for Javier Castellano, to say the least. The Hall of Fame jockey had COVID-19 early in 2020. He ha...
Bright Future took the lead with a quarter mile to go, then outdueled hard-charging Proxy and won the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup by a head bob on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-year-old ...
He has so many 2-year-olds, Bob Baffert sometimes just doesn’t know what to do. He’s hopeful, though, that the pair he sends to Saratoga will fare well at the track’s traditional closing day $30...
McKulick has posted victories in Grade 1, 2, and 3 stakes, has finished in the top 3 in 10 of 11 career starts, and is now seeking her first two-race winning streak. Hard to believe the 4-year-old fil...
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr.’s Bid for Saratoga Riding Title & Weekend Race Highlights Irad Ortiz, Jr. could have a weekend to remember as he wraps up his fifth riding title at Saratoga Race Cours...
Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Arcangelo barreled into the lead in the stretch to capture the $1.25 million Travers (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, where earlier in the day two horses suffered c...