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A third clash of the Saratoga summer meet between Book’em Danno and Mullikin happens in the $500,000 Grade I Forego Stakes on Saturday, August 23 just before the Travers. These two faced off over 1,300m and 1,200m in the True North Stakes and Vanderbilt Handicap, but will the result be the same in this 1,400m assignment?  …

While star attractions perform on the track during Saratoga’s Travers card on Saturday, August 23, the $500,000 Grade I H Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes looks a most competitive race. Three-year-olds who have already faced off at the Spa meet again in this 1,400m contest. One of the chief subplots is the rematch between Brad Cox’s …

Kenneth McPeek saddled Thorpedo Anna to lots of big race success last season, but some of her best performances were at Saratoga over 1,800m and she’s back there for the $500,000 Grade I Personal Ensign Stakes on the Travers undercard on Saturday, August 23. While horse racing fans flocking to the Spa as the summer …

The latest chapter in the rivalry between Mark Casse’s La Cara and Godolphin runner Good Cheer is front and center in the $600,000 Grade I Alabama Stakes for three-year-old fillies over 2,000m at Saratoga on Saturday, August 16. Both have already won valuable prizes and return to the Spa after previous encounters in the Kentucky Oaks …

Seven horses have won the Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes twice before and Far Bridge looks to add his name to that shortlist in the $750,000 Grade I turf race over 2,400m at Saratoga on Saturday, August 9. Miguel Clement saw late father Christophe land this valuable contest for older stayers on the grass …

On paper at least, the $1,000,000 Whitney Stakes of 2025 over 1,800m at Saratoga on Saturday, August 2 is a rematch between two who made the show in last season’s Belmont – Mindframe and Sierra Leone. Since their first encounter at the Spa in June of 2024 when they crossed the wire behind Dornoch, these …

It’s a rare enough thing to see sprinters tackling a mile, but that’s what My Boy Prince and Think Big do in the $750,000 Grade I Fourstardave Stakes from Saratoga on Saturday, August 2. Following their recent exploits in the Jaipur Stakes at the Spa during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, both Gary Barber and …

After finding La Cara three lengths too good at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, Look Forward returns to Saratoga for the $500,000 Grade I Test Stakes over 1,400m on Saturday, 2 August. Not long after capturing the Haskell Stakes at another NYRA track with Preakness hero Journalism, Michael McCarthy now tries for elite success with …

A field of eight sprinters including some Saratoga specialists hit the Spa on Saturday, July 19 for the $400,000 Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap over 1,200m. Three of last year’s top four finishers are back in Upstate New York for more. Perhaps the one they all have to beat, however, is 2024 Woody Stephens …