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Kentucky Downs near the Tennessee border hosts its last big bucks race of the turf meet from the Franklin, KY track with the $2,000,000 Grade III Dueling Grounds Oaks on Wednesday, September 10. That massive prize purse attracts a dozen runners to the Commonwealth including Fionn. Using the same 2,100m course and distance as the …

Another competitive field assembles at Kentucky Downs for the $2,500,000 Grade II Kentucky Turf Cup over a mile-and-a-half as the turf meet continues at the Franklin, KY racetrack on Saturday, September 6. Among 11 runners in this edition are three of last season’s first five past the wire. Joining Grand Sonata, who mounts a defense …

With a total prize purse of $2,000,000 on offer, the 1,300m Grade II Music City Stakes during the Kentucky Downs turf meet attracts some top sprinters on grass to the racetrack near the Commonwealth’s Tennessee border. Chief among them is Saratoga Test Stakes heroine Kilwin, who escapes a penalty for this valuable contest on Saturday, …

Last season’s Belmont Stakes second and third, Mindframe and Sierra Leone, do battle at Saratoga Race Course once again in the $1,000,000 Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup as the Spa’s summer meet draws to a close on Labor Day Weekend. The third chapter of their intriguing rivalry happens in Upstate New York over 2,000m …

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 …