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Sweet Loretta runs away in Schuylerville

Fri Jul 22 2016Vance Hanson

Trainer Todd Pletcher won the $150,000 Schuylerville (G3) for a sixth time, and second in the past three years, when Sweet Loretta drove home a convincing winner in the six-furlong fixture for juvenile fillies at Saratoga on Friday. Rating behi ...
Mohaymen breezes four furlongs at Greentree

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Unraced since his fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 7, multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen breezed four furlongs Friday morning in anticipation of his next start in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Sara ...
Stradivari suffers career-ending injury during training

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Trainer Todd Pletcher said Stradivari suffered a lateral condylar fracture of his right front ankle while training Friday morning on Saratoga's main track and is being evaluated at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Saratoga ...
Songbird visits Saratoga’s main track ahead of CCA Oaks

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Songbird, the nation's leading three-year-old filly, had her first gallop over Saratoga's main track on Friday morning. The undefeated daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, who is eyeing her ninth career win in Sunday's $500,000 Coach ...
How to Bet the Coaching Club American Oaks

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

by DAVE LITFIN This initial assignment for Saratoga “How To Bet” columns is the Coaching Club American Oaks, where it strains credulity to make a case for anyone other than Songbird or Carina Mia. Terrific. The CCA Oaks has been run six ti ...
How to Bet the San Diego Handicap

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

By SCOTT SHAPIRO The eyes of the racing world will be on the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club at approximately 6:10 p.m. (PT) on Saturday when 2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome returns to the races for the first time since his impressive score i ...

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Sprint Classic Round 2

Fri Jul 22 2016Kelly Clark

The second round of the 2016 $20,000 bestbet Sprint Classic is upon us and the rivals get another chance to get into the action and take home some much needed qualifying points. Several of the top names, I’m talking to you All-American Need My Moneyn ...
Coaching Club American Oaks Preview: Songbird invades from California

Fri Jul 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

By TERESA GENARO On Wednesday night at the annual preview of the Saratoga meeting at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, the first question from the audience was about California horses running here, specifically, why more of them d ...
My 5 Favorite Patrick Valenzuela Rides

Fri Jul 22 2016D.S. Williamson

According to  Bloodhorse , The CHRB denied Patrick Valenzuela a racing license again. P.Val will have to wait another year before once again looking to get a license that allows him to ride horses in California. It's become clear that P.Val, who is ...
Mister Nofty a potential crowd pleaser at Parx on Saturday

Fri Jul 22 2016Vance Hanson

Saturday's featured ninth race at Parx is the $100,000 Crowd Pleaser, an about 1 1/16-mile grass test for Pennsylvania-bred three-year-olds. A field of 10 was entered, but far fewer appear legitimate win threats on paper. Mister Nofty (#4, 9-2) ...
Turf trainers to watch at the Spa

Fri Jul 22 2016John Mucciolo

The much-anticipated meeting at Saratoga Race Course gets underway today and a strong 10-race card awaits us, including a quartet on the lawn. Let’s focus on turf trainer trends from last season to try and get off to a nice start in 2016. Chad Bro ...
Songbird seeking to continue perfect mark in Coaching Club American Oaks

Thu Jul 21 2016Jen Caldwell

Champion Songbird will travel outside of California for just the second time in her career when facing four rivals in Sunday’s $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) on Saratoga’s opening weekend. Campaigned by Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farms, t ...
Sentiero Italia returns on Saratoga’s opening day

Thu Jul 21 2016Kellie Reilly

Saratoga’s opening day highlights are the Lake George (G2) and Schuylerville (G3) , but there’s some star power earlier in Friday’s 4TH race, courtesy of Sentiero Italia . Unraced since her fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), the ...

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