{Tuesday, August 31, 2010} CLOSING WEEK TIPS TO END SARATOGA ON A HIGH NOTE
By Noel Michaels Five and a half weeks are down and there's one week still to go at Saratoga, but this is certainly no time for handicappers to abandon ship and

{Friday, August 27, 2010} Personal Ensign features Rachel Alexandra, Life at Ten match up Nearly one year ago at Saratoga Race Course, RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d'Oro) thrilled 31,171 spectators when she held on by a head to win the

{Monday, August 23, 2010} Alabama top four doing well following race The top four finishers from Saturday's Alabama S. (G1) all appear to have emerged from the race in good order. Alabama heroine BLIND LUCK (Pollard's Vision) was reported

{Sunday, August 22, 2010} Evening Jewel gives Cassidy the perfect gift in Del Mar Oaks Trainer James Cassidy celebrated his 65th birthday on Saturday, and his three-year-old charge EVENING JEWEL (Northern Afleet) had no trouble picking out

{Saturday, August 21, 2010} SWEET HOME ALABAMA SATURDAY The 130th Alabama Stakes is today's feature race at Saratoga. Although the one and one-quarter mile classic has drawn just six entrants, it has the

{Friday, August 20, 2010} DEVIL MAY CARE VS. BLIND LUCK Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer compares his filly, Blind Luck, to a former heavyweight champion boxer. “My filly’s like Joe Frazier, just keeps coming at ’em,” Hollendorfer said. That

{Thursday, August 19, 2010} ZITO STRUGGLING AT SARATOGA Nick Zito loves Saratoga, but Saratoga's not loving the trainer. The Hall of Famer has yet to win a race at the meet, losing Monday's fourth with All My Chips, who finished seventh,

{Tuesday, August 17, 2010} KANTHAROS SPECIAL AT THE SPA Stonestreet Stables’ Kantharos remained undefeated in three career starts after the 2-year-old son of Lion Heart blew away three other 2-year-olds in a daylight victory in the Aug.

{Sunday, August 15, 2010} Super Saver leads chorus of Travers works Kentucky Derby (G1) hero SUPER SAVER (Maria's Mon) traveled five furlongs in 1:02 2/5 over Saratoga's fast main track on Saturday as he prepares for the August 28 Travers

{Friday, August 13, 2010} ZITO LOOKS TO END SUMMER SLUMP After a spring in which he won the Florida Derby and had horses finish in the money in all three Triple Crown races, trainer Nick Zito appeared to have a lot to look forward to

{Thursday, August 12, 2010} Interactif likely favorite in grassy Hall of Fame Provided the race stays on turf as scheduled, a field of six three-year-olds will square off in Friday's $150,000

{Monday, August 09, 2010} Blame, Quality Road go separate ways following Whitney BLAME (Arch) came out of his thrilling victory in Saturday's Whitney Invitational H. (G1) over heavy favorite QUALITY ROAD (Elusive Quality) in good order,

{Sunday, August 08, 2010} Mott registers 4,000th career victory Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who earlier this year won his first Triple Crown race with Belmont S. (G1) hero Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor), reached another milestone

{Friday, August 06, 2010} DUTROW'S STARS GET TO WORK AT SARATOGA Exactly 51 years to the day since The Babe was a baby, trainer Richard

{Thursday, August 05, 2010} TRAPPE SHOT'S NEXT STEP Mill House’s Trappe Shot, second to Lookin At Lucky in the IZOD Haskell Invitational (gr. I), will make his next start at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 28, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said

{Tuesday, August 03, 2010} Haskell v Travers Any regular reader of this space would know how I feel about Monmouth Park, both as an aesthetic racing experience and this year as a bold business experiment. Whether the current meeting turns

{Monday, August 02, 2010} Proviso, Forever Together doing well following Diana PROVISO (GB) (Dansili [GB]) exited her narrow victory in Saturday's Diana S. (G1) in good order, trainer Bill Mott reported Sunday morning. In the Diana,