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Saturday’s first race, the 13th running of the Silks and Satins 5K was won by David Roucci.  The 23-year-old runner from Germantown, New York beat a field of 1100 participants through the streets of the east side of Saratoga Springs in the time of 14:57.  Jennifer Adams of nearby Gansevoort was the first woman to cross the finish ...

Rachel Alexandra, the city’s most famous summer resident, slipped out of Saratoga for Monmouth Park at 4:00 am Friday before the rain and the noise started.  An availability of stalls was at a premium when the meet started.  There were 3500 applications for 1800 stalls .It must bother some people that trainers would use up a space ...

Courtesy Quinella Queen of Turf Luck Fresh off a trip up I-35 to Canterbury Park's fine presentation of the Claiming Crown, where the kind and courteous Ted Grevelis took time from his preparations for live blogging of the day to show a few out-of-towners the best seats in the house, I'm trying to catch up on the racing world news I missed while ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  If Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas, I doubt Zenyatta honors her counterpart with a “Rachel is my Hero” negligee.  In fact, I doubt she’s ever heard of her.  With no match up anywhere in sight, the fans must speculate on who is better and it is getting to be a bitter feud.   Can you imagine ...

In the last blog, the differences between U.S. and European racing were discussed. There was a time, long before the Breeders’ Cup, when foreign horses came to the U.S. for one special event, like the Washington D.C. International, and then returned home. But, then, along came Dahlia, and international racing changed forever. Unlike your typical ...

As Rachel Alexandra prepares to take on the boys in the Haskell Invitational, we look back at the history of the race by ranking these previous winners: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/haskellwinners.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in chronological order) ...

Having been unveiled at the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of juveniles earlier this year, new video kiosks were used for the first time at a yearling sale July 20-21 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. And they were hugely popular.It is vitally important for prospective buyers to gain information while a sale is underway, and the video kiosks make that much ...

The unwritten rule has always been that police officers won’t stop you if you are driving five miles over the speed limit. You might call it their “threshold level.” As the case of trainer Steve Asmussen clearly illustrates, the Thoroughbred industry is in need of medication threshold levels. On July 16 Lone Star Park stewards, following Texas ...

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.postComments { DISPLAY: none } .commentsContainer { DISPLAY: none } .commentForm { DISPLAY: none } .questionForm { DISPLAY: block } Wesley Ward, the ex-jockey-turned trainer, stunned the British racing world at Royal Ascot when two horses he trained became the first American-trained runners to ever win at the exclusive race ...