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   Alfred Vanderbilt enjoyed playing tennis with me. The reason he enjoyed it is that he was a very bad tennis player, and he sought the company of others of equal ability. I fit the bill. He liked ladies—in every sense of the word, I'm sure—so it was usually mixed doubles at Saratoga. ...

Wayne Lukas was in his office the morning after Will Take Charge's victory in the 144th Travers Stakes. Watching his every move with attentive and loving eyes was his Australian Shepherd Boomer, whose father won Best of Breed at Westminster.Whether it is dogs, clothing, women, or gardening and landscaping, Lukas has always surrounded himself with ...

Only one week of Thoroughbred racing remains and for the thousands of visitors who descended on Saratoga Springs, NY for the sport, the 150th season has practically ended.  After waiting so long through the build-up, Saturday’s Travers, with its startling and wan denouement, was justifiable cause for a hangover.  Pass the aspirin, ...

Party people who witnessed the last cocktails poured in the Caroline St. bars must have loved that some pilot in a Piper Cub airplane was buzzing the skies above Saratoga Racecourse at 6:00 AM.  Whoever scheduled the noisy reconnaissance had no knowledge that horseplayers asleep in their beds would soon be handicapping a 14-race card and ...

After training hours on Friday morning, trainer Eric Guillot hosted one of his Louisiana gumbo parties at Barn 34.  There was a big pot of Cajun boil, trays of steaming rice, hot sauce and a guy with a paddle to stir things up, plus a Zydeco band and plenty of smack talk. Zydeco band at Eric Gullot's Louisiana gumbo party on the ...

The Travers Stakes is one of those races where there is an onus to have A PICK. When someone asks you, ''Who is going to win the Grade 1, $1-million Travers Stakes on Saturday at historic Saratoga Race Course?'' The convention is that you have a one-horse answer. I.e. hedging for value or pace or other bet types (e.g. ''I'm playing an exacta ...

The Grade 1 TVG Pacific Classic Stakes, Del Mar, Polytrack, Three-and-Up, One Mile and One QuarterLocal Post Time - 5:10pm PT Sunday Get Pacific Classic Day PPs at TimeformUS The Pacific Classic has 13 entrants this year and no shortage of long resumes and good recent form. Richard's Kid has already won this race twice and he signalled ...

After 28 years of lending a public face to the Travers Stakes with his iconic posters, exile is the thanks Greg Montgomery is getting from NYRA. The NYRA hospitality department reportedly has entered into some contracts with Centerplate, the food service company it uses, and with seven different artists, situated near the Union Avenue entrance, ...

Complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports are available below for the Aug. 24 Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. Click on a horse's name or rating to view the full report. TrueNicks ratings (A, B, C, etc.) describe the stakes winner strike rate of a particular sire/broodmare sire cross compared to the records of those sire lines when ...

Belmont Child Care Association, the organization that provides shelter and learning to the children of backstretch workers as they tend to the horses in the mornings, held in 16th annual fundraising party at the Gideon Putnam Hotel.  The event’s honoree was Charlotte Weber, overseer of Live Oak Plantation racing. What makes the BCCA ...