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I did not watch the Travers Stakes this year. I did not think of the Travers Stakes this year. I did not think about Thoroughbred racing as it was being run, especially considering the race was not shown where I was because of Hurricane Irene coverage.The reasons for the above and regrettable comments are too copious and irrelevant to mention.The ...

This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a ''Perfect Trip''. The winner will be selected from a panel of racing experts and will have the opportunity to experience his or her own ''Perfect Trip'' through Sentient Jet, with ...

It’s hard to make your mark in the world of sports, but veteran jockey Tammi Piermarini has done just that. The 44-year-old mother of three won career race No. 2,000 Aug. 22, placing her among a select group of just five female riders to record that many victories.The win came aboard Sugar Trade in the third race at Suffolk Downs. It was fitting ...

Perception is reality. Over and over we hear this phrase as it relates to politics, business, and even Thoroughbred racing. These three words are used so often because the concept is real and powerful.Unfortunately, racing is dealing with its own shady perceptions. At the forefront is a belief that North American horses need race-day medication to ...

Nancy Dillman, who lives in Anchorage, Ky., is having a year that many breeders can only dream about. Her small program hasbeen represented in 2011 by grade I winner Havre de Grace and a Bernardini colt that brought $1.2 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction and shared the sale-topping honor with a half brother to 2010 ...

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It was a wise decision by NYRA to cancel Sunday’s racing. The heavy rains and winds didn’t relent until 4:00 pm and, even then, being in Saratoga would have felt like being at Aqueduct in April.  This morning brought clear skies and sun and the forecast that the next several days will seem like summer again.  Those who stick ...

It’s impossible to ascertain the significance of the gr. 1 Travers Stakes on a national basis because here everything about it has been blown out of proportion.  The race is, after all, the showpiece of a meet that knows no comparison. More women wore fancy hats to the track on Travers Day than on “Hat’s Off to Saratoga” Day.  Picnickers ...

Talk about the Travers has shifted to talk about Travers weather.  Yesterday, despite a perfectly sunny, late summer morning, everyone, including the local television weather watchers, seemed focused on Hurricane Irene.  The turn of events resulted in the installation of a son of Stormy Atlantic named Get Stormy as the gr. 2 Bernard ...