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The Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) will be run Sunday, August 29th – the day after the Travers Stakes (gr. I) – at Saratoga Race Course. Already pointing to the race is Life At Ten (TrueNicks A), who is riding a six-race win streak that includes the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) and a powerful score in the 10-furlong Delaware Handicap (gr. II). ...

Four judges, all wearing fancy millinery, awarded prizes to contestants in three categories at the 19th annual ''Hat's Off to Saratoga'' hat contest. A hat at the track is no longer the choice for many women.  Yet, when dressing the part of the main attraction contributes to the whole of the afternoon, you will see some. Cindy Franco, a ...

It’s people like Barbi Moline that are the true saviors of the Thoroughbred world and what it represents. Moline was recently named the winner of this year’s Dogwood Dominion Award, which celebrates the “unsung heroes of the racing industry,” and will be recognized for her efforts in spearheading a plan to fund Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue in South ...

Well before the call to the post for the Gr. 1 $250,000 Coaching Club American Oaks, about half the crowd of 20,352 fans had left for home or the backyard of Siro's or the Horseshoe.  Who could blame them?  The heat was sweltering and old horse-drawn carriages weren't enough of a draw to excite them. In addition, the ''Hats Off to ...

If Charlie Hayward didn’t have bad luck, he’d have no luck at all.  First, the highway department advised the NYRA president that a lane of traffic at the Saratoga exit would be shut down for the first week of the meet.  Then he learned that a judge in Schenectady, NY won’t decide until next week if AEC, winners and, ultimately, losers ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Arqana Yearling Sale auction page. The sale will be held August 13-16 in Deauville, France. Friday, August 13 - Hips 1-101, 2:30 PM Saturday, August 14 - Hips 102-208, 5 PM Sunday, August 15 - Hips 209-312, 5 PM Monday, August 16 - Hips 313-480, 2 PM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by ...

Opening weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar. A great weekend card at Monmouth that includes Rachel Alexandra. And let's not forget about the Claiming Crown at Canterbury. This is the weekend we've been waiting for. Let's make some money. Eddie Read Handicap Only seven entered but four of them are group or grade I winners. All four of the G1 winners ...

Allen Jerkens, who saddled Onion to upset Secretariat in Saratoga’s 1973 Whitney, was honored last night at Siro’s.  The occasion was Earl B. Feiden’s 17th annual Saratoga eve party, called the Siro’s Cup. Feiden, an appliance dealer in nearby Latham, NY, created the soiree to raise money for the Center for Disability Services.  There’ll ...

This story first appeared in the Blood-Horse magazine in 2004. I have been able to resurrect the text from the magazine database and put it online for the first time. The story has been updated and is now current. A photo of Cigar standing on the track at Nad al Sheba dominated the front page of a local newspaper in Dubai several days before the ...

Reader challenge: Identify the following four horses represented by their 3-cross pedigrees. What race did all four win? Leave your guess in the comments section below. Good luck! We will hold all comments until Monday, July 26. UPDATE: Congrats to everyone who identified the pedigrees of My Flag, Our Mims, Christmas Past, and On a Soapbox. All ...