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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 ...

By William Shanklin  CNN.com earlier this year posted an article titled “The Rise and Rise of Fantasy Sports,” in which it reported the activity is expanding at double-digit rates. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates 27.1 million adults in the United States currently participate in and will spend roughly $4 billion on virtual ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga NY Bred Preferred Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 7-8 in Saratoga Springs, New York. August 7th - Hips 301-388, 7 PM August 8th - Hips 389-475, 7 PM (NOTE: Click here for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale to be held August 2-3) TrueNicks are available for ...

The last three months have been incredible for offspring of the late Maria's Mon. Sire of two Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners in Monarchos (TrueNicks,SRO) (2001) and Super Saver (2010), and 2006 Champion Three-Year-Old filly Wait a While, Maria's Mon died in 2007 at the young age of 14. His final crop includes 100 two-year-olds of 2010. ...