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It's Havre de Grace versus the boys in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga. Will she take it? If not, then who? How will the others finish? Need more information about the Woodward? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011WoodwardOrder.xml''); To participate, use ...

The focus of attention at Saratoga was not on the racetrack but in a room at the City Center. CEO Charlie Hayward and Turnberry Consulting’s Paul Roberts, who was hired in 2008 to help NYRA envision the future, laid out several ideas before the public about how capital improvement money could be spent once it’s generated from Aqueduct casino ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saratoga’s backstretch was on lock-down Thursday morning.  Even NYRA owners with horse racing licenses had to register guests with the gate guards.  Just like everyone else that works on his feet instead of behind a desk, they found the task of filling out paperwork a pain in the “you-know-what.”  This, too, shall p-ass. Peggy ...

Ten meet in the 1 1/4 mile Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga. Who will win the Mid-Summer Derby and move to the head of the 3-year-old class? Who will finish second? How will the rest fare? Need more information about the Travers? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping ...

There were a few somber moments at the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund’s karaoke fundraiser when Jockey Guild president John Velazquez, riders Edgar Prado and Dean Mernagh and honoree Jeremy Edge, the “Walking Brit” who raised $30,000 for charity by walking from Belmont to Saratoga, paused the madness to remind the several hundred people in ...

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 ...

That gauzy film that prevents you from seeing the horses in detail on postcards of Saratoga in the morning was the first sight that early risers had on Friday.  On days like this, for some unexplained reason, the streets seem quieter than normal, as if the thick air is acting like a sponge. 7:00 am came and passed without the ...