#Gary Sciacca

Another racing week at Saratoga begins on Wednesday with a 10-race program, highlighted by the Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes for steeplechase runners going 2 1/16 miles. I've highlighted my five favorite races on the program, which gets underway at 1:05 p.m. EDT. Best Bet: Java Buzz (Race 5) Best Value Bet: Frosty Invasion (Race 2) Race 1 No. 3…

Battle Bling after her win in the 2022 Ladies (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Michael Dubb and Gandharvi's graded-stakes winner Battle Bling will look to defend her title in Sunday's $150000 Ladies, a nine-furlong test for fillies and mares 4 years old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Rob Atras, the soon-to-be…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Eddie Fazzone could barely speak, his vocal chords shot from rooting for his filly Dream Central. But he had plenty to say. The Schenectady native and Mont Pleasant High school graduate, who runs the popular Eddie F's seafood restaurant in Saratoga Springs with his wife, Lisa, a Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons grad, first owned…

With the Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby paused until Jan. 22, fillies take the spotlight Saturday. Under the Stars (8-5) leads a field of six lined up for the Grade 2, $200000 Santa Ynez Stakes. Post time from Santa Anita is 7:06 p.m. EST, with TVG showing the seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies. The Santa Ynez pays out Road to the 2022…

Strummer wins the 2006 Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- In January of 2006, a plain bay named Strummer made his connections proud as he crossed the finish line first in the $65000 Jimmy Winkfield to score his first stakes victory. Nearly 17 years after posting his biggest…

Eddie F's Racing's Dream Central will look to double up on stakes scores in the inaugural $125000 Suzie O'Cain, a 1 1/16-mile turf test for New York-bred sophomore fillies on Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course. Previously run as the Stillwater, the race is named in honor of Suzie O'Cain, who passed away in January following a battle with breast…

1ST RACE - 5 1/2 furlongs, Turf, 2YO, State-bred, Maiden Special Weight. Purse: $88000. No.

1ST RACE - 6 1/2 furlongs, 2YO fillies, State-bred, Seeking The Ante Stakes. Purse: $200000. No. Horse;Jockey;Trainer;Odds 1 Song Parody;Manuel Franco;Christophe Clement;7-2 2 Les Bon Temps;Tyler Gaffalione;Norm Casse;8-1 3 Maple Leaf Mel;Joel Rosario;Jeremiah Englehart;4-5 4 Lady Mine;Jose Antonio Gomez;James Chapman;15-1 5 Miracle;Flavien…

1ST RACE - 2 3/8 miles, Steeplechase, 4YO and up, Allowance. Purse: $70000. No. Horse;Jockey;Trainer;Odds 1 Bandua;Jamie Bargary;Neil Morris;2-1 1A Project Two (IRE);Thomas Garner;Leslie Young;2-1 2 Ancient Times;Ross Geraghty;Archibald Kingsley;8-1 3 Who's Counting;Sean McDermott;Sean McDermott;6-1 4 Fightinirishtabit;Harrison Beswick;Richard…