#Whitney Stakes

Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

Breeders' Cup Classic hero Knicks Go has been named the Longines World's Best Racehorse at an online ceremony hosted from the National Racing Museum in Newmarket. The International Federation of Horseracing Authority's panel of handicappers awarded Knicks Go an end-of-season rating of 129, 2lb clear of a three-way tie featuring European Horse of…

The biggest race run on American soil is here. The $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic, which is supposed to draw the best horses that the world has to offer, will be run at embattled Santa Anita Park on Saturday night. Eleven horses have been entered to run in the 1 1/4-mile race, which is in its 36th year. While the horses should be getting the most…

Simply put, the Jockey Club Gold Cup on the final weekend of the 2022 Saratoga meet this Saturday is trainer Todd Pletcher's to lose. The all-star trainer has four of the race's eight runners, meaning that just by mere arithmetic, Pletcher has a 50-50 chance of standing in the winner's circle with one of his horses moments after the 10-furlong…

The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of horses and horsemen rising from unknown beginnings to succeed at the highest levels of the sport. But has there ever been a champion as improbable as Carry Back? His story reads like a fairy tale, a veritable Cinderella story. Retired businessman Jack Price, pursuing a passion for…

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports Summer spectacle of racing at Saratoga continues this weekend, with the headline action including the Saratoga Derby Four graded races are on the card at Saratoga, including the Test Stakes The excitement of the summer meet at Saratoga continues this weekend, as there are four graded races to look forward to. We…

Mark your calendars for Aug. 3! Starting at 5 p.m. ET, the NBCSN broadcast team will be at Saratoga to cover the $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes, a prestigious Challenge Series "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Classic. First held in 1928, the 1 1/8-mile Whitney Stakes annually attracts some of the best older…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

By Andy Serling FOX Sports Horse Racing Analyst With the Triple Crown races in the rearview mirror, bettors are gearing up for the second half of the season which officially kicked off last weekend. Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal is out for the rest of the year with minor issues, but trainer Todd Pletcher still has an ace up his sleeve. Pletcher…

A spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic will be on the line when six of the best older horses in the country leave the starting gate in the 2022 Whitney Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The race has attracted five horses who have won at least $988000, topped by the $5.2 million earned by Hot Rod Charlie. However, the…

One of the most interesting races at the Breeders' Cup over recent years has been the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. A number of runners have become star contenders to win the following year's Classic, including the 2020 winner of the race, Knicks Go, who went on to win the most recent edition of the feature race. The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2022 could…

There is good reason the memory of Hall of Fame mare Gallorette bubbles to the surface at this time each year. It's not because she was a champion, with 21 wins and 20 seconds in a career of 72 starts, or that she retired in the autumn of 1948 with record earnings and a collection of victories over first-class male competition. It's because she was…

It will be a different Haskell this year. The name of Monmouth Park's signature race has been changed to the Haskell Stakes from the Haskell Invitational because the coronavirus pandemic moved the Kentucky Derby from its traditional the first spot of the first Saturday in May to Sept. 5. As a result of the date change of the Kentucky Derby, the…

For years Saratoga has been known as the Graveyard of Favorites. Whether it be Thursday's first race, or a grade one event on the weekend, an upset is always more than a possibility. Saturday's feature is more than just a big race. The Whitney Stakes was once declared by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities as the top grade one…

Despite being clouded in controversy, for all of 2020 Maximum Security has been the favorite for the Breeders' Cup Classic. On Saturday he lost to Improbable and now is no longer the chalk. There has been significant movement in futures prices, and they are well worth pondering at this juncture. Over the last week or two, and during the next two…

Despite the small field of six horses, handicapping the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga and deciding on a final bet took some time. While the scenario of Life Is Good sprinting to an uncontested lead and never giving it up could happen, that is not the only possible outcome. The best horse to use instead of Life Is Good…

Man o'War, Gallant Fox, Secretariat and American Pharoah all came unstuck at Saratoga, which has long had a reputation as a dangerous venue for short-priced favorites. But is it any different at York and Del Mar in August? Geir Stabell investigates It's that tasty time of the year again - when the most exciting meet of the US racing calendar is in…

As we break down the Breeders' Cup Classic odds on Saturday, November 5, we're forced to think about how likely a massive upset could be for our Breeders' Cup Classic picks and think of other big upsets we've seen in sports. In Super Bowl XXXVI the Patriots, seeking their first title, were 14-point underdogs against The Greatest Show on Turf, Kurt…

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The Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes is one of the most anticipated thoroughbred horse races in the USA and overseas. For four years, the event became a significant race for thoroughbreds as it was their final shot to make it big in their careers before retiring. With the next one coming up in January of 2022, many fans can't help but…

The 39th running of the Grade 1, $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic may be talked about for years if the top contenders repeat their best efforts to date, with six of the eight horses entering the race off wins at the top level. None was more impressive than the undefeated Flightline, a lightly raced colt who won the Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The gates open on Saturday for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with the top online racebooks and sportsbooks giving five horses odds of 14-1 or shorter to win. Flightline 4-9 (-225) Epicenter 11-2 (+550) Life Is Good 7-1 (+700) Taiba 8-1 (+800) Olympiad 14-1 (+1400) Hot Rod Charlie 25-1 (+2500) Cyberknife 33-1 (+3300) Rich Strike…

America's Best Racing (ABR), a multimedia fan development and awareness-building platform designed to increase the profile and visibility of North America's best Thoroughbred racing events, and the Breeders' Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing's most prestigious international events, announced a new live-show series titled #BCLive: Breeders' Cup…

There have been 13 Triple Crown winners in horse racing history. Among them, Secretariat is widely considered the greatest of all time. Though Flightline was injured and did not participate in last year's Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Belmont Stakes, he is unbeaten, brilliant, and at times compared to Big Red. His sixth career start will be…

Known as the fourth leg of the horse racing's Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing, the 2022 Breeders' Cup is the final leg of the year for the top jockeys and horses. The Breeders' Cup begins on Friday, November 4th, and ends on Saturday, November 5th. The event bounces from a different racetrack to racetrack each year, returning to Keeneland in…

Life Is Good, seen winning the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, warms up for the Breeders' Cup Classic in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races, from New York through Kentucky and on to California highlight the weekend U.S.…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing See our Belmont Park free horse racing tips this Saturday as the New York track stages an 11-race card that is spearheaded by the Grade One Woodward Stakes. Plus, you can snap-up a stack of free horse racing bets to use on the action at Belmont Park this weekend. LIFE IS GOOD is a racehorse…

Flavien Prat and Hot Rod Charlie after their win in the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby. This Saturday's Grade 2, $500000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs may not be a qualifying race for the Breeders' Cup Classic five weeks from Saturday, but it certainly has implications because the top three contenders may be running in that race depending on their…

The $500000, Grade 2 Lukas Classic Stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs may not be a qualifying race for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic five weeks later, but it certainly has implications because the top three contenders could be be running in that race depending on how they perform in this one. Hot Rod Charlie leads the six-horse field in career…

The SI Gambling Horse handicapping experts had a great day at the track in the Travers Stakes when Tiz the Law came through in impressive fashion, helping our team crush the Exacta (8/1) and the Trifecta (36/1) after Caracaro & Max Player both hit the board! In July, the team scored in the Blue Grass Stakes hitting the Exacta (12/1), Trifecta…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Woodward Stakes 2022, this Saturday at Belmont Park, is likely to be dominated by the prolific winner LIFE IS GOOD, who will only face a handful of rivals and so it will be a shock if the 8-time winner isn't collecting another gold medal and then heading to the Breeders' Cup.

The winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and Pegasus World Cup (G1), Life Is Good has drawn the outside post of a talented field of six older males entered in Saturday's $1000000 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga. A disappointing fourth in the Dubai World Cup in March, the son of Into Mischief returned to his winning ways last time, easily…

Our horse racing expert delivers your Whitney Stakes Day picks for all 12 races on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. FS2 will cover the races from 12:30-5 p.m. NBC will broadcast the Test and Whitney Stakes from 5-6 p.m. Race 1, 12.35 - (5) Red Route One Race 2, 1:08 - (6) Afilada Race 3, 1:44 - (2) Khali Magic Race 4, 2.18 - (1A) Dream Works Race…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup 2022 will see a strong field of eight runners battle it out for the lucrative $1.25m purse at Saratoga, while there is also an added carrot for connections with this being a'win and you're in' Breeders' Cup race - meaning the winner will book their place…

Undefeated 4-year-old Flightline has been installed as the 5-2 favorite for the second of two future wagers on this year's $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). The second pool opens on Friday at noon EDT and closes on Monday at 6:30 p.m. EDT. The Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager is a $2 minimum bet and is a win wager only. The future wager will…

The Jockey Club Gold Cup 2022 will provide horse racing fans with some more Breeders' Cup clues ahead of Saturday's $1.25m Grade 1 at Saratoga as the racing summer at the New York track draws to a close. It's another'Win and You're In' Breeders' Cup contest so the successful horse this weekend will also book their ticket to Keeneland on November…

Change. Sometimes we fear it, and sometimes we embrace it. President Bill Clinton once said that "the price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change." Few major races have had as much change in their history as the Jockey Club Gold Cup. One of those changes began last year with the race moving to the final weekend of the…

In Spa Selections, Saratoga correspondent Joseph Aiello provides Saratoga picks for a handful of key races at Saratoga, including all of the exciting stakes action! Race 5 - Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes 1. #7 Sifting Sands (5-1) - Has already won twice at Saratoga and is likely to be overlooked with the other Chad Brown trainee taking more money, he…