#Saratoga Race

Artificial Intelligence is altering online gambling, shifting the odds away from handicappers and card counters and point spread calculators in favor of data scientists who can code. But that has left the non-coders of the world out of the money. So, when the founders of the no-code AI platform Akkio offered to let a curious novice use their…

Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law will try to win one of the signature races on the horse racing calendar when he leaves the starting gate on Saturday in the 2020 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Nicknamed the Mid-Summer Derby, the Travers ranks alongside the Triple Crown races as the most prestigious three-year-old events of the year.…

Repole Stable's Chocolate Gelato fought off a determined You're My Girl coming out of the turn to win the $400000, Grade 1 Frizette Stakes by a length on a sloppy main track at the Belmont at the Big A meet held at Aqueduct Oct. 2. The victory earned the 2-year-old daughter of Practical Joke a spot in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile…

Renowned thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended indefinitely by the New York Racing Association, meaning he won't be able to enter any horses in this year's Belmont Stakes as fallout continues over a positive drug test for Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit, who Baffert trained. The suspension stems from Medina Spirit's…

Andiamo a Firenze takes the Funny Cide Aug. 26 (Joe Labozzetta) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Owner Ron Lombardi of Mr. Amore Stable expressed a sense of confidence that graded-stakes placed New York homebred Andiamo a Firenze can carry on a family tradition by winning Saturday's $150000 Jerome for newly turned 3-year-olds going a one-turn…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Wit, who races for the Repole, St. Elias and Gainsway Stables, followed his usual racing pattern of coming from off the pace when he took the trophy in the Spa's $135000 Better Talk Now Sunday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course. With Jose Ortiz in the saddle for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the colt by Practical Joke…

The Grade 1, $500000 Champagne produced another unlikely winner on Saturday at Belmont at the Big A, with trainer Chad Brown's Blazing Sevens closing down the center of a sloppy and sealed main track to prevail by 3 1/4 lengths en route to a potential start in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The 151st running of the Champagne, run at one mile…

Aqueduct Barn Notes: Ridin With Biden Headlines Saturday's Queens County Stakes From the NYRA Media Team / Mary Eddy: Cash is King and LC Racing's graded stakes-winner Ridin With Biden will look to double up on stakes scores as he wraps up his 4-year-old campaign in Saturday's $150000 Queens County, a nine-furlong main track route for 3-year-olds…

Today is Day 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m. RECENT STORIES FROM THE DAILY GAZETTE AT THE TRACK Trainer Chad Brown is so dominant in the Grade I Diana that he even gets horses who didn't look like they were meant for races like this into the Diana. And not just into the field, but into the role of favorite. That's the…

Today is Day 6 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m. RECENT STORIES FROM THE DAILY GAZETTE AT THE TRACK 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…

Morello drawing away to a win in the $62000 Feature Allowance at Laurel Park, Oct. 8, 2022. (Jim McCue/MJC) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Iapetus Racing and Diamond T Racing's graded-stakes winner returns from a two-month absence in Friday's $135000 Gravesend, a six-furlong sprint for 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Winchell Thoroughbreds' Epicenter, who came up just shy of Grade 1 glory twice this spring in the Triple Crown, secured both his first top-level victory and a place at the top of the sophomore division with an emphatic 5 1/4-length victory under Joel Rosario in the 153rd renewal of the 10-furlong Grade 1, $1.25 million…

Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca (#4 outside) under Jose Ortiz on her way to winning the Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico May 20, 2022, and earning Black Type. (Maryland Jockey Club photo) By Maribeth Kalinich There's a phenomenon happening in North America. Turf races are booming. That is in part thanks to more European horses coming across the pond to…

In his regular gambling blog, John Piassek presents his top picks for the upcoming weekend in horse racing, offering betting options at different budget levels. Piassek's Plays is brought to you by Horseplayers.com, the official online qualifying site of the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and National Horseplayers Championship (NHC).…

The Saratoga Race Course meet has a deeply ingrained reputation as one of North America's major proving grounds for the mettle of a freshman sire, offering some of the deepest 2-year-old competition for both maidens and graded stakes horses. As one of the meets on the calendar that has the full attention of breeders and stallion operations alike,…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) will host a special cross breed Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, featuring Grade 1 thoroughbred action from Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course and standardbred racing from the Hambletonian card at Meadowlands Racetrack. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick…

When the Turkish Jockey Club announced the death of classic winner and stallion Sea Hero in mid-July, the statue of the horse that resides in the Saratoga Race Course paddock was adorned with a blanket of flowers in the colors of owner and breeder Paul Mellon's Rokeby Stables. Social media was filled with pictures of the statue, along with glowing…

New York Racing Association stewards ruled Sunday's seventh race at Saratoga a No Contest due to a mechanical issue with the starting gate tractor. That mechanical issue created a delay in removing the gate once the field started the race. The outriders communicated to the jockeys there was a problem. Several pulled up their mounts during the 1…

Wudda U Think Now much the best in the Alex M. Robb (Joe Labozzetta) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- The Elkstone Group's Wudda U Think Now returned to the winner's circle for the first time since August for trainer Rudy Rodriguez in Saturday's $100000 Alex M. Robb, a one-mile main track test for New York-breds 3-years-old and…

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…

It was the first running of York Racecourse's biggest race - and it produced one of the greatest shocks in European racing history. The Benson & Hedges Gold Cup run at York on Aug. 15, 1972 had more plot-lines than a Shakespeare comedy. This was the first running of the race, now known as the Juddmonte International, one of the classiest races of…

With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the Preakness Stakes in the books, it is time to turn our attention to the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on June 5 at Belmont Park Learn page on America's Best Racing for additional racing terms, educational information, and betting tips. Triple Crown: Thirteen horses in racing…

Dr. Blute wins the Empire Classic Oct. 30 (Janet Garaguso) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Flanagan Racing's Dr. Blute will try to wrap up the year by doubling up on stakes scores in Saturday's $100000 Alex M. Robb for New York-breds 3-year-old and upward going a one-turn mile at Aqueduct Racetrack. Dr. Blute, a 4-year-old…

When handling a top thoroughbred racehorse in excess of 1000 pounds, Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens often remained acutely aware of a mechanical issue in the starting gate that could imperil the safety of the riders. Now, working as an analyst with Saratoga Live for the famed Saratoga Race Course summer meet, Stevens reacted with incredulity on…

The 2022 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga offers a purse of $600000. It is the premier local prep for the Travers Stakes (G1), The Spa's flagship race for three-year-old dirt routers. Though the 2022 Jim Dandy only drew a field of five horses, the group is long on talent. The second- and third-place finishers in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Epicenter…

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…

Hot Peppers after her win in the Jersey Girl June 12 (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Michael Dubb and Michael J. Caruso's graded-stakes winner Hot Peppers returns from a three-month layoff in Saturday's $120000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

Handicappers at the horse track all hold their own theories and conjectures about who will win the next race, mining programs for split times and race histories, bloodlines and surfaces. On any given day, the rail may be golden or dead. And then there are questions about how much impact the jockey has. Joe Appelbaum played college football at Yale…

Godolphin Stable's Kentucky homebred Cody's Wish spoiled reigning Champion Male Sprinter Jackie's Warrior's unblemished record at Saratoga Race Course when he collared his pacesetting rival in deep stretch to score his first Grade 1 win in Saturday's $600000 Forego, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses over the main track. Trained by Hall of…

With all the new Horse Racing Nation handicapping products, some of the most buzz we are getting is around Charting Horse Value. Created by Jeff Bessa, Charting Horse Value (CHV) has been around for only a couple of years and was added to the Horse Racing Nation handicapping product roster just a couple of months ago. I've been testing CHV out for…

Welcome to 2023 Kentucky Derby Prospect Snapshots, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from a race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule. That schedule consists of prep races offering qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby, running from September 2022 through mid-April 2023. The 1…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - After trying two turns, Jack Christopher returned on Saturday to what he is - an exceptional 3-year-old sprinter. In his first start since a third-place finish in the nine-furlong Haskell at Monmouth Park last month, Jack Christopher cut back in distance impressively with a 1 1/4-length victory in the Grade I Allen Jerkens run at…

Bankit rolls home in the NYSSS Thunder Rumble (Chelsea Durand) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing's millionaire New York-bred Bankit added a seventh stakes score to his impressive resume when he stalked and pounced to an open-length victory in Sunday's $125000 NYSSS Thunder Rumble for…

Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' multiple Grade 1-winner Mind Control will retire on top of his game after securing a trademark gutsy score in Saturday's Grade 1, $750000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher and piloted by fellow Hall of Famer John Velazquez, the 6-year-old son…

Yo Cuz wins the Maddie May Feb. 21 at Aqueduct (Chelsea Durand) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- New York-bred sophomore stakes winners Yo Cuz and Galaxina will attempt to regain winning form against elders in Sunday's 16th running of the $125000 Staten Island division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series for eligible New…

The 154th running of the Belmont Stakes takes place on Saturday in Elmont, N.Y., with Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike returning after sitting out the Preakness. At 80-1, Rich Strike was the second-biggest long shot winner in the history of the Kentucky Derby. Although he didn't run in the Preakness, there was a Rich Strike effect. Fenwick opened…

Tuskegee Airmen breaks his maiden first out Sep. 24 at Parx (Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Cash is King and LC Racing's undefeated Tuskegee Airmen will make his graded stakes debut for trainer John Servis in Saturday's Grade 2, $250000 Remsen, a nine-furlong main track test for juveniles, at Aqueduct…

Triple Crown veteran Todd Pletcher had simple advice Saturday for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. before the Belmont Stakes. "Be patient," Pletcher said. "I think you have the best last quarter of any horse in the race." Sometimes, less is Mo. Mo Donegal pulled away down the home stretch and held off filly Nest to win the Belmont Stakes, giving Pletcher a…

Mind Control after the 2021 G2 John A. Nerud, his most recent win on the NYRA circuit (Susie Raisher) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' dual Grade 1-winner Mind Control will attempt to go out on top when he takes on a field consisting of three other Grade 1 winners in Saturday's Grade 1,…

The oldest stakes race in the country for three-year-olds will have its 153rd running on Saturday when the 2022 Travers Stakes will take place at Saratoga Race Course. First held in 1864, this 1 1/4 miles race is nicknamed the Midsummer Derby and offers a $1.25 million prize to the winner. The 2022 Travers Stakes field is stacked with multiple…

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…

Longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will try to match the feat of his father, Keen Ice, when he leaves the starting gate in the 2022 Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. In the 2015 Travers, Keen Ice, a 16-1 longshot, rallied past Triple Crown hero American Pharoah to post one of the most shocking upsets in the history of the…

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…

The 153rd running of the Travers headlines the biggest day of the summer at Saratoga. Six graded stakes including five Grade 1 races highlight the 13 race card. The $1.25 million Travers drew a very competitive field of eight runners for the'Midsummer Derby', and post time for the 1 1/4 mile Travers is 5:44 p.m. ET and Race 11 on the card. The…

The popular view of Tiz the Law did not change with his victory Saturday in the Travers Stakes. In fact, his odds to win next month's Kentucky Derby were cut to as short as odds-on. But the skeptical view of Tiz the Law was not drowned out by his 5½-length valedictory at Saratoga Race Course. The argument may still be made that he has not faced any…

DraftKings and Churchill Downs Incorporated announced a multi-year agreement on Tuesday that is expected to bring a parimutuel horse betting platform to DraftKings ahead of next May's Kentucky Derby. Under the agreement, Churchill Downs' subsidiary, TwinSpires, will provide advance deposit wagering (ADW) technology to DraftKings, the companies said…

Welcome to 2023 Kentucky Derby Prospect Snapshots, where we'll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule from which the racehorses earn points toward qualifying. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs. This…

Star Devine just that when capturing the $150K Autumn Days (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Larry Goichman's Star Devine scored her second career stakes triumph with a prominent victory for trainer Jorge Abreu in Sunday's $150000 Autumn Days for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up sprinting six furlongs over…

General Jim takes command in an allowance at Keeneland Oct. 29 (Coady Photography) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Courtlandt Farms' talented juvenile General Jim will test his abilities against stakes company for the first time in Saturday's $120000 Central Park for 2-year-olds traveling one mile over Aqueduct Racetrack's outer…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Winngate Stables' dual graded stakes winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks alumna Kathleen O. resumes serious business against a field of seven other sophomore fillies in Friday's 73rd running of the Grade 3, $175000 Comely going nine furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by…