Exaggerator Targets Pennsylvania Derby; Swipe Retired

© Benoit Photo NYRA Press Release: Grade 1 Preakness and Haskell Invitation winner Exaggerator has been in good energy since his off-the-board finish in last Saturday’s Grade 1 Travers last Saturday and remains on target for the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby … Continued

Effinex Will Skip Woodward, Target Jockey Club Gold Cup

Effinex (background) will attempt to improve on his third-place finish in the 2015 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand NYRA Press Release: Opting to pass on the Grade 1 Woodward, trainer Jimmy Jerkens reported multiple graded stakes … Continued

Bradester Brings Win Streak into Woodward Stakes

Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Joseph Sutton’s Bradester will look to ride his three-race win streak all the way into Saratoga’s closing weekend in the Grade 1 Woodward. Trained by Eddie Kenneally, the 6-year-old son of Lion Heart has been … Continued

Samraat Ready for Woodward Stakes

Morning at Saratoga – Photo by Coglianese Photos/Susie Raisher NYRA Press Release: Grade 2 Suburban Handicap runner-up Samraat remains on track for the Grade 1, $600,000 Woodward Saturday, having emerged from his five-furlong breeze this weekend in good order, said trainer … Continued

2016 Travers Stakes Workout Videos

© Benoit Photo One of the greatest races of the summer will be held this Saturday at Saratoga, that being the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) for three-year-olds. The ten-furlong race, often called the “Midsummer Derby,” has drawn an incredibly … Continued

Bob Baffert Returns to the Travers with American Freedom, Arrogate

Bob Baffert in the paddock before the 2015 Travers Stakes – Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney NYRA Press Release: Following their final workouts at Del Mar Sunday and Monday, Bob Baffert’s pair of late-blooming 3-year-olds, American Freedom and Arrogate, are set … Continued

Mohaymen Under Radar, On Target for Travers

Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Shadwell Stables’ Mohaymen, looking to rebound from his fourth-place finish as the favorite in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy on July 30, zipped a bullet half-mile on the main track this morning in his final … Continued

Hollendorfer On Hand For Songbird’s Alabama Bid

© Benoit Photo NYRA Press Release: Songbird’s Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has arrived at Saratoga Race Course to put the final touches on his star 3-year-old filly ahead of Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama. Stabled at Saratoga since … Continued

Fipke, Stewart Could Run Two in the Travers

Forever d’Oro (right) breezing at Churchill Downs in April – Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Breeder-owner Charles Fipke will be represented by at least one horse in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers August 27, and possibly two. Trainer Dallas Stewart … Continued

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