Horse Racing News is the source of thoroughbred racing information with horse racing odds, betting tips, racing picks, race results, and handicapping. Latest news and articles on top horse racing contenders, jockeys, trainers, three-year-olds, race tracks, and major stakes races such as the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes as well as the Breeders' Cup horse races.Colonel John Wins The $1-Million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008
WinStar Farm’s Colonel John, making only his 2nd start on dirt, got his nose down at the wire after a head-bobbing late stretch duel with Mambo in Seattle at Saratoga Race Course to win Saturday’s 139th running of the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1).
Colonel John ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.20 and earned $600,000 for WinStar Farm. The Eoin Harty-trained horse paid $10.40, $5.40 and $4.30. Colonel John had not won a race since taking the Santa Anita Derby in April.
Mambo in Seattle, ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, paid $6.30 and $5.10. Pyro, the favorite in the Travers, finished third in the race for 3-year-olds with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan riding and paid $3.70.
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Pyro Installed As Morning Line Favorite In The 2008 Travers Stakes at Saratoga August 23
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Pyro was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the $1-million Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Steve Asmussen trainee, Pyro, will take on 11 other race horses, including Belmont Stakes winner Da’Tara. Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will ride Pyro, who will leave from the 11th post.
The entire Travers field from the rail out is Tale of Ekati (20-1), Colonel John (8-1), Da’Tara (8-1), Tizbig (30-1), Macho Again (6-1), Cool Coal Man (15-1), Amped (30-1), Harlem Rocker (4-1), Mambo in Seattle (5-1), Tres Borrachos (15-1), Pyro (7-2) and Court Vision (12-1).
The 2008 Travers Stakes is race 11 of 12 in Saratoga’s August 23 card. Travers post time is 5:45 pm Eastern.
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Saratoga Spotlight Shines on Travers Contenders Galore
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 139th Travers Stakes should live up to past classics of the Midsummer Derby at Saratoga on Saturday.
This year’s $1 million edition will feature a full field for the first time in many years. One handicapping point to consider: 71 winners of the Travers scored in previous outings.
Five of the dozen 3-year-olds can match that feat, including likely favorite Macho Again, who worked four furlongs in 50 seconds on Saratoga’s training track.
The son of Macho Uno is coming off a victory in the Jim Dandy. Winners of that Saratoga prep and Monmouth Park’s Haskell Invitational produced a record 12 Travers winners.
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Travers Could Attract Larger Field Than Usual
Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 139th Travers Stakes could boast double-digit runners for the first time in 15 years since 1993 Kentucky Derby champ Sea Hero roared from back of the pack to defeat 10 challengers.
There could be that many 3-year-olds in the $1 million contest on Aug. 23. Winners of Triple Crown races the past 15 years have done well, winning seven times, including four that scored in the Belmont Stakes.
That’s a good omen for Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara, hoping to rebound from a disappointing seventh place finish in the Jim Dandy on July 27. He broke inward, went to the lead, dueled along the rail until the far turn and steadily faded to last, ending up 24 1/4 lengths behind Macho Again after 1 1/8 miles.
While Da’ Tara was capturing the Belmont Stakes, odds-on favorite Big Brown ended up ninth and last. However, he took the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on Aug. 3 and will go into another race en route to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Macho Again Wins Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga; Belmont Stakes Winner Da’Tara Finished Last
Posted on Sunday, July 27th, 2008
West Point Thoroughbreds’ Macho Again held off a late bid by favored Pyro to win the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) by a half-length on Sunday, July 27, at Saratoga.
The Dallas Stewart trainee ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux, Macho Again, who finished second in the Preakness and fifth in the Belmont Stakes before winning what is considered the principal prep for the August 23 Travers Stakes, covered the Jim Dandy Stakes distance of 1 1/8 miles in 1:51.60 and paid $18.40, $5.30 and $3.40. Pyro, under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, returned $3.40 and $2.90. Three-quarters of a length behind, Tiz Now Tiz Then with jockey Miguel Mena paid $4.70 to show.
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Haskell Field Takes Shape as Big Brown Looks Fit
Posted on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 141st Haskell Invitational field is beginning to take shape for the $1 million Grade 1 at 1 1/8 miles.
Big Brown, working well for his comeback race at Monmouth Park since being eased in the Belmont Stakes, is among 33 nominees that include several likely challengers that didn’t perform well in Triple Crown races.
Big Brown has steadily improved while breezing in the mornings at Aqueduct. On Sunday, the son of Boundary went five furlongs in 59 1/5 - his fourth work since June 9 when he finished ninth and last in the Belmont Stakes.
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Saratoga Opening Weekend Stakes Schedule
Posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008
Saratoga Race Course will open its 140th horse racing season on Wednesday, July 23.
On Saturday, July 26, the 81st running of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1) is the feature on a full card that includes two other Grade 1 horse races and a Grade 2 race, all part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series where the winners will automatically become Breeders’ Cup entries.
On Sunday, the $500,000 Jim Dandy (G2) for 3-year-olds at 9 furlongs, features Da’Tara, upset winner of the Belmont Stakes on June 7, when he ruined Big Brown’s chance to become racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner.
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