Trainer Richard Dutrow gets 64th Birthday present from White Abarrio after the colt crossed the wire 6 1/4-lengths ahead of the field in the Whitney Stakes (G1), securing a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' berth.
The New York Racing Association is saddened to report that Maple Leaf Mel sustained a catastrophic injury to her right front leg at the finish of the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course.
As the winner of the $200,000 1 1/8-mile contest, Wadsworth is guaranteed a starting slot, free of an entry fee, in the Sept. 3 stakes at Kentucky Downs.
Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes
Although just months into her training career, Melanie Giddings and her filly already have provided a feel-good story with a Hollywood movie's trappings. The lead actress is the 5-for-5 Maple Leaf Mel who is entered in the Aug. 5 Test…
Severe thunderstorms which produced torrential rain forced the New York Racing Association to cancel the final four races of the 11-race card on Aug. 4 at Saratoga. That included the $500,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T).
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead to the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes and the Grade 1 Test Stakes.
Notebook: Thunderstorms force NYRA to call off the last four races Aug. 4; Seventeen-year-old Cody Dorman gets to meet up with Cody's Wish, the horse named for him; and Motion remembers Sopran Basilea, euthanized following the Glens Falls (G2T).
Watch the replay of the 2023 Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Ceremony took place Friday, August 4 at Saratoga Springs.