horse racing

If it wasn't post and party time before, it sure as hell is now, as we usher in the 143rd running of the Travers with a weekend full of big money races and class-packed features.  Below, we've got all you need to know regarding said features...except the Travers - we've got an entire article for that.  Look for it Friday.

The historically short crescendo of the Saratoga Race Course Meet reaches its climax on Saturday, with the 143rd running of the Grade One, million dollar Travers. With the post positions now drawn, we take a brief look at each horse in the field.

Another 2-1 weekend moves us farther above .500 on the year.  We'll look to stay on top with a strong showing through Alabama weekend.

On Saturday, seven of the world's best three year old fillies will take to the Saratoga track for the 132nd edition of the Alabama Stakes.  The Grade One is but a fraction of the five big-time races gracing the weekend's card, however, and we've got each broken down below.

Woodmans Luck did his impression of Mike Tyson when he tried to take a bite out of Romeo Royale's ear.

Mother nature may have betrayed us, but the racing did not this weekend at Saratoga.  Four stakes races gave race fans high expectations heading into it, and the performances of two brilliant juveniles conjured up separate high expectations exiting it, and looking to the future.

Though no Grade I stakes races exist on this weekend's docket, four Grade II's make it a big one, continuing the season's long building crescendo toward Travers weekend.

Last weekend was an odd one for the Best Bets.  Thanks to a Saturday update, I'm taking a .500 weekend, keeping me above that mark on the season.  This week, we look to head even farther north of that mark.

The third weekend of racing from the Saratoga Race Course opens with the Grade II Honorable Miss  Handicap, but is highlighted by a trio of Grade I stakes races calling some of the best of each division to the historic track.  Read on for a breakdown of each race.

With Saratoga's weekend racing concluded, we take a look back on all that was.  And in a word, it was...eclectic.  In another? Weird.

After a 2-2 opening weekend, we try to move above the .500 mark with a look at couple of maiden races and a pair of 100K stakes.

The second weekend of action from the Saratoga Race Course is upon us.  It's a weekend ripe with quality feature races, headlined by the Grade II Jim Dandy and the Grade I Diana.