SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan took to the Oklahoma training track turf on Friday morning in advance of a possible start in the Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap on August 9 at Saratoga Race Course. Under regular exerci
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Finally climbing off the fence, trainer Dallas Stewart committed his Kentucky Derby runner-up Commanding Curve to a run in the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy on Saturday instead of the $100,000 Curlin the day before. The West Point T
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito will give Grade 2-winning sprinter Spot another chance to stretch out in Friday's $100,000 Curlin for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles. Purchased by Joseph Moss following the Grade 3 Hutcheson at Gulfst
Owned by Robert S. Evans, Tonalist is the 8-5 program favorite for the 51st renewal of the 1 1/8-mile Jim Dandy, Saratoga's traditional hometown prep for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 23. Ten of the past 16 Travers winners, including four o
"To come up here and be competitive with these guys, it's always somewhat of a concern. I feel like we have had a stronger group [of horses] than we've ever had, and we've started off with a good meet." Alan Garcia, winning jockey aboard Daring Dancer (No
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - At 5:30 a.m. Monday, 2013 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt Will Take Charge turned in what likely will be his penultimate work for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Whitney on August 2, breezing five furlongs in 1:01.02 on the Oklahoma dirt t
"I think seven-eighths to a mile is really her best distance. Surface doesn't really matter; she's won on three different types of surfaces. She's a really talented filly and she was on her game today. Hopefully we can use this to go to the [Grade 1, $500
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - With an eye on the Grade 1, $1.5 million Whitney on August 2, Palace Malice breezed five furlongs in 1:00.48 seconds with Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez aboard. The two-time Grade 1 winner went in company with unraced 3-year-o
"He's been breaking really good, which has always been his drawback. These last three or four races, he's been breaking sharp. I think he's just finally getting it all together. He's had a lot of breaks and this and that happen to him. I think we're final
"I told [owner] Mike [Repole] that this filly has never trained better than she has here in the last month. She seems to really like Saratoga. She has been training much more powerfully than she did this winter, so we expected a big effort from her." "The
