"Saratoga at Belmont" to Open on Schedule
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Contact: John Lee

“Saratoga at Belmont” will be up and running on Wednesday, July 23, despite last weekend’s transformer fire that short-circuited the final day of the Belmont Park Spring/Summer season on Sunday ... more

On-Track Handle Up at Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Contact: John Lee

On-track handle increased 1.5 percent at the recently-concluded 58-day Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet, despite the loss of one racing day. Wagering for Belmont Stakes Day’s 13-race card (June 7), which included five other graded stakes, was the second highest on-track in history ... more
Music Note Runs a Mighty Oaks
Saturday, July 18, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Music Note
 After Music Note easily won the Grade 1 Mother Goose here on June 28, trainer Saeed bin Suroor said he would likely want to run her after a little break at Saratoga in the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama at Saratoga Race Course on August 16 ... more
Whitney, Jim Dandy Head Spa Opening Week Stakes Sked
Friday, July 18, 2008
Contact: Francis LaBelle Jr.

Fans of Saratoga Race Course can’t wait for the track to open its 140th season on Wednesday, July 23, and they won’t have to wait much longer for the high-quality stakes races that make the Spa Thoroughbred racing’s top meeting ... more
NYRA Boosts Purses For Route Races at Saratoga
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Contact: John Lee

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced today an innovative program that will increase purses for open company route races on the dirt and turf at Saratoga Race Course, based on the number of horses in a race ... more
Dogwood Plans Another Spa Attack
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
By NYRA Press Office

Prince Rahy
 When the prestigious Saratoga Race Course meet begins on Wednesday, July 23 in upstate New York, Dogwood Stable will be there in full force – with 28 horses, both veterans and juveniles, many of whom are solid stakes contenders ... more
Belmont Park Notes
Sunday, July 12, 2008
By NYRA Press Office

Curlin
 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin came out of his second-place finish to Red Rocks in Saturday’s Grade 1 Man o’War Stakes in good order and was on his way to Saratoga Sunday morning. The Man o’War was Curlin’s first start on turf ... more
Kip Deville Comes Back to New York to Play Poker
Sunday, July 13, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Kip Deville
 Having already won the first of three major races on Kip Deville’s schedule this year, trainer Richard Dutrow entered the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner in Sunday’s Grade 3, $108,300 Poker to “give him something to do.” He did good ... more
Red Rocks Rocks Man O’War at Curlin's Expense
Saturday, July 12, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Red Rocks
 The five-race winning streak is over, but the future on turf for 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin is anyone’s guess. Saturday’s 49th edition of the Grade 1, $500,000 Man O’War Stakes at 11 furlongs was the first start on grass for 4-year-old Curlin, whose owner, Jess Jackson of Stonestreet Stable, is intent on making the Smart Strike horse an international star and a fan favorite ... more
Jerkens' Land 1-2 Dwyer Knockout with Mint Lane, Tizbig
Sunday, July 6, 2008
By Francis LaBelle Jr.

Mint Lane
 Mint Lane’s two biggest weapons, his speed and his tenacity, were put on display Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park as Pinebloom Stable’s star lead at every call and won the 91st running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Dwyer for three-year-olds at a mile and a sixteenth by two and three-quarter lengths ... more