From NYRA Just before leaving for an 8:30 flight Sunday morning to San Diego, trainer Eoin Harty checked in at the barn at Saratoga Race Course to see how WinStar Farm’s Colonel John came out of yesterday’s exciting nose victory over Mambo in Seattle in the 139th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers...

Saratoga Springs, New York Midway through the Travers-day card, 40,732 people are here and the longest lines at Saratoga are at the ATM machines, which is not a surprise given the large fields and extremely contentious races. Three of the first six races – fields of 12, 12 and 13 -- have been two-turn...

This Saturday’s 139th running of the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Track looks like it may be the best 3-year-old race of the year. Certainly it’s the most competitive from top to bottom since the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. We may not have Big Brown, but we’ve...

Saratoga Springs, New York So while the august owners of Big Brown await the creation of a phony grass race at Belmont Park or more likely Philadelphia Park to accommodate their bloated egos, feed the bankroll without taxing their overblown animal, the rest of the three-year-old division will gather...