From NYRA William S. Farish and Mrs. William S. Kilroy’s Mambo in Seattle drilled a half-mile under cloudy skies just before 6 o’clock this morning in his final workout for Saturday’s 139th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Travers Stakes presented by Shadwell Farm. The Kingmambo colt was timed in 48...

Though in the absence of Big Brown it lacks significance in the larger three-year-old context, the Travers at this point has great potential to be an interesting horserace even while contributing nothing to the big picture. The current roster of prospective starters in the Travers lists four Grade 1...

Derby Trial winner Macho Again pulled a major upset in Sunday's $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8 mile Jim Dandy is the traditional local prep race for the $1 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, August 23. A field of seven three-year-olds went postward for the Jim Dandy...

Da’Tara proved what I said after the Belmont. My claim that it was the worst Belmont ever was proven in The Jim Dandy yesterday at Saratoga. Da’Tara took advantage of a (bad ride, too many days missed training, quarter crack, heat) You pick the excuse for Big Brown. Give a [...]

Saratoga Springs, New York Difficult to make much of a wildly run Jim Dandy on Sunday. At one point or another, five horses held the lead and, as is usually the case in races like this, the last horse standing won. Still, it was a useful Travers prep for Macho Again, the winner, and Pyro, who may have...

By Jenny Kellner / NYRA There was a time earlier this year that nearly every Kentucky Derby poll had Pyro on or close to the top of the list. Overshadowed at age 2 by juvenile champion War Pass, who had beaten him three straight times, the son of Pulpit finally got everyone’s attention in February with...