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...