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...

We do not often do this. Selections should not be offered without an exchange of money. We seldom, in fact, do the work on an entire card, but in consideration of Travers Day, an opinion on Saturday's races are Saratoga. 1. Cash McCool, Aquino, On Board Again. 2. Spaniard, Florentino, Something Gold...

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...

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...