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Tragedy unfolded in the closing stages of the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) for 3-year-old sprinters Saturday at Saratoga Race Course when favorite New York Thunder looked en route to a clear victory but fell at the sixteenths pole. The Nyquist colt suffered a catastrophic injury to his left front fetlock and was euthanized on the track.

To be the champ, you have to beat the champ. And Winchell Thoroughbreds, in collaboration with trainer Steve Asmussen, did just that with two Gun Runner progeny in a pair of Grade 1 events on the Travers Day program at Saratoga Race Course.

Idiomatic rose to the occasion with a front-running score in Friday’s 76th running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — It was off to the races, or better said the picnic tables, at the Saratoga Race Course for the 154th Travers Stakes. Looked forward to by locals and out-of-town guests from all over the world, ‘The Midsummer Derby’ is a highlight of the Spa City summer and draws out enormous crowds. […]

The biggest day of summer racing is Sat, Aug. 26 at Saratoga. The Travers headlines five graded stakes. Odds, expert picks & insight with information you can bet on.

NYRA will host the Travers 2-Day Pick 6, a special two-day all-stakes wager featuring all Grade 1 races

Lining up against three defending Eclipse Award-winning Champions at Grade 1 level is no easy task, but Winchell Thoroughbreds

“It all depends how fast they go early - pace makes the race. He showed the way around at Pimlico and his race in New York was impressive.”

“Billy says that this horse just loves what he does, he loves to train, he loves to run, and he loves going out to the track.”