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Sponsored by: Channel Cat after winning the Grade 1 Man o' War at Belmont Park. Calumet Farm homebred Channel Cat and his trainer, Jack Sisterson, are no strangers to springing upsets in graded stakes. The duo will look to add another exclamation mark to their collective ledgers in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green, an 11-furlong inner-turf test for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course. Channel Cat, who is one of three sons of English Channel entered for Saturday's 63rd renewal, captured the 2019 Bowling Green at odds of 13-1 for former conditioner Todd Pletcher. The 6-ye...

If the horse racing calendar were more like the college basketball schedule in a normal year, it would be like we were about to move into the second half of conference play. Familiar opponents are getting rematches, others are meeting for the first time and serious candidates will emerge for the big dance. In this case, it would be the November madness known as the Breeders’ Cup.   Just look at what the next few weeks will offer (possible and probable starters courtesy of Horse Racing Nation):   Saturday: Grade 1 Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga. Can Whitmore find the magic at age 8 that h...

Slow start for Brown, but fast finish for Technical Analysis in Lake George | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SARATOGA SPRINGS — The quantity hasn’t been there for the Chad Brown barn so far at the 2021 Saratoga Race Course meet, with just two winners in the first five days of the meet. At least he got some quality on Friday, with a 1-2 finish, respectively, from Technical Analysis and Fluffy Socks in the Grade III Lake George. The Mechanicville native has won the Saratoga training title for most victories at the meet three times since 2016, but has been off to a slow start, and also h...

Sponsored by: Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith's Group 1-winner Sovereign will make his first start in North America against a competitive field which includes four other graded/grouped stakes winners in Saturday's 63rd running of the Grade 1, $700,000 Man o' War going 1 3/8 miles over the inner turf for older horses at Belmont Park. The Man o' War, NYRA's first Grade 1 turf stakes of the year, honors Samuel D. Riddle's all-time great, who was voted by multiple publications as the greatest racehorse of the 20th century. The champion's notable accomplishments inc...

Mystic Guide Headlines Expected Field Of 14 For 2021 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by: Ghostzapper colt Mystic Guide wins the Razorback Handicap by six lengths under Luis Saez A cast of 14 Group or Grade 1 winners with a combined 23 victories at the highest level are set to line up for the 25th running of Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021. A total of 117 horses from 11 countries will compete across a spectacular day of racing worth USD$26.5m that features six Group 1 and three Group 2 contests. The Group 1 $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airl...