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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A 4-year-old filly broke down in the fourth race at Saratoga and was euthanized on Sunday, the second consecutive day a racing death occurred at the track in ...
The event was named after the winner of the 1983 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga, A Phenomenon. [1] A Phenomenon suffered a life-ending injury in the 1984 Forego Handicap. [2] The event was classified as Grade III in 1990 [3] and in 1995 upgraded to Grade II. In 2000, the event was renamed to honor Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. who had died in 1999.
The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The current purse for the event is $500,000.
He is known as a trenchant and highly opinionated analyst. He is also a regular guest and the Monday host of Daily Racing Form ' s handicapping seminars at Siro's during the Saratoga race meeting. [13] Michael Sherack (1997–2000) Anthony Stabile (2016–2023) [14] Travis Stone (2014–2017) John M. Veitch (1995–1999) Mike Watchmaker (1995 ...
The event's inaugural running was on 2 August 2019 and was won by Ashbrook Farm & BBN Racing's Concrete Rose who was ridden by jockey Julien R. Leparoux and trained by trainer George Arnold II comfortably leading all the way by 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths as the 3/10 odds on favorite by a head in a time of 1:55.34. [2]
The favorite was in contention early but did not factor in the photo finish in the 150th Kentucky Derby.
On December 8, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a US$ 455 million renovation plan for Belmont Park in Elmont, New York which would move the Belmont Stakes to Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York for the interim, with construction expected to last into 2025. The prize purse had been increased from $1.5 million to $2 ...
National Racing Museum historian and long-time horse racing writer Mike Veitch doesn’t know why closer Aqueduct was passed over so quickly but understands why Saratoga was the pick.