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The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic takes place on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6:40 p.m. ET / 3:40 p.m. ET. Competed across 1¼ miles, this race features male and female horses three-years old and older ...
A Listed event, it currently offers a purse of $175,000. By tradition, the Schuylerville is the first stakes race run at every Saratoga meet. [1] The race is named for the town of Schuylerville, New York, which is adjacent to Saratoga Springs. The race was hosted by Belmont Park in 1943, 1944, and 1945 when races were moved from Saratoga due to ...
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. [2] It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), [3] Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).
Prior to 1971, the race was 1 mile in length. For 1971 only, the distance was decreased to 7 furlongs. The Jim Dandy Stakes is usually run on the first Saturday of the late July Saratoga racing season and is named in honor of the 3-year-old colt, Jim Dandy , who won the 1930 Travers Stakes at odds of 100 to 1, beating Triple Crown winner ...
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 Funny Cide Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses bred in New York, approved by the New York State-Bred Registry, and run at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. An ungraded stakes race, it is set at a distance of 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $200,000.
The inaugural running of the event known as the Saratoga Derby was on 13 August 1904 run as the fourth race on the day's card over a distance of 1 + 5 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt track. The event was won by James R. Keene 's 1904 Belmont Stakes winner Delhi starting as 2/9 odds-on favorite who led from start to finish in a small three horse field ...
us$150,000 (2023) The Bernard Baruch Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the turf annually in early August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York .