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Romans savors huge upset with Keen Ice

Trainer Dale Romans said one of the last conversations he had with the legendary Allen Jerkens before the Hall of Fame trainer died this year was about the day “the Chief” orchestrated one of racing’s most famous upsets, beating the great Secretariat with Onion at Saratoga in the 1973 Whitney. It was a feat not too dissimilar to what Romans himself had just pulled off Saturday when sending out Keen Ice to defeat another Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah, in the Travers.

Mike WelschAug 29, 2015

Dacita closes with furious rally to win Ballston Spa

Javier Castellano was doling out heartbreaks left and right Saturday at Saratoga. One race after piloting Keen Ice to an upset win over the Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Travers Stakes, he swung Dacita seven wide in the lane on the turf, unleashing a furious rally to best Tepin by a head in the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa Stakes.

Nicole RussoAug 29, 2015

Grade 2 winner Stonetastic in $90,000 allowance

Grade 2 winner Stonetastic, narrowly beaten in her start in more than seven months about four weeks ago at Saratoga, will take her next step towards what her connections hope is a repeat trip to the Breeders’ Cup in a $90,000 race at Parx Racing on Tuesday.

Joe DeVivoAug 29, 2015

Flintshire back in winner's circle with Sword Dancer triumph

Approximately 40 minutes before the Travers Stakes, Flintshire turned in a world-class performance by running away with the Grade 1, $1 million Sword Dancer by 2 1/2 lengths.

Jim DunleavyAug 29, 2015

Gimme Da Lute scores again in El Cajon Stakes

Gimme Da Lute extended his winning streak in stakes to four races in Saturday’s $98,000 El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar, but the result was not certain until the final strides.

Steve AndersenAug 29, 2015

Keen Ice upsets American Pharoah in Travers

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DRF StaffAug 29, 2015

Photo Call stalks and scores in Violet

Photo Call, winless in five starts since clearing her first allowance condition in her United States debut last October at Keeneland, earned her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Violet at Monmouth Park.

Joe DeVivoAug 29, 2015

Island Town much the best in Smarty Jones

Island Town, reunited with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. for the first time since scoring his maiden victory last October at Churchill Downs, stamped himself a contender for the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby with a dominant win in Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing.

Joe DeVivoAug 29, 2015

Private Zone cruises to victory in Forego

Trainer Jorge Navarro made no bones about his strategy or the confidence he had in Private Zone going into Saturday’s Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga. Sure enough, his prediction that the rest of the field would “really have to run to beat us” proved 100 percent correct after Private Zone dominated the Forego from start to finish en route to a convincing 3 3/4-length victory over The Big Beast.

Mike WelschAug 29, 2015

Runhappy sets stakes record in King's Bishop

When Runhappy won the Grade 1, $500,000 King's Bishop by four lengths at Saratoga on Saturday, it wasn't only his first stakes win, it was the first stakes score and the fourth career victory for his trainer, Maria Borell, who has a five-horse stable at the Thoroughbred Training Center outside of Lexington, Ky.

Jim DunleavyAug 29, 2015

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