Trainer Ron Moquett has Right to Vote running well enough of late to prevail in a well-matched field of seven older speedsters who have not won a graded stakes this year in Monday’s $100,000 Kid Russell Stakes at Saratoga.
Handicapper Dan Illman's analysis and selections for 2-year-old races at the 2013 Saratoga meet.
While horsemen in Saratoga adjusted their training schedules Saturday morning over a wet main track or a drying-out training track, trainer Shug McGaughey had no such concerns while in Fair Hill, Md. to oversee Kentucky Derby winner Orb’s last major workout before the $1 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24.
There’s a standout favorite in Sunday's Adirondack who’s going to be very hard to beat: Fiftyshadesofgold, who has won her two starts by 8 and 10 lengths, earning the two top Beyers in the field. The Special, however, is a much trickier proposition.
American Hall of Famer Gary Stevens won Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Sprint at Ascot, but it was a three-man team of European-based riders who dominated the day’s Shergar Cup jockey competition.
The Jockey Club has elected three new members to its board of stewards - John C. Harris, William M. Lear Jr., and Dr. Hiram C. Polk Jr. - filling the expired positions of James C. Brady, William S. Farish, and Richard T. Santulli.
Del Mar closer looks for Sunday, August 11.
Del Mar picks by Brad Free, Mike Hammersly, and Rich Wroble for Sunday, August 11.
Del Mar analysis by Brad Free for Sunday, August 11.
Saratoga closer looks for Sunday, August 11.
