This summer, across town from Saratoga Race Course at White Hollow Farm, the spotlight will be on retired racehorses competing in the TAKE2 Thoroughbred Hunter and Jumper divisions at the Saratoga Horse Shows.
With inclement weather expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic region beginning May 20, and with the potential for rain throughout the weekend, Monmouth Park has moved the Cliff Hanger Stakes and Miss Liberty Stakes, originally set for May 23-24, to May 30.
Nearly a year ago, Publisher was among the field for the Kentucky Derby (G1). Since then, he has been searching for his first graded victory. Could that come in the Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (G3)?
Steve Asmussen started horses in eight different stakes over the May 15-16 weekend at Laurel Park, including Chip Honcho, who finished third in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1). He earned a total of 39 points, just two more than Graham Motion.
A race expected to draw the top older dirt horses in North America will have a purse to match. Churchill Downs announces that the purse for the June 27 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) has been doubled from $1 million to $2 million.
In the May 21 Prix Aga Khan IV (G1)—formerly the Prix d'Ispahan—there are three genuine middle-distance stars on show, all running over the about 1 3/16-mile trip, which will place a real accent on speed.