By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 17, 2024. Eight sophomore fillies will travel 1 1/4 miles on the main track and Candied is the 7-5 morning line favorite. The Alabama goes as the tenth race with a scheduled post time of 5:43 […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-14-24): 8 horse field likely Batten Down (Junior Alvarado), Corporate Power (Javier Castellano), Dornoch (Luis Saez), Fierceness (John Velazquez), Honor Marie (Tyler Gaffalione), […]
The Grade 1 Pacific Classic will be run at Del Mar on Saturday, Aug. 31. Nominations close on Aug. 22 and the race will be drawn on Aug. 27. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Pacific Classic news. The Pacific Classic debuted in 1991 and Best Pal captured the initial running. Three-year-olds have won […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-8-24): Batten Down, Corporate Power, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Muth, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, Thorpedo Anna, Unmatched Wisdom Batten Down (Tapit – […]
By Jarrod Horak The 2024 Triple Crown Series is in the books and Dornoch made it three straight upset winners. He pressed Seize the Grey from second, took the lead, turned away Mindframe when that one wandered in the stretch, and prevailed by a half-length. The final time was 201.64 over the fast, speed favoring […]
By Jarrod Horak The field for the 2024 Belmont Stakes was selected on June 3. Ten entrants passed the entry box and morning line favorite Sierra Leone does his best running from off the pace. Check out the video below for Belmont analysis.
By Jarrod Horak There is a chance of rain for each of the four days of the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga. The rain is mostly scattered and the forecast for Saturday is mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. If the track is wet, which horses will handle the footing? Seize the Grey […]
By Jarrod Horak Which Belmont Stakes 2024 horses are fast early? How about overall speed? Today’s Racing Digest has you covered with pace, speed, and performance ratings. Let’s dive right in. Pace Ratings Looking at the Digest Pace Ratings, Seize the Grey might have the early advantage. He attended quick fractions in the Pat Day […]
By Jarrod Horak The field has been drawn for the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 8. Ten horses will break from the gate and Kentucky Derby runner-up is the 9-5 morning line favorite. Check out the Belmont Stakes post positions and odds, and make sure to watch the Belmont Stakes […]
By Jarrod Horak Resilience was the lone Belmont Stakes 2024 hopeful to work on Sunday, and he completed his final quarter in 22 and change in an impressive move. He won the Wood Memorial (G2) in April and raced wide from post 18 and ended up sixth in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday […]
