SARATOGA SPRINGS — When one of my favorite teachers in high school took a sick day, it was OK, because his wife was my favorite substitute teacher. That’s pretty much what fans and the New York Racing Association got by shifting the Belmont Stakes from Be... See more
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Trainer Cherie DeVaux encouraged well-wishers and media to tuck into the two bags of breakfast sandwiches and doughnuts she brought to the post-Belmont presser at her barn on Sunday morning. She tried to discourage Golden Tempo from mun... See more
Nysos staked his claim as perhaps the best older dirt horse in the country on Saturday by beating a stellar field in the Grade I Metropolitan Mile by four lengths over Knightsbridge. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Nysos rebounded from only the second loss of his... See more
SARATOGA SPRINGS — When it rains, it pours. A predicted storm held off all day, then rolled in just in time for the 158th Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Then trainer Cherie DeVaux, a Saratoga Springs native, continued her remarkable r... See more
SARATOGA SPRINGS — It’s a rare occurrence for a trainer to pull off the kind of double on a racing card that Mark Casse did on Friday at Saratoga Race Course. It requires you to have one of the top older dirt fillies top 3-year-old fillies in the country ... See more
