The highly anticipated first crop of Flightline had its first stakes winner Aug. 26, as Go for Launch won the $200,000 Bolton Landing Stakes with authority at Saratoga Race Course.
Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty has been installed as the 4-1 favorite in the first of two future wagers on this year's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty has been installed as the 4-1 favorite in the first of two future wagers on this year's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
With four grade 1 winners plus three others who are grade 1-placed in a field of 10, the Travers seems a highly formidable spot to gain a coveted initial top-level victory.
Fans of Ways and Means, the dynamo who broke her maiden at Saratoga Race Course by 12 3/4 lengths as 2-year-old in 2023 and has won at least one stakes there every year since, is set to compete at the New York track one final time.
All told, the two-day sale produced trade that was solid, if somewhat unspectacular. Turnover was close to last year's total, although the average and median prices both dipped below the level of 12 months ago.
Trainer Chad Brown has two runners, Naomis and Deep Learning, in the Aug. 29 Lake Placid Stakes (G2T), a 1-mile inner turf race for 3-year-old fillies. He is in pursuit of a record-extending seventh victory in the race.
In this week's Eye on the World, with BloodHorse correspondent and world traveler Bob Kieckhefer: Jockey challenges are a big hit in other jurisdictions around the world, so why not in America?