After being a leading contender throughout the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Explora could earn her first grade 1 victory sprinting if she wins the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
A landmark week for the Triple Crown and the North American 3-year-old division continued Aug. 5 when the new version of the Maryland Jockey Club announced a date change for its most important race, the Preakness Stakes (G1).
All nine entrants in the 1-mile National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) are cutting back in distance Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course, a move trainer Brad Cox hopes is beneficial for Touch of Fire.
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Fisher finished first and third in the $150,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Handicap (NSA-1) Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course, taking the triumph with Smart Uncle.
Hall of Famer John Velazquez secured his 800th North American graded stakes win July 31 at Saratoga Race Course in the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) aboard Local Knowledge.
NBC Sports will continue to present the Preakness Stakes (G1) on NBC and Peacock through 2032, as the Maryland Jockey Club and NBC Sports announced Aug. 5 a multiyear extension of their partnership.
The 2027 date of the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be moved forward eight days from its traditional third Saturday in May to Sunday, May 23, as a new version of the Maryland Jockey Club plots a new path forward for its most important race.
Impressive Railway Stakes (G2) winner Celeron is set for three big assignments in the coming months as Michael O'Callaghan gears him up for the Aug. 9 Phoenix Stakes (G1) at the Curragh.
Fasig-Tipton and NYRA will show their continued support for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance by helping showcase the organization's mission to fans and buyers at both The Saratoga Sale and Whitney Stakes (G1) weekend at Saratoga Race Course.
An accomplished field of seven are expected to line up for the Aug, 8 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course, highlighted by multiple graded stakes winners Zulu Kingdom and Deterministic.