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Local Athletes excel at World Ninja Championships
The Ninja Labs (Saratoga & Albany) recently traveled to Greensboro, NC for the World Ninja League World Championships. The World Ninja League is the premiere obstacle league in the sport of Ninja. The event took place June 21-24th at the Greensboro Coliseum and hosted over 2300 athletes from 11 different countries and across 7 different age and skill divisions.
Despite Concerns, ArenaBowl XXXIII set to be Played this Friday in New Jersey
Albany, N.Y. — Well as the saying goes, where there's smoke, there's fire. But in this case, the Albany Firebirds are still going to New Jersey. The indoor football rumor mill was swirling all day on Wednesday, lots going on behind the scenes, but what we can confirm: ArenaBowl XXXIII at the American Dream Mall this Friday is a go. Firebirds Team President Jeff Levack and AFL officials confirming this championship game will take place no matter what.
Clawing Away To A Victory
Long-time trainer Bruce Levine wins his first Saratoga race of the meet with an impressive run from locally-bred Brown Eyed Cat. However, he had to watch some anxious moments from the start to the finish for that Saratoga victory. Brown Eyed Cat, a 3-year-old making his debut on Opening Day,...
Billings Outlaws win ArenaBowl championship with victory over Albany Firebirds
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Isaac Harker threw five touchdown passes — all to Duane Brown — and the Billings Outlaws won ArenaBowl XXXIII on Friday with a 46-41 victory over the Albany Firebirds at the American Dream Meadowlands. Harker and Brown connected on two touchdown passes in...
Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch returns for the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and runner-up Mindframe are set to renew their rivalry when they return to racing for the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Mindframe, who finished a half-length behind Dornoch in the final leg of the Triple Crown on...
Jockeys competing against harness riders in Saratoga charity event
The Saratoga Harness Track will host a different kind of race next week to raise money for Kelly’s Angels and Franklin Community Center. Retired jockey Robbie Davis is returning to the track, but not the track where he won thousands of races. He is at the Saratoga Harness Track.
Kids Get Behind The Scenes Look At Saratoga Race Course Through New Program
This summer, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) has something exciting for kids and families. Starting July 27, NYRA is launching the Students of Thoroughbreds and Racing (STAR) program at Saratoga Race Course, running every Saturday and Sunday until September 1. NYRA STAR is perfect for kids twelve and under...
Saturday Sires: Complexity
At this point in the season, a freshman sire can hardly do better than to win Saratoga's–and the nation's–first graded stakes of the year for 2-year-olds. When that young stallion also leads the nation's first-crop sires in winners with 12 (75% of starters), he's signaling he might be something special.
Second Winner For The Late Improbable As Governor Sam Delivers At The Spa
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With majority owner Alex Bregman in Seattle for the Houston Astros' game against the Mariners, his partner, Reagan Swinbank, took care of the winner's circle duties Friday at Saratoga Race Course following Governor Sam's (Improbable) impressive maiden-breaking victory. Swinbank said he jumped at the opportunity...
News & Notes: Week 2 Events at Saratoga Race Course
*Mondays and Tuesdays = Dark Days. No racing. Saratoga Live presents daily coverage of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course on FOX Sports. For the complete Saratoga Live broadcast schedule, and additional programming information, visit NYRA.com/SaratogaLive. Friday, JulY 19. Curlin (R): 3YO, 1 1/8 - Dirt, Purse $135,000. Saturday,...
Opportunity knocks for Beckwith in Gerrity
Hightstown, NJ — Brett Beckwith has done his best to take advantage of his opportunities this year, and the 21-year-old driver will look to do so again Saturday when he drives Ken Hanover in the $250,000 Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial for older male pacers at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Beckwith...
Casse's 'Recruits' Show Up in Spa Maiden Sprint on Turf
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In the fall of every year, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse is out on the recruiting trail. He looks for the best four-legged athletes he can find. He goes to Lexington to seek out young talent. If Thursday's sixth race at Saratoga Race Course–...
Appleby-Trained Godolphin Stars on the Saratoga Turf Worktab
Five Charlie Appleby-trained stakes horses from the Godolphin barn breezed over the Oklahoma training turf Friday, including Beautiful Love (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Eternal Hope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Legend of Time (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Ottoman Fleet (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Cinderella's Dream (GB) (Shamardal). Eternal Hope made...
Voting Opens for Retired N.Y. Racehorse of the Year
Voted on by the fans, the first-ever Down Broadway Retired Racehorse of the Year Award will be presented on New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday, August 15, the New York Horsemen's Association said in a Wednesday release. Casting a ballot will be open to the...
Audible Filly Bellacose A Smart Debut Winner at Saratoga
3rd-Saratoga, $90,000, (S), Msw, 7-17, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.08, ft, 10 3/4 lengths. BELLACOSE (f, 2, Audible–Little Bullet, by Uncle Mo) continued a very positive start to the current meet for this barn, which was represented by GIII Sanford Stakes winner Mo Plex (Complexity) last Saturday. The 32-5 betting alternative to odds-on Vehemente (Vekoma), Bellacose won the break beneath Manny Franco and galloped his seven fellow firsters through an opening quarter in :22.20. With Vehemente improving one spot to try to take the race to the pacesetter nearing the stretch, Bellacose had plenty to give when popped the question and he rolled through the final furlong to score by an eye-catching 10 3/4 lengths. The winner's dam is a daughter of Bahnah (Elusive Quality), who took out the 2013 GIII Schuylerville Stakes at this venue, and was acquired by Beals Racing Stable for $11,000 at Fasig-Tipton February in 2020. Now the dam of of two winners from as many to race, Little Bullet also produced a yearling filly by Tacitus and a filly foal by Greatest Honour from the same sire line. Sales history: $33,000 Wlg '22 FTNMIX; $82,000 Ylg '23 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
My Shea D Lady Rebounds in NYSSS Statue of Liberty
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— Shea D Boy’s Stable’s My Shea D Lady was the lone dirt stakes winner in the field and backed it up in Wednesday’s off-the-turf $150,000 Statue of Liberty division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, contested at one-mile from the Wilson Chute on the main track for eligible-sired sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.
Saratoga Picks | Lake George Stakes 2024
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown sends out Oversubscribed, Sweet Rebecca and also-eligible Goa as he looks to secure a record-extending eighth win in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Lake George, a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. Brown’s list of Lake George victresses includes...
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