Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that it plans to reconstruct the historic “Wilson Chute” at Saratoga Race Course, which will be in use during the 2022 summer meet and allow for one-mile races to be contested on the main track.

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​After garnering his first Grade 1 conquest in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course, George E. Hall and Sport BLX Thoroughbreds’ Max Player will train up to the Grade 1, $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 6 at Del Mar, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen said.

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Owner-trainer Uriah St. Lewis, who sprung a 45-1 upset with Discreet Lover in the 2018 Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, said he’s back with another live longshot in Forewarned for Saturday’s 103rd renewal of the 10-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up at Saratoga Race Course.

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Godolphin homebred Essential Qualitycontinued to display his excellence with a superb performance in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers at Saratoga Race Course, picking up a fourth Grade 1 triumph.

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History abounds at Saratoga Race Course, especially when it comes to the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers. The country’s oldest stakes race for 3-year-olds will have its 152nd edition on Saturday in headlining a stacked card of seven graded stakes and six Grade 1 contests.

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Ten years ago, owner Mike Repole tasted elite success at Saratoga Race Course when his talented dark bay colt Stay Thirsty captured the Grade 1 Travers by 1 ¼ lengths, defeating that year’s respective Preakness and Belmont winners Shackleford and Ruler On Ice. Now, Repole will be accompanied by owners St. Elias Stable and Phipps Stable as they join forces with stakes-winner Dynamic One for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers.