The Runhappy Travers Stakes is coming to Saratoga Race Course this Saturday, and if you’re planning to attend New York’s biggest day of summer racing, we have ten things you need to know before you go. 1. The Travers is also known as the "Mid-Summer Derby."
Month: August 2022
Moira Dominates Queen’s Plate in Track-Record Time
The fictional Moira Rose, played by Catherine O’Hara for years on the popular sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” was a spoiled, eccentric, and overly dramatic character. Her namesake, the talented 3-year-old filly Moira, also has her own unique personality traits, particularly in the lead-up to the race, such as in the paddock. When racing, however, she is simply all class.
Honor Code’s Home Cooking Sizzles in Del Mar Rising Star Romp
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman's Home Cooking (Honor Code), beaten at 1-2 debuting three weeks earlier at Del Mar, proved that money right and then some with a dominant off-the-pace romp to earn 'TDN Rising Star' honors Sunday at the seaside oval.
Coming into her debut off a best-of-124 half-mile move in :46 flat July 24, the $11,000 Fasig-Tipton October buy turned $260,000 OBS March purchase (:9 4/5 breeze) was pressed through a swift :21.44 quarter and won the battle, but lost the war, fading late to finish third. Once again punched down to 1-2 while removing blinkers here, the bay was outsprinted early and settled comfortably in fifth as stablemate and $1-million OBSMAR buy Muteki (American Pharoah) led narrowly through a quarter in :21.63. Longshot firster She's Inthearmynow (Army Mule) was the first to push her chips in and overtook the pacesetter on the latter half of the bend, but Home Cooking was just getting going and blew past the new leader at the top of the lane. Under mild encouragement from Mike Smith, the favorite quickly closed the proceedings and strutted her stuff all alone through the final furlong, hitting the wire a powerful 9 1/4-length victress. Monique (Union Rags) completed the exacta.
The second 'Rising Star' for Lane's End's champion Honor Code, Home Cooking is the second foal to race out of her dam, following Gold for Kitten (Kitten's Joy), third in a pair of stakes as a 3-year-old in 2021. Her second dam produced four-time turf sprint stake winner Successful Native (Successful Appeal) and is a half to MGSW Valid Expectations (Valid Appeal), GSW Little Sister (Valid Appeal) and two other stakes victors. Bought by DARRS for $28,000 last year at Keeneland November, Olympic Avenue has a yearling Take Charge Indy filly named Liar for Hire.
7th-Del Mar, $82,500, Msw, 8-21, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:03.94, ft,
9 1/4 lengths.
HOME COOKING, f, 2, Honor Code
1st Dam: Olympic Avenue, by Hard Spun
2nd Dam: Picketline, by Street Cry (Ire)
3rd Dam: Mepache, by Iron Constitution
Sales History: $34,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKJUL; $11,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $260,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $57,600. O-Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman; B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY); T-Bob Baffert.
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New York State 4-H Advanced Equine Members Visit Saratoga County
Members of the New York State 4-H Advanced Equine Program recently enjoyed an immersive industry experience in Saratoga County.
The NYS 4-H Advanced Equine Program was developed in 2021 to fill the gap between young adults and equine industry professionals. New York serves as a hub for the horse community, as home to the Saratoga Race Course, a prominent racetrack.
The NYS 4-H Horse Program encourages both understanding and knowledge of the equine industry, as well as leadership and personal development through once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and intends to grow the Advanced Equine Program to best serve our youth and equine community.
From August 10-12, the members of the Advanced Equine Program engaged with equine professionals in Saratoga County. Participants practiced with a polo mallet at Bloomfield Farm Polo and toured the Equine Clinic of Saratoga, an emergency equine vet clinic. The ambassadors also visited Sugar Plum Farm, a Thoroughbred breeding farm, and explored the Fasig Tipton auction facility. They caught a glimpse of the Budweiser Clydesdales and watched a demonstration by professional horse trainer Molly Alger.
To conclude their visit to Saratoga, members joined the Amplify Horse Racing tours. Amplify Horse Racing, out of Kentucky, offers the most insightful, thorough, and authentic tours of both the back stretch and the racing side.
Trainers, such as Bob Atras, opened their barns to discuss the racing industry, while turf management leads discussed unique career opportunities offered by the equine industry. A visit to the silk room and owners paddock gave youth an experience they will never forget. Additionally, the National Racing Museum opened their doors for participants to eat lunch and enjoy their spectacular film, highlighting the magic and beauty these horses offer to our lives.
The NYS Advanced Equine Program is sponsored by the NYS Agriculture Breeding and Development Fund and by the American Youth Horse Council. The program's mission is to connect 4-H youth with equine interest to the equine industries in NYS. Participants are expected to join monthly Zoom meetings with equine professionals, work independently on monthly projects, and attend an end-of-the-year trip. Our goal is to make this program completely free for all participants in the future.
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