The story of the sport of horse racing lies in its places: sprawling expanses of bluegrass nourishing generations, stunning mountain vistas watching over their battles, and timeless towns centered around these equine athletes. Summer brings America to one of those timeless towns, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where the best that the sport has to offer congregate for new editions of long-running fixture races.
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CALUM McCLURKIN: It’s that time of the year again when Aidan O’Brien must shuffle his pack of embarrassing riches
Aidan O'Brien has a plethora of top-class middle-distance horses and now the mission is to successfully split them up accordingly to plunder as many top prizes across the world as possible.
66-1 July Cup shock puts Neil Callan back at the top table and leaves trainer Richard Hughes in tears
We are used to super powers such as Godolphin and Coolmore dominating midsummer Group One events but, every so often, you get a result like the one No Half Measures provided in the July Cup.
Dr. Agne, son of Champion Lady Eli, Wins Emotional Career Debut at Saratoga
If you watch the replay of the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course from July 11 (see below), you’ll start to hear some shrieking shortly after the field of 2-year-old maidens hit the quarter pole. The shrieking intensified as No. 3 Dr.