The upcoming weekend at Saratoga Race Course is an important station on the road to the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Year in and year out, multiple races held this weekend at the Spa are influential in cementing Breeders’ Cup plans for several horses and their connections, and there are prominent prep races held elsewhere as well over the next few days.
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2023 Personal Ensign Stakes at a Glance
The Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is one of the most important races on the calendar for older fillies and mares and bears the name of one of the sport of horse racing’s true iconic superstars.
Industry Voices: Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Committed to Helping All Horses
Based on the 2022 data, 99.88% of flat racing starts at the racetracks participating in The Jockey Club Equine Injury Database (EID) were completed without a fatality. Since launch of the database more than a decade ago, annual fatality figures on all racing surfaces have been reduced by 37.5%. This is a tremendous achievement, but we all know that it is never enough.
2023 Travers Stakes Cheat Sheet
In 2023, the 3-year-old male division in North American Thoroughbred racing has been highly competitive to say the least. Three different horses won Triple Crown races, and in the minds of many fans and handicappers the divisional leader is not among them.
