Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from DraftKings Travers Stakes day at Saratoga Race Course, which featured five Grade 1 races, and the Grade 2 Pat O'Brien Stakes at Del Mar as top horses captured automatic berths in corresponding races a
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Dr. Venkman Busts Out in Del Mar’s Pat O’Brien, Secures Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Berth
When Dr. Venkman drew inside yet again, this time for the Grade 2 $250,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes Aug. 23 at Del Mar, trainer Mark Glatt wasn't happy, but as the race unfolded, Dr. Venkman found a big hole on the rail and gamely shot through for the victory.
Sovereignty Reigns Supreme, Gives Mott First Travers Win in a Runaway
Are there any worlds left for Bill Mott to conquer? The Hall of Fame trainer added a win in the bucket list race he yearned for when Sovereignty roared off to a whopping 10-length victory in the $1.25 million Grade 1 DraftKings Travers Stakes Aug.
Ron Turcotte, Secretariat’s Hall of Fame Jockey, Dies at 84
Retired jockey Ron Turcotte, remembered for riding Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown during a Hall of Fame career that ended prematurely in 1978 due to a tragic racing injury, died of natural causes Aug. 22 in his Drummond home outside Grand Falls, New Brunswick, in Canada. He was 84.
