Owner Al Gold became known for providing his horses with whimsical names. Meet the Mets, Geaux Mets, and Cleon Jones saluted his favorite baseball team. Then there was My Italian Rabbi and Who Hoo Thats Me. And now there is two-time Grade 1 winner Cyberknife, named after the non-invasive advanced radiation therapy that allowed Gold to return to good health after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Road to the 2022 Breeders’ Cup: A Stacked Weekend of Racing at the Spa
August 27 marks an important point on the Thoroughbred racing calendar as owners, trainers, and jockeys continue to hone in on the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course with November approaching.
Meet the Contenders for the 2022 Travers Stakes
Saturday’s $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is shaping up to be a terrific race and perhaps the most important of the summer with a chance to go a long way toward determining this year's champion 3-year-old male.
Saratoga Stories: Man o’ War Cup Much More Than Simply Travers Trophy
In 1864, New York businessman William R. Travers joined John Morrissey, Leonard Jerome, and other prominent men in building Saratoga Race Course, the historic racetrack now home to many of the sport’s biggest stakes each year.
