Covfefe picked up her first grade 1 win Aug. 3 in the $500,000 Longines Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, and got the best of a determined rival in the process.

Sometimes it’s all a matter of distance and surface as converting Leinster into a turf sprinter has proven to be a gem of wisdom as he rolled to a track-record victory in the $200,000 Troy Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 3.

Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram, and Paul Weitman’s McKinzie turned in a late-running drive up the center of the Saratoga Race Course stretch to win the Aug. 3, $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) by 1 3/4 lengths.

On a day devoted to honoring the legacy of the late Marylou Whitney, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo made his first visit to Saratoga Race Course, announcing the construction of a permanent hospitality facility for backstretch workers.

Michael Wrona, one of the world’s top race-callers, has been named the full-time track announcer at Los Alamitos Race Course starting with the opening night of the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred season on Friday, December 27, 2019.

The risk-reward game of pinhooking relies upon buying at a price point that has upside potential for profit if all goes according to plan. With an average price of nearly $370,000 in 2018 at The Saratoga Sale, finding value is challenging.

Godolphin’s multiple group 1 winner Thunder Snow, back-to-back winner of the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) for trainer Saeed bin Suroor, will not run in the Aug. 3 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.