Photo by Coglianese Photos/NYRA Yesterday morning, our former groom Thomas Cook posted on Facebook, “Hoping Herringswell has winners from east to west.” Well Tom, we thank you for the good wishes – and are thrilled to report we did exactly that. It started in the east when Newstead Stables LLC’s undefeated LAURELIN (IRE) kept her […]
Tag: Saratoga
Fireworks For Test Score in The Belmont Derby-G1
Photo by Janet Garaguso/Coglianese Photos It was deja vu all over again as Amerman Racing LLC won back-to-back runnings of the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes-G1. TEST SCORE followed stablemate Trikari to win this year’s renewal, run today at Saratoga. Test Score has been stellar in all four of this start this year, never off the […]
Summer Girl
Photo by Adam Coglianese/NYRA On the America’s Day At The Races broadcast, Richard Migliore called her “absolutely the horse to beat.” Co-hosts Laffit Pincay and Rajiv Maragh agreed with him. And SUMMER WHIRL rewarded their faith in her with a dazzling late run under John Velazquez to break her maiden in the nightcap at Saratoga […]
Soiree On A Sunday Afternoon
Photo by Adam Coglianese/NYRA “You just don’t see it.” No, Laffit Pincay Jr., you sure don’t. A) You rarely see first-time starters going a mile and a half, and B) you don’t see them charging down the stretch to win. But SUN KISSED SOIREE did exactly that at Saratoga today. We held our breath as […]
Wicked Good
She was making her sophomore debut today, and SOMETHING WICKED made it a maiden-breaking winning effort at Delaware Park. Daniel Centeno was aboard for the 8 1/2 furlong maiden special weight on the main track. The 3-year-old Gun Runner filly “tracked on the inside, chased the dueling leaders on the far turn, commenced a rail […]
The Grey Wizard (IRE) Punches A Golden Ticket
Photo by Skip Dickstein Belmont Stakes weekend at Saratoga got off to a fantastic start for Team Herringswell with THE GREY WIZARD (IRE) winning an exciting renewal of the Belmont Gold Cup Stakes-G2. The two-mile turf route saw the 5-year-old gelding squaring off again with last year’s winner, Siskany, to whom he finished second in […]
Honest Al Gets First Win at Saratoga
Photo by Sarah Andrew/TDN For an owner, winning at Saratoga is a celebratory occasion. For a horse, breaking its maiden there adds just a little more gloss to a resume. RyZan Sun Racing LLC had exactly that reason to celebrate on Friday when 2-year-old HONEST AL bested foes to score his first win in his […]
Miss San Gabriel Kicks Off a Three-Win Day
MISS SAN GABRIEL started off an afternoon of three Herringswell wins with her score in Saratoga’s second race, a one-mile contest on the inner turf course. It was career start number four and win number two – her second consecutive – for the 3-year-old filly by Temple City out of Here Comes Frock, by Artax. […]
Another Win For Bye Bye Melvin
A lot of races are just great fun to watch. That was definitely the case this afternoon, when BYE BYE MELVIN and John Velazquez had a grand time winning an optional allowance at Saratoga. Melvin is fun to watch no matter what he does; Mean Mary’s younger half-brother (by Uncle Mo) is one seriously handsome […]
Perfect Measure
Now that was a horse race. GOOD MEASURE earned her second career win at Saratoga this afternoon thanks to a patented tour de force ride from Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. It was a busy trip, with a bit of brushing around the first turn and again around the second turn in the 1 […]