Tim Wilkin
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Trainer Brendan Walsh, whose Pretty Mischievous was awarded the victory in Saturday’s Test at Saratoga, delivered the blanket of flowers given to the races winner to trainer Melanie Giddings, whose Maple Leaf Mel broke down steps before the finish line.
@BloodHorse
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@PreaknessStakes
winner Seize the Grey being shown off the day after his big win. HOF trainer D. Wayne Lukas proud to show him off. Fellow HOFer Bob Baffert, who trained Seize the Grey’s daddy Arrogate, stopped by for a look, too.
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Medina Spirit never did anything wrong. All he did was run as hard as he could. Every time he stepped on the track. Here’s hoping that is the way people will remember him.
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News to report: I’ve accepted a buyout from the Albany Times Union after 35 years (that is a little scary!). My last day will be Dec. 18. I’ll still cover horse racing for the TU. The day-to-day grind is coming to an end. You all stay safe & healthy and I’ll see ya down the road!
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This is how it went down at Pennell’s in Saratoga Springs as
@sackatogastable
partners cheered Tiz the Law home in the Belmont Stakes Saturday
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@KentuckyDerby
winner Rich Strike is up and at ‘em Sunday, the day after his fourth place finish in the Travers.
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Art Collector, who won the $3 million Pegasus at
@GulfstreamPark
in Florida Saturday, shown here at Saratoga last summer with Erma Scott, longtime employee of trainer Bill Mott. She is also Art Collector’s biggest fan.
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Mel’s Baby Sister, a 2-year-old filly, has been given the stall of the late Maple Leaf Mel. Trainer
@melgidd1
put her in on Wednesday. She is a daughter of Cross Traffic, the same sire as Maple Leaf Mel, but not related. Won’t run at Saratoga, maybe October downstate.
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Thorpedo Anna, 2nd in the Travers, getting some love Sunday morning at
@KennyMcPeek
barn at Saratoga.
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@BelmontStakes
winner Arcangelo was full of himself Friday morning at
@jenaantonucci
’s barn at the Oklahoma Training Track. Travers next for him.
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Asked Swiss Skydiver Sunday morning if she did something special in Saturday’s Alabama at Saratoga.
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Mike Smith showed his class after finishing 2nd on Midnight Bisou. On way back to jock’s room, he signed at least 25 autographs and posed for pictures. When it was suggested that Mike needs to learn to say no, he grinned. “That’s not what it’s about,” said Mike.
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@jose93_ortiz
won’t ride at Spa Sunday, but is on the mend after bruising ribs in a spill on Friday. Here he is on Sunday on the backstretch. Was actually going to get on one horse. Says still feels sore and will take it “day by day.” Looking to return Wed. Thumbs up.
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Southern Phantom, coolest looking horse on the grounds at Saratoga
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Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law arrives in Saratoga.
@sackatogastable
runner eying Travers in Aug. 8
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It’s all good with jockey
@luissaezpty
after he won the
@BelmontStakes
with Dornoch at Saratoga Saturday.
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RIP to Art Collector, who was euthanized Thursday due to laminitis. Won a lot of races for Bill Mott’s barn, including the Pegasus this year. Here he is with exercise rider Neal Poznansky and his No. 1 fan, longtime Mott employee Erma Scott. Was really a cool horse.
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A note outside the stall of Cody’s Wish. Sent from his No.1 fan, Cody Dorman. Best story racing has seen in a long time.
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Whitney runner Hot Rod Charlie feeling frisky Wednesday morning at Saratoga with
@DougONeill1
assistant Leandro Mora.
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Valiant in defeat, Thorpedo Anna ran a winning race.
@b_hernandezjr
takes the saddle off;
@KennyMcPeek
checks out his horse.
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Get ready for Southern Phantom. He is going to make his career debut Saturday at Saratoga.
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Mage will ship to The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, Ky. in the coming days for some “down time,”
@RamiroRestrepo
said. “He has been on engine since January.”
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Southern Phantom schooling in paddock at Saratoga Thursday morning
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@KentuckyDerby
winner Rich Strike and trainer Eric Reed at Saratoga Wednesday morning
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Medina Spirit and Bob Baffert the day after the Kentucky Derby. Seventh Derby win for Bob. Baffert heads home to California today; Medina Spirit stays in Kentucky to train for Preakness.
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Mel’s Baby Sister is owned by Bill Parcells, also the owner of Maple Leaf Mel.
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@KentuckyDerby
winner Rich Strike working four furlongs at Saratoga Friday morning. Is running in the Travers next week. Went out at 5:30 am
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Travers winner Arcangelo looking good Sunday morning at
@jenaantonucci
barn the day after his big win in the Travers.
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The morning after: Seize the Grey, the newest winner of the
@PreaknessStakes
at
@PimlicoRC
Sunday morning. He’ll head home to Louisville Monday according to trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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@KennyMcPeek
on Thorpedo Anna and possible date in Travers: “I like challenges. I would be sticking my neck out a little bit but I think the sport would really enjoy seeing a filly take on the colts. I am going to look really hard and try to make an educated decision.”
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Mark Case: "I'm pretty hot right now. I'm furious that (West) took shots at Tyler. War of Will is like my child. Tyler is like part of the family. Our poor horse took a beating. When it's all said and done and they look at the race, frame by frame, one horse caused the infraction
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Traffic stopped on Union Avenue in Saratoga so horses can cross over from Oklahoma to main track and vice versa. Five minute wait. No big deal. Happens every day. Couple morons blowing on their car horns. Jerks. Horses always have the right of way up here. Right or wrong?
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Thorpedo Anna will take on the boys in the Travers.
@KennyMcPeek
just made the announcement.
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Seeing a lot of this on Monday. Horses arriving for summer camp at Saratoga. Meet starts Thursday.
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Cody’s Wish at Saratoga on Wednesday. Getting ready for
@BreedersCup
Dirt Mile next week. Won that race last year.
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And, hello to you, D Wayne Lukas. Forever young Hall of Fame trainer making the rounds Thursday morning ing at Saratoga.
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Lovely morning at Saratoga for
@PreaknessStakes
winner Seize the Grey and
@nmrhof
trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Wait til the end; D. Wayne thinks I have changed careers. 😂
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Part of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s Murderer’s Row at Saratoga Tuesday morning. From the top: Cody’s Wish, War Like Goddess and Art Collector.
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Barclay Tagg, less than an hour after the tough beat in the
@KentuckyDerby
: "You can't beat Baffert. My horse ran hard." When I said I thought Tiz the Law was going to go by Authentic heading into stretch, he said: "I did, too."
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Tiz the Law checking out his new digs Monday morning at Saratoga
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Saratoga is over for me. Thanks to
@TheNYRA
,
@BloodHorse
and my compadres in the press box. And trainers, jockeys & owners who are so kind — usually 😂— with their time. And to you, the readers who followed along. Will be doing same at
@KYDownsRacing
. See ya then.
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And this Saratoga meet, like all the others, belongs to the ages. I will reappear in a few days at Kentucky Downs. As always, thanks for following along during the best race meet in America. See ya around!
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@BelmontStakes
winner Arcangelo outside
@jenaantonucci
’s barn at Saratoga the day before the Travers.
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Maple Leaf Mel was named the 2023 New York-bred Horse of the Year Monday in Saratoga. Also honored as female sprinter and 3-year-old filly. The right choice. What a courageous and talented filly she was. Here she was last summer with her best friend, trainer
@melgidd1
.
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Cody’s Wish and exercise rider Eddie Davis Friday at Saratoga. Cody’s Wish is being pointed to the Whitney. Until then, he’ll mow the grass.
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Here he is.
@KentuckyDerby
winner Justify with a brief appearance with trainer Bob Baffert Sunday morning. Little feisty
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Sunday morning funday for
@PreaknessStakes
winner Seize the Grey at D. Wayne Lukas barn on the Oklahoma.
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2003
@KentuckyDerby
and
@PreaknessStakes
winner Funny Cide died early Sunday morning from complications from colic at
@KyHorsePark
, where he lived the last 15 years. Funny Cide was 23. “He changed my life,” Jack Knowlton of
@sackatogastable
said.
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Laura Moquett, wife and assistant to
@RonMoquett
, with her pal Whitmore Sunday morning. Whitmore has a minor injury to his left front and has been retired. The 8-year-old is doing fine, Laura says.
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Golden Pal catches some well deserved 💤 the day after he won the Troy for Wesley Ward Friday.
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McKinzie wanted nothing to do with his blanket of flowers which he won with the Whitney. Trainer Bob Baffert said the tough horse was afraid of the flowers. Go figure.
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Got Stormy on Sunday. She knows she did something pretty cool on Saturday.
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The Clydesdales getting their steps in on Friday morning at Saratoga.
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Pretty Mischievous, with trainer
@brenpwalsh
at Saratoga, is your Eclipse winner for champion 3-year-old filly.
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Said goodbye to the old desk today. Thanks
@timesunion
,
@CaseySeiler
,
@rexwsmith
and all my TU work mates in the sports department — past and present — for the last 35 years. It’s been a blast.
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D. Wayne Lukas on popularity of this year's Preakness: "85 or 90 percent of the people that are going to be here will not come for the race. They are coming for the block party, the infield. 10 percent of the degenerates are going to be trying to figure out who is going to win."
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Florida Derby/Belmont/Travers winner Tiz the Law will ship to Keeneland on Sunday to get ready for Nov. 7
@BreedersCup
Classic. “I want to get a couple works into him down there before going a mile and a quarter,” trainer Barclay Tagg said Wednesday.
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@FrankieDettori
checks out the course at
@KYDownsRacing
Thursday morning. International superstar jockey riding here for the first time in his illustrious career.
@KYDownsRacing
@TracksideJennie
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The jockey statue honoring Arcangelo already in place Sunday morning at the garden inside the clubhouse gate. Paint still drying!
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@PreaknessStakes
winner Seize the Grey will ship to Saratoga next Saturday from Louisville for the June 8 Belmont trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Friday. “He came out of the Preakness remarkably well,” Lukas said. He is doing damn good.”
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@KennyMcPeek
said Wednesday that 4-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver will be pointed to the Aug. 7 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga vs males. Swiss Skydiver was originally going to run in Sunday’s Shuvee. MORE
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The summer goal for
@KentuckyDerby
winner and
@PreaknessStakes
third-place finisher Mage will be Saratoga’s Travers. “We will figure out the best way to get him to the Travers,” co-owner and bloodstock agent
@RamiroRestrepo
said Sunday. (More)
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Asked D. Wayne Lukas, 86 years young, about retiring. Got response I expected: "I'm not going to stop because I don't know what I would do. I have to have something to get up for. I need to do this. It's the best therapy in the world."
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Trainer Robbie Davis with his 3-year-old filly Vallelujah Sunday morning. She won Saturday at odds of 24-1. She was ridden by Davis’ daughter,
@JockeyJaDavis
, who was born in Saratoga. It was her first riding win at her hometown track.
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Trainer
@mjsharp75_joe
getting his miles in before the
@KYDownsRacing
Saturday card. Joe, who runs between 9-10 miles at least 4 times a week, was heading for his second lap around the track.
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A smorgasbord for Sonny the dog! No, he did not eat them all! Although if given the chance, he would have given it a shot. Breakfast was for the
@KennyMcPeek
barn.
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Good job by the outrider catching this loose horse on the Oklahoma Wednesday morning.
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@KentuckyDerby
winner Rich Strike, right, and Iowa Derby winner Ain’t Life Grand, eye ball each other Thursday morning at Saratoga. They run in the Travers Saturday.
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Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality is in the house. The leader in the 3-year-old division has settled in at Saratoga.
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D. Wayne Lukas is all smiles Wednesday morning. Back at Saratoga. Why would he not be happy?
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The day after watching his namesake Cody’s Wish win the BCup Dirt Mile, Cody Dorman passed away. RIP Cody. You were an inspiration. Prayers to the Dorman family.
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.
@PletcherRacing
said that Travers winner Fierceness will train up to the
@BreedersCup
Classic at Del Mar.
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Do you know who I am? I’m Mandaloun and I live in the same barn as Essential Quality. Same trainer (
@bradcoxracing
). I’m a pretty good runner, too. That is all. Go about your business.
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Arthur’s Ride having a ball on a windy Saturday morning at Saratoga. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Arthur won Whitney at Saratoga and finished 5th in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, also at Spa. Aiming for a rebound in
@BreedersCup
Classic at
@DelMarRacing
Nov. 2.
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Bob Baffert, the new trainer of Maximum Security, said horse is in quarantine. Following that, he will go to Lexington, Ky and be checked out by Dr. Larry Bramlage and then be let down a bit before heading to California.
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Mike Smith's decision: He'll ride Omaha Beach for Mandella in
@KentuckyDerby
. Took him over Baffert's Roadster. "I will tell you, it was the hardest decision I have ever made in my career," Smith said. "I've ridden a long time and I have never been in a situation like this."
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@BelmontStakes
winner Arcangelo on Wednesday morning at Saratoga. Hearing up for the Travers.
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End of days — for me — at Saratoga meet. Will be heading to
@KYDownsRacing
to work with
@TracksideJennie
this week. My time is done at Spa. Thanks for following along; thanks to
@suefinley
and
@theTDN
for bringing me aboard. See you here from Ky.!
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Secret Oath getting some R&R Sunday, the day after finishing second in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga.
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