🏇 Freelance turf writer @timesunion 🎪 Saratoga Race Course handicapper @Saratoga1863
Saratoga Springs, New York
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Sam Hollingsworth retweeted
The chase for Saratoga's top jockey honor is going to be absolute cinema over this final week. 🍿
With Jose Ortiz leading by 3 wins and racing at Kentucky Downs until Friday (then headed back to Kentucky to ride for the weekend), there will be plenty of chances for Manny Franco and Flavien Prat to make a run at the lead in his absence. 🏇💨
Prat is headed to Kentucky Downs on Sunday, while Franco appears to be riding @Saratoga1863 through Closing Day on Monday. 🎪🎺
That means @jockeyfranco has an incredible chance to cap off an all-time Saratoga meet with the perfect ending: the 2026 Angel Cordero Jr. Award. 🏆 – at Saratoga Springs, NY
Sam Hollingsworth retweeted
The whole @SportsTU @timesunion team was out in force today, so head to the link below for all of our Travers Day stories from @MarkSingelais, @BklynBckstretch, @SpaTurfWriter and myself.
timesunion.com/saratogatrack…
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We've got you covered from every angle today. Myself, @MarkSingelais, @BklynBckstretch and @SpaTurfWriter are all here providing top-to-bottom coverage. Buckle up for a big day!
Our @SportsTU @timesunion Travers Day live article is up and running. Follow along all day for running updates leading into the biggest race of the Saratoga season at 6:35 p.m.
timesunion.com/saratogatrack…
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Race went off at 1:51 PM Eastern.
Equibase shows this was not reported until 2:38 PM Eastern.
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Jockey standings at #Saratoga through 7 weeks of racing (and 3 weeks remaining):
1⃣ Jose Ortiz 56 wins
2⃣ Manny Franco 43
3⃣ Flavien Prat 40
4⃣ Irad Ortiz Jr 30
5⃣ Ricardo Santana Jr. 22
6⃣ Tyler Gaffalione 18
7⃣ Junior Alvarado 14
8⃣ Johnny Velazquez 12
9⃣ Dylan Davis 11
🔟 Jamie Rodriguez 9 – at Saratoga Springs, NY
Sam Hollingsworth retweeted
Got the chance to chat with Olympic gold medal-winning @usahockey players Haley Winn and Hayley Scamurra ahead of both NY natives dropping by Saratoga Race Course for a meet-and-greet tomorrow:
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At Saratoga Friday, jockey Luis Saez is off his mounts through race 6 due to travel issues. He and Florent Geroux are on same flight and, provided no further delays, both should be here for second half of card
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Due to a injury that occurred while riding i will not be able to continue riding until further notice as per the Dr. instructions hopefully everything goes well and i can be back in the saddle doing what i love sooner than later.🙏🏼
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Chad Brown began the week with 2,995 career victories. Without running a horse, he is now at 2,996. Signal From Noise has been elevated to first after Dame Cinco was DQd for a medication violation. The race was June 21, 2024.
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John Shirreffs, based in California, didn't run horses at Saratoga often. But he did train Baeza to a 3rd-place finish at the Belmont Stakes and 2nd in the Jim Dandy at the Spa last year. Shirreffs won the 2015 Curlin Stakes at Saratoga with Smart Transition.
R.I.P. John Shirreffs, trainer of 2005 @KentuckyDerby winner Giacomo. Also, saddled Hall of Fame mare Zenyatta to a second place finish in 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic and Baeza to a third place finish in last year's Derby @ChurchillDowns. A true horseman and class act. He was 80.
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NEW: Dale Romans, a decorated racehorse trainer, is launching a bid today for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky. He told @politico in an interview that he wouldn’t have voted to shut the govt down, casting himself as an “independent Democrat” —
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Belmont at Aqueduct Jockeys
Final
Manny Franco claims both the Lead Rider (40 wins) and Top Jockey for Win bettors (101) at the recently concluded meet. @jockeyfranco
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UPDATED: My first go at #Saratoga media handicapping standings turned out to be wrong. Two papers had printing errors, and @failedtomenace's pretty awesome data wasn't in my records because I wasn't tracking ADW's (I'll explain in a reply). Here, below, are the correct results.
