Bob Ehalt

For more than a decade, owners Sol Kumin of Madaket Stable, Michael Dubb, and Michael Caruso have successfully teamed with trainer Chad Brown to buy European turf runners and import them. You can add Naomis to that lengthy list of winners.

Leading Change, with Manny Franco aboard the son of Gun Runner, got past a game Napoleon Solo inside the final sixteenth to win the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Todd Pletcher played a huge role in helping Life Is Good become one of the best runners in his crop. Now Pletcher can give Life Is Good's stallion career a big boost.

Steve Asmussen won his first Spinaway Stakes (G1) in 2001 with Cashier's Dream. Twenty-five years later, he picked up his fourth Spinaway with Summer Starlet Sept. 5 at Saratoga Race Course.

While New York Racing Association CEO and president Dave O'Rourke called the longest-ever Saratoga Race Course "vibrant," he's also looking forward to getting back to the old days at the Spa.

As the points chase for the 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1) begins Sept. 12 with the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, a new crop of 3-year-olds will venture into a different landscape in 2027.

Despite new computer-assisted wagering rules in place that saw those players reduce action during the 2026 Saratoga Race Course meet, NYRA Sept. 7 reported strong numbers from the meet as retail players increased their play.

While the New York Racing Association staged its longest meet at Saratoga Race Course this summer, it also proved to be one of the safest in the iconic racetrack's 163-year history.

The Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs kicks off the slate of points races to earn a spot in the starting gate for the 2027 Kentucky Derby (G1), the opening leg of next year's Triple Crown.

Glen Mathes was heading to work at about 9 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just like millions of others that day in the New York City metropolitan area.