SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Thanks to Sunlit Uplands (Ire) (Sands of Mali {Fr}), Rae Guest's first full year of retirement has been anything but boring. After completing a career of some 60 years as a jockey and a British-based trainer last fall, Guest and his wife, Rachel Flynn, have been on an international tour with

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Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. will remain off his mounts until further notice as he continues to heal from a foot injury suffered in a pre-race incident Aug. 8 at Saratoga. The report, told to the Daily Racing Form's Dave Grening by Ortiz Jr's agent Steve Rushing, continues that Irad breezed a horse Friday morning at

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The decision is in. Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map), winner of the GI Preakness Stakes, will run in in next Saturday's GI, $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The grey colt, who finished second in the GI Haskell Stakes in his last start on July 18, will be ridden for the first

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Klaravich Stable's CASH BURN (f, 2, Nyquist) made 4-5 look like a bargain in this unveiling versus fellow New York-breds. She chased from third through fractions of :22.18 and :46.12. All dressed up with nowhere to go on the far turn, Cash Burn bulled her way through beneath Flavien Prat and split horses as they

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The Mark Casse stable is enjoying another blockbuster summer at Saratoga that could get even better this weekend. Currently sitting third in the Spa trainer standings with 10 wins and over $1.86 million in earnings, Casse walks us through some of his top horses, including four lining up for stakes contention this weekend, in this

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