SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Last week, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said he was going to run the imposing 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Nysos (Nyquist) in the $1-million GI Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 8 unless he changed his mind. He changed his mind. Speaking by phone from Kentucky,

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Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland WinStar Farm, First Go Racing and CHC, Inc.'s The Good Life (c, 2, Life Is Good–First Hour, by Speightstown) shot out to the front and dominated a talented-looking bunch on debut at the Spa Saturday to become the third 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' for his freshman sire. Off

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Class President (Uncle Mo), scratched from the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. and subsequently taken off the Triple Crown trail with bone bruising, is nearing a return to training. Campaigned in partnership by WinStar Farm, First Go Racing and CHC, Inc. and trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, Class President was an ultra-game nose

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He went right to the front and ran them off their feet. Proletariat (Raging Bull {Fr}) proved too good for them Friday, and dominated the Oceanside Handicap on opening day at Del Mar to collect his first stakes victory. Proletariat entered this race off a May 15 victory at Santa Anita when he defeated optional

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Longtime trainer Bernie Flint died Friday morning in Louisville after a lengthy illness, according to an HBPA release. He was 86. Flint's family was by his side when he passed. “It's been a rough few years, but Dad was always a fighter,” son Lance Flint said. “He was even making jokes on his way to

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