The Race After the Cut-Back Yields Value
By: Andy Plattner
A frequent dilemma for handicappers is how to deal with a horse that is cutting back in distance from its last race. There are two main schools of thought here: one is that any horse racing at a shorter distance will be more than fit enough to negotiate this distance; the
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Racing Today
By: John Piesen
I have covered hundreds of stakes draws over the year, but never one as dramatic as this morning’s Travers draw in a steaming-hot paddock at Saratoga. The 200 media-types gathered for the occasion were expecting five
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Straight talk about angles
By: Ray Talbout
It is next to impossible for an impatient player to become a success at turf speculation. This is due to the fact that so few races on the day"s card offer the investor a real opportunity to cash a wager. Most
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ATC Lead
By: Joe Girardi
It is hard to believe that the Saratoga meeting is coming to an end. With the Travers on August 23rd there is only one
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Empire Maker may not go in Travers
By: Sports Network
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker is listed as doubtful for Saturday"s $1 million Travers Stakes. The three- year-old was entered Wednesday along with Peace Rules as an entry, Trainer Bobby Frankel indicated
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TV Schedule
- August 22
- Horse Racing: Personal Ensign Handicap, 5:00-6:00pm, ESPN2
- August 23
- Wire to Wire, 5:30-6:30am, ESPN
- Horse Racing: Travers Stakes, 5:00-7:00pm, ESPN
- SportsCentury: Seattle Slew, 8:00-9:00pm ESPN Classic
- August 24
- Seabiscuit: Making the Movie, 7:00-8:00pm, ESPN Classic
- Horse Racing: Pacific Classic & Ballerina Handicap, 5:00-6:00pm, ESPN
- August 25
- SportsCentury: Seattle Slew, 12:00-1:00pm ESPN Classic
- August 27
- Movie: Dead Cert, 11:30am-1:30pm, The Movie Channel
- Wire to Wire, 2:00-2:30pm, ESPN2
- Movie: Dead Cert, 5:50-7:50pm, The Movie Channel
- August 29
- Seabiscuit: Making the Movie, 7:00-8:00pm, ESPN Classic
- August 30
- Wire to Wire, 5:30-6:30am, ESPN
- Horse Racing: Hopeful Stakes, 4:00-5:00pm, CNBC
- September 1
- All-American Futurity, 7:00-8:00pm, Fox Sports
- Seabiscuit: An American Experience, 10:00-11:00pm, PBS
- September 2
- Wire to Wire, 2:00-2:30pm, ESPN2
- September 3
- All-American Futurity, 3:00-4:00am, Fox Sports
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