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08/29/2026

G1 Forego Stakes update 🚨

Morning line favorite Book’em Danno has been scratched ✏️

08/28/2026

Important wagering information for Kentucky Downs this weekend🏇🚨

Kentucky Downs Racing has raised the minimum wager on Win, Place and Show betting from $2 to $5 for their live race meet.

Equibase official charts however will display Win, Place and Show payoffs based on the standard $2 wager amount which is consistent with reported WPS payouts at all other tracks.

📸Ben Kudla/Equibase

08/28/2026

With Solitude Dude opting for the Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes at Charles Town, the G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial drew a field of 5 led by 3-5 favorite ENGLISHMAN!

🗓️Saturday, August 29 at SAR
🏆$500K G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S.
🏇3yos
📍7F on Dirt
⏰R8 3:19 PM ET

Englishman, who tied the Saratoga Race Course 7F track record in his 5 3/4-length G1 Woody Stephens victory last time out, will face:

▪️ Juddmonte's Deep Flame, coming off a dominant win in the G3 Maxfield
▪️ Spendthrift Farm's Local Knowledge, winner of the G2 Amsterdam last time out

Entries:
https://equibase.com/static/entry/SAR082926USA-EQB.html

08/28/2026

Everybody's favorite New Jersey-bred BOOK'EM DANNO, led by trainer Derek Ryan, has arrived at Saratoga Race Course for tomorrow's G1 Forego Stakes!

Book'em Danno, a 5yo Bucchero gelding, has 5 wins and a second from 6 career starts at Saratoga and won last year's edition of the Forego by a length.

Book'em Danno 🤝The Spa

📽️Mike Kane

08/28/2026

Good Morning and Happy Friday! 🏇☕️

The highest career earner entered today is SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING with $5,928,650 in lifetime earnings!

Tonight, Skippy will try and become the first horse to win three editions of the $1 million G2 Charles Town Classic for trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.
and will have Tyler Gaffalione back aboard!

Skippy would also become the 60th horse all-time among horses with at least one start in North America to reach $6 million in career earnings 🏆

Let's go, Skippy! ❤️

For more statistics from today and the day prior, visit Equibase Daily Insights with the link below:
https://equibase.com/DailyInsights/dailyInsights.cfm

📸Eclipse Sportswire

08/27/2026

The 157th running of the $1.25 million DraftKings Travers Stakes Saturday at Saratoga drew a fantastic field of 10 colts. Eight of the 10 entrants in the 1 ¼-mile, Grade 1 stakes are prior graded stakes winners.

08/27/2026

in racing history on August 27, 2016... ARROGATE won the G1 Travers Stakes by 13 1/2 lengths under Mike Smith, crushing the stakes record and the 1 1/4-mile Saratoga track record that still stands today in 1:59.36 🏇💨

Arrogate went on to win the G1 Breeders' Cup World Championships Classic, G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational and G1 Dubai World Cup in his next three starts.

The son of Unbridled's Song was retired at the end of 2017 with $17,422,600 in career earnings and is ranked third all-time by earnings among horses with at least one start in North America. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2023.

Arrogate passed away at the age of 7 on June 2, 2020.

Rest in Peace, Arrogate
❤️4/11/2013-6/2/2020🕊️

📸Eclipse Sportswire

08/27/2026

Wishing a happy and healthy retirement to 3x GSW Antiquarian! 🐎

Centennial Farm's Antiquarian retires with a career record of 14 starts: 5 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third and $1,320,350 in lifetime earnings.

As a 4yo in 2025, the son of Preservationist won the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course by 1 1/2 lengths.

Thank you for the memories, Antiquarian!

Check out his horse profile on Equibase:
https://equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10982047®istry=T&rbt=TB

📸Eclipse Sportswire

08/27/2026

Episode #96 of The Inside Track handicapping podcast, sponsored by NYRA Bets, is available now on all platforms! 🎙️🏇

This week's episode is all things G1 Travers with contender by contender analysis plus picks and wagers for the Midsummer Derby at Saratoga Race Course! 🎪

Will Golden Tempo get his third G1 10-furlong win? Can Renegade repeat his Jim Dandy performance? Does a longshot upset this talented field?

📺YouTube:

Episode #96 of The Inside Track handicapping podcast, sponsored by ...

08/27/2026

Since 1976, 13 Jim Dandy winners went on to win the G1 Travers including Sovereignty last year 📝🎪

1981 - Willow Hour
1984 - Carr de Naskra
1989 - Thunder Rumble
2002 -Medaglia d'Oro
2005 - Flower Alley
2006 - Bernardini
2007 - Street Sense
2011 - Stay Thirsty
2012 - Alpha
2021 - Essential Quality
2022 - Epicenter
2024 - Fierceness
2025 - Sovereignty

Will Renegade become the 14th? 👀

📸Eclipse Sportswire