Eight millionaires among star-studded cast for G1 Whitney

Eight millionaires among star-studded cast for G1 Whitney

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A star-studded cast featuring Champions Fierceness and Sierra Leone and a sextet of fellow millionaires led by four-time Grade 1 winner White Abarrio are set to line up for the 98th running of Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Whitney at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile Whitney for 4-year-olds and up, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic November 1 at Del Mar, serves as the headliner on …

Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA Bets: Joseph Hoping For A Rebound From White Abarrio In Whitney

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Two years ago, the GI Whitney Stakes was a whiteout. As in White Abarrio (Race Day), who crushed the field by 6 1/4 lengths. Fast forward to now and White Abarrio is back for another run in Saturday's $1 million Whitney, the premier race for older horses at the 40-day meet at Saratoga Race Course. The 6-year-old horse will look to shrug off a disappointing fourth place finish in the GI Met Mile last month and prove to hi…

Post Time ready to take another crack at Whitney

A summer after he placed in two Grade 1 stakes at Saratoga, including a third-place finish in the Whitney, the Maryland-bred and -based Post Time is back to try again as part of a star-studded field entered in Saturday's $1 million Whitney Stakes.

Spotlight on Saratoga: Fierceness, Sierra Leone, White Abarrio … but whither the Whitney? | Topics: White Abarrio, Fierceness, NYRA, Saratoga, Saratoga Race Course, Sierra Leone, Whitney

Article by Steve Dennis: In his second missive covering recent events at the Spa, Steve Dennis looks ahead to a contentious-looking edition of the famous G1 event featuring the two most recent winners of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and last year’s Travers hero

Whitney Stakes: Odds and analysis for a pick-'em race

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.   Leading horses in the older male dirt division move to Saratoga for the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney, a win-and-you’re-in qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1. The field for the 1 1/8-mile Whitney includes eight horses who have career earnings of over $1 million. There are eight graded-stakes winners, and five have at least one Grade 1 victory. Overall, the 10 horses have 55 wins and more than $27.…