Saratoga: Odds-on Governor Sam Cruises to Win in Quick Call

Smooth Breeze should have clear sailing in Rick Violette Stakes

Handicappers should find a lot to like about Smooth Breeze when perusing the past performances of Thursday's $150,000 Rick Violette Stakes at Saratoga. The turf race for 3-year-old New York-breds honors the memory of the late, longtime president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.

Saratoga: Odds-on Governor Sam cruises to win in Quick Call

Grade 1-placed Governor Sam looked very professional Sunday capturing the Grade 3, $175,000 Quick Call Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong, outer-turf sprint for 3-year-olds at Saratoga. Owned by Bregman Family Racing and Swinbank Stable and trained by George Weaver, the Improbable bay went 4-for-6 as a juvenile with three turf-sprint stakes scores at as many tracks culminating with a pacesetting one-length third to Magnum Force in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenil…

Governor Sam, Italian Soiree Lead Slate of Stakes-Winning OBS Grads

Bregman Family Racing LLC and Swinbank Stables, LLC’s Governor Sam (Improbable – I’m Betty G, by Into Mischief) romped in the Grade 3, $175,000 Quick Call at Saratoga Race Course July 13 to become one of two OBS grads to win graded stakes on the weekend. Governor Sam wins the Grade 3 Quick Call(NYRA/Coglianese Photo) Trained by George Weaver, the son of Improbable annexed three turf sprint stakes as a juvenile and finished third in the Grade 1 …