Prat Earns First New York Riding Title, Brown Takes Ninth Belmont at the Big A Training Title

Prat already rolling as he vies for first Saratoga riding title

Technically, the Saratoga meet hasn't even started yet, but Flavien Prat is in midseason form.

First Look: Grade 1 Diana at Saratoga leads 7 stakes

Summer racing hits full throttle this week with seven stakes across four days. Saratoga claims five of those races, including Saturday's Grade 1 Diana. Colonial Downs adds a pair of 3-year-old stakes to round out a week that proves quality racing doesn't take a summer vacation.The Diana (G1) at Saratoga anchors Saturday's action with She Feels Pretty bringing a four-race win streak into the 1 1/8-mile turf test. The daughter of Karakontie hasn't…

Prat Earns First New York Riding Title, Brown Takes Ninth Belmont at the Big A Training Title

Flavien Prat, the reigning Eclipse Award-winner as Outstanding Jockey, earned his first riding title at a New York Racing Association meet when posting 43 wins at the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet which ran from May 1 through July 6. Statistics for the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet include the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and four-day July 4th Racing Festival, both of which were held at Saratoga Race Course. Prat, …