Think Big Shows up Big in Kelso Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

Think Big shows up big in Kelso Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

4-year-old gelding Think Big wins Grade 3 Kelso Stakes at Saratoga Race Course to capture his third graded stakes win this year.

Twirling Candy's Think Big Sees Out The Mile in the Kelso

When last seen at Saratoga, Godolphin's Think Big (Twirling Candy) was struggling home a well-beaten seventh as the heavy favorite in the GI Jaipur Stakes over 5 1/2 furlongs on June 7. Trying a turf mile for the first time in Saturday's GIII Kelso Stakes, the homebred overcame some trouble when 'TDN Rising Star' Donegal Momentum (Uncle Mo) stumbled and somehow managed not to go down three furlongs from home, then knifed through inside of favore…

Saratoga undercard: Obliteration wins by 10 1/2 in Sanford

Obliteration was impressive improving to 2-for-2 when he won by 10 1/2 lengths in the $175,000 Sanford (G3) a six-furlong sprint for six 2-year-olds racing Saturday at Saratoga. Owned by Leland Ackerley Racing and trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the Violence bay graduated by a widening 7 1/2 lengths sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on June 12 at Churchill Downs. He upped that margin Saturday with a time of 1:10.65.  OBLITERATION is now a perfec…