Alfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.

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What the Nation is saying about the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp....

You had to wonder though if this five-year-old gelded son of former Stanley Cup Champion, Cherokee Run could take it all the way. Not only has he been besieged by injuries during his career, but just last week the winger was arrested for allegedly shoving a police officer outside his stall. That mad...Read More
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Sean Avery shot to the lead and kept Trappe Shot’s stretch run in check to post a 17-1 upset in the Grade 1, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course.   Seeking his fourth victory in five 2011 starts, Sean Avery was sent to the lead by jockey Joe Bravo, maintaine...Read More
Trappe Shot will look to remain unbeaten in 2011 and pick up his first career Grade 1 victory when he competes in Sunday’s $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.Read More
Apriority, who turned in a four-furlong work in 48.97 Monday morning at Saratoga Race Course, was pronounced ready for Sunday’s Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt by trainer David Fawkes.   “He breezed well, he came back well, he cooled out well,” said Fawkes, who trains the 4-year-old son of Grand S...Read More
Trappe Shot, 8 ½-length winner of the Grade 2 True North presented by Emirates Airline on Belmont Stakes Day, worked a half-mile in 50.50 on the main track this morning as trainer Kiaran McLaughlin put the finishing touches on the 4-year-old colt for his next start, Sunday’s Alfred G. Vanderbilt. &n...Read More
Salty Strike, most recently fourth in the Grade 1, 1 1/16-mile Mother Goose at Belmont Park, breezed four furlongs over the Oklahoma training track in a bullet 48.44 this morning in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 1 Test for 3-year-old fillies.   “She worked great early this morning,” said Ken...Read More
Trainer David Fawkes said Thursday that he was likely to work probable Grade 1 Whitney contender Duke of Mischief in company with Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt hopeful Apriority Sunday morning at Saratoga Race Course.   “Duke was going to breeze tomorrow, but if it rains like it’s supposed to th...Read More
It’s Tricky, impressive 3 ¾-length winner of the Grade 1 TVG Acorn at Belmont Park on June 11, is gearing up for a start in the Grade 1 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks during Saratoga Race Course’s opening weekend on Saturday, July 23.   She had her first official workout since the Acorn on Thu...Read More
Majesticperfection passed his first Grade 1 test with flying colors, wiring the field in Sunday’s $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga Race Course, his first start in graded company.   The 4-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday vaulted out of the gate and dictated a swift pace, leadi...Read More
In its first year as a Grade 1, Sunday’s $250,000, six-furlong Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap has drawn a fiercely competitive field for its 26th renewal.   Heading the group is Derrick Smith’s Bribon, most recently victorious in the Grade 2 True North Handicap, also run at six furlongs, on the...Read More
Big Drama, expected to make his next start in Sunday’s Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, arrived at the Saratoga Stakes barn Wednesday morning, taking up residence just down the shedrow from Mambo Meister, also expected for the Vanderbilt. Big Drama defeated Mambo Meister in the most recent sta...Read More
Mambo Meister, third in last year’s Fourstardave and fifth in the Bernard Baruch on the Spa’s turf, had his final blowout this morning for Sunday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, covering three furlongs in 36.11.   With jockey Kent Desormeaux up, the move was the fourth-faste...Read More
Godolphin Stable won eight races – including four Grade 1 races – from 14 starts during the last year’s Saratoga meeting, and the operation appears to have carried that momentum into the 2010 stand at the Spa after Vineyard Haven won yesterday’s seven-furlong James Marvin Stakes in the slop.  ...Read More
Trainer John Terranova reported that Franny Freud, winner of three straight, continues to do “wonderfully” as she prepares for her next engagement, the Grade 1 Prioress at Belmont on July 4.   “She worked really well Tuesday morning [a bullet 59.06] and she’s doing great,” said Terranova of th...Read More
Todd Pletcher is starting to look ahead to Saratoga for two of his horses that ran well on the Belmont Stakes undercard: Grade 2 True North winner Bribon and Grade 1 Just a Game runner-up Phola.   Pletcher is targeting the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at six furlongs on August 8 after the 7-ye...Read More
In a battle of all-star sprinters at showery Saratoga Aug. 9, even-money choice Fabulous Strike edged past stubborn pacesetter Go Go Shoot in deep stretch to win the $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II).Read More
The Eclipse Award voting is still more than five months away, but the star-studded $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II) Aug. 9 at Saratoga may go a long way in deciding the nation's top sprinter.Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/07/11Sar106 fD03+ MAlfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.-G1Sean AveryTrappe ShotCalibrachoa1:09.71
View DetailsView Video08/08/10Sar96 fD03+ MAlfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.-G1MajesticperfectionBig DramaBribon1:08.63
View Details08/09/09Sar106 fD03+ MAlfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.-G2Fabulous StrikeGo Go ShootKodiak Kowboy1:08.69
View DetailsView Video07/26/08Sar86 fD03 MAlfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.-G2AbraajFirst DefenceSammarco1:10.23
View Details08/11/02Sar96 fD03+ MAlfred G. Vanderbilt Hdcp.-G2OrientateSay Florida SandyMultiple Choice1:09.72