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Which version of To Honor and Serve will show up at the Pennsylvania Derby?Read More
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  • CauseForConcern · champion2011: That is a good point. Wonder if Velazquez thinks that Rattlesnake is the better horse? · 253 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · I do not think this field is weak at all. You have the Travers runner up and third place finisher and the Belmont winner, just off the top of my head. Plus the surface can be a little bit quirky at times. If THAS is the type of horse that can't go eye to eye with top horses he will run third to horses that may not be nearly as talented. From what i have seen this year he won't go by a horse if they fight back and they are abreast eachother. · 252 days ago ·
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Caleb’s Posse, cutting back in distance off seven straight route races, blew past his opponents in the stretch to win the Grade 2, $150,000 Amsterdam on Monday at Saratoga Race Course.   Cutting back to 6 ½ furlongs in the Amsterdam off a pair of 1 1/16-mile races, Caleb’s Posse trailed the fie...Read More
Caleb's Posse springs the upset in the Amsterdam @ SAR; To Honor And Serve 6th. 
To Honor and Serve, a dual graded-stakes winner who was taken off the Triple Crown trail with a suspensory ligament injury, will make his return to the races in Monday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Amsterdam at Saratoga Race Course.Read More
To Honor And Serve is entered in the Amsterdam on Monday. 
Dominus and Astrology turned in separate four-furlong workouts at Saratoga Race Course on Monday, but their connections have yet to decide which of the pair will compete in Saturday’s Grade 2 Jim Dandy.   Winner of the Grade 2 Dwyer at Belmont Park on July 2, Dominus breezed four furlongs on th...Read More
Pin Oak Stable’s Alternation turned in his final timed workout for next Saturday’s Jim Dandy, breezing five furlongs on the main track under Ramon Dominguez in 1:01.78.   “I thought he went well this morning,” said trainer Donnie Von Hemel. “He finished real good down the lane and Ramon was hap...Read More
A week out from the Jim Dandy, trainer Steve Asmussen has yet to decide whether he’ll run Dominus, victorious in the Grade 2 Dwyer at Belmont Park on July 2, or Astrology, winner of the Grade 3 Iroquois as a 2-year-old and third in this year’s Grade 1 Preakness, in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old...Read More
Discreetly Mine stalked speedy early fractions set by Essence Hit Man and went on to score an eye-catching 8 ¾-length victory Monday afternoon in the Grade 2, $150,000 Amsterdam at Saratoga Race Course.   The 3-year-old Mineshaft colt, ridden by John Velazquez, stayed close behind Essence Hit ...Read More
Todd Pletcher has enjoyed considerable success in the early stages of Saratoga Race Course’s 142nd season, counting the Grade 1 Betfair TVG Coaching Club American Oaks among his victories as he battles for the lead among trainers, and hopes to cap off what could be another big week when he sends Di...Read More
Trainer Eddie Kenneally said this morning that he plans to run Gary and Mary West's Safe Trip in Monday's Grade 2, $150,000 Amsterdam for 3-year-olds running six and one-half furlongs.   Since coming off a nine-month layoff, Safe Trip has won two races, a maiden race and an allowance race, and ...Read More
Stakes winners Franny Freud, Wall Street Wonder and General Maximus all breezed Monday for trainer John Terranova as they look toward their next starts.   The New York-bred Franny Freud put in her second timed work – five furlongs in 59.28, third fastest of 72 at the distance on the main track...Read More
After a couple of very strong efforts at Gulfstream in the spring, Quality Road was considered one of the main contenders for the Kentucky Derby.  His Florida Derby victory earned him the label of “superstar” from track announcer Larry Collmus as he handily dispatched Dunkirk in the final three...Read More
Quality Road came out of his record-setting performance in the Aug. 3 Amsterdam (gr. II) in good condition and will be pointed toward the Aug. 29 Shadwell Travers (gr. I) as planned, trainer Todd Pletcher reported Aug. 4.Read More
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  • TerriZ · Quality Road has handled the 4 month layoff well. Similar comments were made about Big Brown last year in his run for the Triple Crown. As both horses have similar hoof problems, long layoffs are a necessity. QR, according to his former trainer, always did what he asked him to do and he only had to tell him once. After all the injuries of wonderful 3 year olds this year, QR is the only one left who is capable of defeating Rachael Alexandra. He certainly did that with Dunkirk who left the Florida Derby a defeated horse. It should be an interesting Travers and I hope that all the horses are well after that race. · 1026 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · Quality Road still needs to be tested in my opinion. Granted, not much left in the three year old division to provide that test. The Amsterdam was impressive for sure, however, the jump to 10 furlongs will be interesting. As for his best race, the Florida Derby, let's keep in mind that he was lone speed in a short field on a track that was very biased to early speed that day. He'll find very different conditions come Travers Day. · 1025 days ago ·
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Quality Road returned to racing in fine form Aug. 3 by smashing a track record in the six and half-furlong Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course. He stopped the timer in 1:13.45, a track record at Saratoga.Read More
  • TerriZ · I witnessed Quality Road beat Dunkirk and set a track record at the Florida Derby. He bested Barbaro and Big Brown for the record at Gulfstream Park. Dunkirk had the lead and QR took it away from him; Dunkirk left a defeated horse. It was frustrating that QR's previous trainer didn't know how to manage a horse with bad feet. Whatever can be said about Dutrow, he certainly knew how to get the best from Big Brown by his selection of shoes and by letting him rest. I am sure that Pletcher will be a improvement. Quality Road is a talented, big, intelligent, and even-tempered thoroughbred; he reminds me of Big Brown. And I was lucky enough to see both of them in the FLorida Derby. · 1026 days ago ·
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After two NYRA clockers independently re-timed the Aug. 3 Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga, the final time was changed to 1:13.74, still a new track record for the 6 1/2-furlong distance.Read More
 Though Spanish Riddle remains the official record-holder in a six-furlong race, we've just witnessed the fastest sprint in 141 years of racing here. Read More
QUALITY ROAD (Elusive Quality), impressive winner of the Florida Derby (G1) and Fountain of Youth S. (G2) earlier this year, makes his long-awaited return to action Monday when he faces five rivals in the $150,000 Amsterdam (G2) at Saratoga. The 6 1/2-furlong contest, Quality Road's first since bein...Read More
Florida Derby Presented by BlackBerry (G1) winner Quality Road will make his next start in the $150,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) on August 3 at Saratoga Race Course with a possible start in the Shadwell Travers Stakes (G1) to follow later in the month.Read More
Edward Evans' homebred Quality Road worked five furlongs in 1:01.41 July 17 at Belmont Park and is on track to make his first start in more than four months in the $150,000 Amsterdam (gr. II) at Saratoga on Aug. 3.Another of Pletchers’ top sophomores, Woody Stephens (gr. II) and Tom Fool (gr. I...Read More
  • GBeret · Really looking forward to Quality Road's return. I hope his quarter-cracks don't hinder him any, and he comes back looking like the colt we all saw in the Florida Derby. I really hated that both he and I Want Revenge had to scratch from the Ky. Derby, because if they had gotten to run in that race healthy, there's a couple of horses, namely a certain gelding and a certain filly I doubt we'd be hearing so much about these days. · 1043 days ago ·
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  • philyfriar · Sorry Quality Road is not running in the Jim Dandy. We plan to be there · 1041 days ago ·
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View DetailsView Video08/01/11Sar86 1/2 fD03 MAmsterdam-G2Caleb's PosseRedeemedWine Police1:15.88
View DetailsView Video08/02/10Sar86 1/2 fD03 MAmsterdam-G2Discreetly MineEssence Hit ManIn Jack's Memory1:14.27
View DetailsView Video08/03/09Sar86 1/2 fD03 MAmsterdam-G2Quality RoadCapt. Candyman CanCaptain Cherokee1:13.45
View Details07/28/08Sar96 1/2 fD03 MAmsterdam-G2Kodiak KowboyDesert KeyDevereux1:15.56
View Details08/07/04Sar86 fD03 MAmsterdam-G2Bwana CharliePomeroyWeigelia1:09.40
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