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Key Takeaways: Alabama Stakes Weekend and Kentucky Derby Preparations

Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from the $500,000 Alabama Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course and other key developments last weekend as horses continued to prepare for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve:

Swiss Skydiver Triumphant in Alabama Stakes

Just as she has been on the Longines Kentucky Oaks leaderboard through the late spring and summer, Peter Callahan's Swiss Skydiver was comfortably in front by herself in the $500,000 Alabama Stakes at

The Saratoga Special for Aug. 15: Ready to Fly

Download your digital edition of The Saratoga Special, SP by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, for previews of the 140th running of the Alabama, the inside scoop on Gufo and his connections in our Saratoga Derby preview, what life is like on the backstretch during the pandemic, picks from Saratoga's TOP handicappers, a profile of a key member of Mike Trombetta's team and much more!

Art Collector and Brian Hernandez, Jr. win the Runhappy Ellis Park Derby

Brian Hernandez Chats Art Collector's Derby Chances, Aftercare, and More

Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers and jockeys for America’s Best Racing as they travel the Road to the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The Derby has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Alabama Stakes at a Glance

The Alabama Stakes usually offers 3-year-old fillies a chance to do what 3-year-old colts will do a week later, namely race at a demanding 1 ¼-mile, classic distance at Saratoga. Only this year, due to revised racing schedules, it’s no longer ladies first.

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