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2024 Personal Ensign Stakes at a Glance

The Personal Ensign Stakes, named after one of the sport’s most celebrated female racehorses, has long been a fixture in the older female division and in recent years has become a powerful steppingstone to year-end championship honors.

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2024 Travers Stakes Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses

The focus of the horse racing world zeroes in on Saratoga Race Course Aug. 24 for the 155th running of the DraftKings Travers Stakes. The 1 ¼-mile Travers, called the “Mid-Summer Derby,” is the most prestigious race for 3-year-olds outside of the Triple Crown races in late spring and often is crucial in determining the year-end champion in that division.

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Five Key Takeaways from Alabama Stakes Weekend and Travers Preparations

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes Presented by Keeneland Sales and the Grade 2, $200,000 Lake Placid Stakes Presented by Caesars Sportsbook, both at Saratoga Race Course, the Grade 1

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Power Squeeze Edges Candied in Thrilling Alabama Stakes Finish at Saratoga

Power Squeeze made the most of the 1 1/4-mile distance in Saratoga's Grade 1 Alabama Stakes presented by Keeneland Sales, trailing the favorite Candied for most of the race until getting ahead when it mattered most, putting he

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Storms Force Cancellation of King's Plate card at Woodbine, Rescheduled for Aug. 23

Pounded by heavy rain on Saturday, Aug. 17, Woodbine was forced to cancel racing for its King's Plate card after the fifth race. The King's Plate and four other stakes will now be run on Friday, August 23.

That date would avoid weekend conflicts with other major stakes races, such as the loaded stakes card on Travers Stakes Day, Aug. 24, at Saratoga Race Course.

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