Teresa Genaro

Nov 1, 2024 | nytimes.com | Teresa Genaro

Day 1 of the Breeders' Cup is Future Stars Friday, devoted to the juveniles. All five races are for 2-year-old horses, running on turf and dirt at distances from five furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. Most of these runners are lightly-raced. In the Northern Hemisphere, horses start running at the earliest in the spring of their 2-year-old year, with many others not debuting until later in the year. They're the equivalent of young teenagers, talented and athletic but still maturing.

Oct 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Teresa Genaro

The Breeders ' Cup is the most anticipated event in Thoroughbred racing after the Kentucky Derby and a Belmont Stakes with a Triple Crown on the line. This year, the favorite for the main event, the Breeders' Cup Classic, is City of Troy (5-2). Fierceness, who some may recognize as a favorite from this year's Kentucky Derby, is the second favorite here at 3-1 odds. The field of 14 drew their post positions on Monday, and morning line odds were released.

Sep 11, 2024 | bloodhorse.com | Teresa Genaro

To say that the bloodstock partnership of John Kimmel and Nick Sallusto is off to a bang-up start would be an understatement. In April they bought Chancer McPatrick at the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, paying $725,000 for the son of first-crop sire (fifth by earnings on the first-crop stallion list through Sept. 10) for owner Flanagan Racing. Three months later, the colt broke his maiden at first asking at Saratoga Race Course, and Sept. 2, he won the Hopeful Stakes (G1).

Sep 9, 2024 | bloodhorse.com | Teresa Genaro

Tributes from around the country flooded social media Sept. 8 following the announcement of the death of former trainer Chuck Simon. A native of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Simon was 57 and had been diagnosed in May with Stage 4 cancer. A graduate of Saratoga Central Catholic High School, Simon played basketball and football there, and he continued his basketball career while pursuing a degree in accounting from Junior College of Albany, now a part of Russell Sage College.

Sep 2, 2024 | bloodhorse.com | Teresa Genaro

On the penultimate day of the summer meeting at Saratoga Race Course, trainer Mark Casse was standing in front of a television on the ground floor of the clubhouse, watching one of his 2-year-olds race at Kentucky Downs. English Law didn't win on Sept. 1, but Casse has made plenty of trips to the winner's circle at Saratoga this summer: Nine of his 15 winners have been 2-year-olds.