In the two years since owner Bruno Schickedanz claimed the well-bred gelding War Bomber for CA$25,000 in August 2021, the son of War Front continues to find the mark.

Stop by the barn of trainer Antonio Saavedra on the backside at Del Mar these days and you may recognize one of his workers. On any given morning there is a man hotwalking the horses and generally helping out around the stable.

R.A. Hill Stable, BlackRidge Stables, Swinbank Stables, Black Type Thoroughbreds, and Big Tufff Stables’ Amidst Waves brings a high tide of two turf triumphs into the Aug. 20 Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Chad Brown said it would not surprise him if any of his four Lake Placid Stakes (G2T) runners won. He ran 1-2 in the race, with Aspray getting a two length win over Surge Capacity.

Trainer Lindsay Schultz recorded the biggest win of her three-year career when Whelen Springs surged past Trademark to score a half-length win in the Aug. 19 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.

Klaravich Stables’ Randomized was hustled out of the gate by a determined Joel Rosario and once they had the lead they never looked back, winning the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) by about four lengths at Saratoga Race Course.

On Aug. 20, horses trained by Ted Holder and Kevin Attard will meet in the oldest continuously run race in North America when they run horses in the The King’s Plate.

On Aug. 20, horses trained by Ted Holder and Kevin Attard will meet on the oldest continuously run race in North America when they run horses in the The King’s Plate.

Mage had his final work for the Travers Stakes (G1) on the main track, going six furlongs in 1:15.56. It was his third work since arriving at the Spa following a second-place finish in the Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park.

Considering the sizable breeding share owner Ron Winchell has in the record-breaking stallion Gun Runner, anytime Winchell’s team spends $500,000 on a progeny of the 2017 Horse of the Year, it sends a loud message.