Exercise rider C.J. Legette talks about what it’s like to ride Hot Rod Charlie. The grade 1 winner, trained by Doug O’Neill, has been training at Keeneland and is preparing for a start in the Aug. 6 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Jeff Drown’s Zandon took his first Saratoga steps toward the July 30 $600,000 Jim Dandy when he worked four furlongs in :48 3/5 on the main track.

Jeff Drown’s Zandon took his first Saratoga steps toward the $600,000 Jim Dandy on July 30 when he worked four furlongs in :48 3/5 on the main track.

Trainer Chad Brown said July 15 he is leaning toward running Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Early Voting in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga in the 3-year-old’s first start since his victory in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

Winning a graded stakes at Saratoga Race Course is always a special moment.

At the end of the 11th running of the $150,000 Coronation Cup at Saratoga Race Course July 15, trainer Jonathan Thomas was confident his speedy Empress Tigress would hold on to win the 5 1/2-furlong race on the Mellon Turf Course.

The penny breakage era in Kentucky began July 15 at Ellis Park, generating slightly higher and more precise payoffs to gamblers playing that track.

Anthony Stabile and Jonathon Kinchen preview the Grade 1 Diana and Grade 3 Sanford from Saratoga.

Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Taiba, who was recently reunited with Bob Baffert, is headed to Monmouth Park for the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) as the trainer looks to extend his record with a 10th victory in the grade 1 event for 3-year-olds.

Gary and Mary West’s Home Brew, who had been considered a candidate for the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1), will instead run in the Aug. 6 $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) for 3-year-olds at Mountaineer Park, according to trainer Brad Cox.