For a trainer with four Eclipse Awards, 15 Breeders’ Cup wins, and 2,002 career victories, a maiden win can be a routine experience. But not for Chad Brown as he stood outside the winner’s circle Aug. 8 after the second race at Saratoga.

Marianafoot, who has been nursed through the ranks by France’s man of the season, Jerome Reynier, outran his rivals in the space of 50 meters under Mickael Barzalona to record an eighth straight success and a first at group 1 level. 

Ebro River bravely fought off the 1-2-4 finishers from the Railway Stakes (G2) to earn himself a quote of 20-1 for next year’s Two Thousand Guineas (G1).

Greg Wolf and Paul Lo Duca look back at a trio of Grade 1’s from Whitney Day at Saratoga.

Trainer Brad Cox shows off Knicks Go the morning after his impressive Whitney Stakes (G1) score at Saratoga Race Course, and talks Breeders’ Cup plans.

Susan and John Moore’s Princess Grace has strung together three consecutive graded stakes victories to go 5-for-6 in her racing career. The homebred’s latest achievement came in the $202,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2T) at Del Mar

Relive a Whitney Day for the ages as Korea Racing Authorities Knicks Go dominates the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Vicki Oliver and jockey Rafael Bejarano proved the stars of the first day of Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend Aug. 7 at Ellis Park, teaming for three victories, with the rider winning four overall. 

One day after trainer Mark Casse was inducted into the U.S. Hall of Fame, Pappacap, a promising 2-year-old colt in Casse’s barn, took a huge step forward with a decisive victory in the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) at Del Mar.

While trainer Brad Cox has some important decisions to make in the coming weeks and months, Knicks Go may have answered one of them with an electrifying performance in the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course.