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SLIDESHOW: Fans Flock to Spa for Pharoah, Travers

With 18,000 fans on hand for American Pharoah’s routine gallop Friday morning at Saratoga Race Course, imagine the buzz building up for the main even: the $1.6-million Travers Stakes on Saturday.

If you couldn’t make it to the Spa for the Travers, and with attendance capped at 50,000 there was more demand than supply for tickets, don’t fret. Eclipse Sportswire is right in the heart of the action at Saratoga to bring you up close and personal for one of the most anticipated racing days in recent memories.

Q&A With Barstool Sports Founder, Racehorse Owner David Portnoy

David Portnoy pictured with one of the racehorses he co-owns, Smokeshow City. (Photo courtesy of David Portnoy)

David Portnoy is the founder of Barstool Sports and a current Thoroughbred racehorse owner. One of his horses, Smokeshow City (pictured), has a win and a second in six career starts and is currently stabled at Del Mar in Southern California. Jose Contreras chatted with him to learn more about his love of horse racing and gambling.

How and when were you introduced to Thoroughbred racing?

Favorite Snacks of Famous Racehorses

America’s top racehorses have surprisingly picky taste buds. When you’re a racetrack superstar, sometimes an ordinary diet of hay and oats just doesn’t cut it. Nothing wrong with a sweet tooth, right?

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has a well documented affinity for carrots. He snacked on some in front of the media, the day following his Derby victory.

TRAINER BOB BAFFERT FEEDS AMERICAN PHAROAH CARROTS

Q&A with Sam Britt, Rancher and Racehorse Owner

Photos courtesy of Sam Britt

Sam Britt has been a horse racing fan since he visited La Mesa Park in New Mexico in the 1950s. A longtime Thoroughbred owner, Britt enjoyed a sweet victory earlier this summer at Del Mar when Gabriel Charles, a horse he owns in partnership with Michael House, won the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes on July 18. Britt, who also made an appearance in the movie “50 to 1,” took a few minutes to chat with America’s Best Racing about his best moment in the sport, his philosophy on life, his favorite movie and much more …

Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ and Other Signature Songs of Racing

As we venture into the heart of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, several of horse racing's signature races are fast approaching. One of the unique common threads between many of horse racing's main events is the signature song ... a lasting (sometimes) connection between music and horse racing.

Fans following the elite 3-year-olds from the Triple Crown trail compete in the $1 million betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes will hear Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” during the post parade.

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