In the pantheon of influential names in California racing, Clement L. Hirsch ranks up there with Bing Crosby, Dr. Charles Strub, and Elias “Lucky” Baldwin, owners and breeders whose passion for the sport translated to a lifetime of work on its behalf.
The $1 million NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes July 19 is the marquee race at Monmouth Park and drew a strong cast of runners expected to compete in the 1 1/8-mile Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-olds.
If you watch the replay of the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course from July 11 (see below), you’ll start to hear some shrieking shortly after the field of 2-year-old maidens hit the quarter pole. The shrieking intensified as No. 3 Dr.
The $485,000 Grade 1 Dunkin' Diana Stakes drew some of the best turf fillies and mares the division has to offer, and down the stretch it was Excellent Truth and She Feels Pretty that put on a show July 12 at Saratoga Race Course.
