Ballston Spa Stakes

A select field with a decided international flavor will assemble Saturday for the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa for turf fillies and mares, one of six stakes on the undercard of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers at Saratoga Race Course. Saratoga’s leading trainer, Chad Brown, who has won four of the […]

A Raving Beauty heads a trio of three entrants for trainer Chad Brown in the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The Ballston Spa is for fillies and mares and will be contested at 1 1/16 miles over Mellon turf course. It was carded as the 12th race […]

La valiente Lady Eli logró dos cosas el pasado sábado 26 en Saratoga: por una parte, tener una carrera más de entrenamiento con miras a la Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1); y por la otra, reivindicarse de lo que fue la primera derrota de su extraordinaria campaña. La hija de Divine Park obtuvo […]

En una decisión de último momento, el entrenador Chad Brown decidió inscribir a la espectacular Lady Eli en el Ballston Spa S. (G2, $400,000) de este sábado 26 en Saratoga. De las seis yeguas que tomarán parte en la carrera de 1700 metros, tres pertenecen a su establo. Lady Eli reapareció precisamente en la edición […]

A small but stellar field featuring a quartet of Grade 1 winners are set to gather for the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The 29th running of 1 1/16-mile Ballston Spa for fillies and mares 3 and up on the turf is one of seven stakes, six of […]

Thirteen months after her last start, Sheep Pond Partners’ undefeated Lady Eli will look to make a triumphant return in Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on the turf at Saratoga Race Course on Travers Day. Trainer Chad Brown saw Lady Eli, who is 6-for-6 in […]

Trainer Chad Brown reported that the undefeated Lady Eli is right on course for her expected return in the Grade 2, $400,000 Ballston Spa on August 27 at Saratoga following a five-furlong breeze Sunday morning. Under regular exercise rider Walter Malasquez, Lady Eli worked over the Oklahoma turf course in company with Grade 1 Beverly […]

Closing with a rush from eighth at the furlong pole, Chilean-bred Dacita collared Grade 1 Just a Game winner Tepin in the final stride to win the Grade 2 Ketel One Ballston Spa Stakes by a head at Saratoga on Saturday. Ridden to victory by Javier Castellano, who a half-hour earlier guided Keen Ice to a […]

Phipps Stable’s Abaco made a breathtaking late run from well back to win the Grade 2, $250,000 Ballston Spa Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Longshot Nightsong broke swiftly and led the field into the first turn and down the backstretch, with heavily favored Filimbi just a few lenths behind. Strathnaver and Nellie Cashman were prominent […]

Just as she did in the Grade 1 Diana on opening weekend, Laughing led every step to remain undefeated in 2013 while winning the 25th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Ketel One Ballston Spa for fillies and mares on the turf at Saratoga Race Course. Pianist closely tracked the winner from her outside for […]