The other Prioress’s Tale
by TERESA GENARO “My lady prioress, and by your leave, So that I knew I should in no way grieve, I would opine that tell a tale you should, The one that follows next if […]
Racing History
Ruthless one of several fillies to dominate in Travers’ early years
by TERESA GENARO The sight of a filly in the Mid-summer Derby is about as rare as an empty picnic table in the Saratoga backyard at 7:01 on Travers morning, but back in 1867, the […]
The Barbarous Battalion in the Alabama
by TERESA GENARO Not much remains in the easily available historical record on 19th century Thoroughbred owner and breeder Francis Morris. The New York Times seems not to have published his obituary, and the guy […]
Saratoga Special started out like the Pegasus World Cup, 1901-style
by Teresa Genaro The stakes schedule at Saratoga at the turn of the last century was already robust. Announced in February in the New York Times for the 1901 season, it featured 25 races worth […]
Unexpected Alabama winner resulted in The Test
by Teresa Genaro They sure don’t do things like they used to at Saratoga Race Course. Back in 1922, the Alabama Stakes was already a venerable race, having been first run in 1872, and it […]
The ‘glorious cripple,’ Our Mims stars of Del ‘Caps past
They could have been very easy to overlook given the quantity of luminaries resting all around them, but a discerning visitor to the Calumet Farm cemetery in April made a point, at least for a […]
The Dwyer Brothers
by Teresa Genaro For thirty years and more there was hardly a great race run in which one of their horses did not figure conspicuously. They were a city-bred pair, but they possessed an instinctive […]
Imp and the Suburban
by Teresa Genaro By the eve of the last century, the Suburban Handicap had already been run 15 times, a fixture at the old Sheepshead Bay track in Brooklyn, already established, according to The New […]
Racemare Correction sparked controversy in her day
by TERESA GENARO The child, sitting down with the old man close behind…had been thinking how strange it was that horses who were such fine honest creatures should seem to make vagabonds of all the […]
Busher Took On All Ages All Over Country
by TERESA GENARO It should be clear by this time … that Busher has as good a chance to take the best three-year-old colts as Gallorette. “The Deadly Demoiselles” by Tasker Ogle, Turf and Sport […]