The Good Life was never headed, dominating through the stretch to win by four lengths.

Sunday’s Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga features the perennial match-up between precocious juveniles and graduates of maiden races later in the summer.

Ted Noffey manhandled six rivals to claim the $300,000 Hopeful (G1), the closing-day feature at Saratoga on Labor Day.

In contrast to the Del Mar Futurity (G1), a race he has won 18 times, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has yet to taste victory in Saratoga's signature two-year-old event, the $300,000 Hopeful (G1).

After full brother Fierceness prevailed in an epic Travers (G1) at Saratoga last weekend, Mentee will try to add to the family’s trophy cabinet in Monday’s Hopeful (G1).

Saratoga brings down the curtain on Labor Day with a fascinating renewal of the Hopeful (G1) for two-year-olds and the Bernard Baruch H. (G3) for the turf crowd.

One day after Gun Runner celebrated his first Grade 1 winner with Echo Zulu in the Spinaway (G1), the leading freshman sire accomplished an historic double when Gunite upset Monday’s $300,000 Hopeful (G1).

Jackie's Warrior out-footed six rivals in posting an emphatic, stakes-record victory in Monday's $250,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at the Saratoga meet.