Hall of Fame Stakes

Flavien Prat aboard Zulu Kingdom
Prat Faces Three-Day Suspension For Ride Aboard Zulu Kingdom In Hall Of Fame

Flavien Prat has been suspended by the Saratoga stewards for three days as a result of his ride aboard race favorite Zulu Kingdom (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) in Friday's GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes. Though Prat crossed the line 1 1/2-lengths in front of runner up Luther (GB) (Frankel {GB}), he was ultimately disqualified from the win for causing what the stewards deemed as interference on the first turn of the one-mile race. Joel Rosario, the jockey aboard Luther, lodged an objection following the race and the...

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Frankel Colt Luther Put Up to Victory in Hall of Fame Stakes

Luther (GB) (Frankel {GB}) crossed the line a clear second to hot favorite Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) in Friday's featured GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga, but endured a year's worth of trouble in running and was ultimately promoted to the victory by the stewards. Taken back to the rear of the field as Mi Bago (Vekoma) stole away up front, the Tattersalls October graduate was bumped soundly into the first turn by longshot Tiz Dashing (Tiz the Law) and was relegated to...

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Neat Steals the Show in National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes

It took the entire stretch, but he got there, and Neat (Constitution) surged in the shadow of the wire to claim the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga on the day the Class of 2024 was officially celebrated. Last seen winning the GIII Manila Stakes June 29 at the Belmont Big A meeting, he'd yielded to seven May 4 two back in the GII American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs behind eventual GI Belmont Derby winner Trikari (Oscar Performance). Before that he's been the nose...

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'Dream' Scenario Looms In Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks

The once-beaten Cinderella's Dream (GB) (Shamardal) will look to give Godolphin a third winner in the five-year history of the GII Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes as she bids to add to her latest success in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational over the same mile-and-three-sixteenths journey July 6. The homebred ran the table in the first four starts of her career, a pair of victories at two followed by two more this season at Meydan, including a jaw-dropping score in the Listed Jumeirah 1000 Guineas Mar. 2 that defies any...

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