The Finger Lakes Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association has named Saratoga Giro the track's 2018 horse of the year, ending the three-year reign of Breakin the Fever.Full Story >>
When John Davila Jr. came to Finger Lakes in 1991, he was 26 years old and looking for direction in his life. Flash forward to present day and Davila is on the verge of his 4,000th victory.
Sassy Agnes was quickest early and strongest late to win the $50,000 Shesastonecoldfox Stakes by 3 1/2 lengths over four other New York-bred 2-year-old fillies at Finger Lakes on Monday.
The Finger Lakes meet continues through Nov. 28, but the upstate New York track's stakes schedule wraps up Monday with the $50,000 Shesastonecoldfox, a six-furlong sprint for statebred 2-year-old fillies.
Three-time reigning Finger Lakes Horse of the Year Breakin the Fever might not have won the $50,000 Leon Reed Memorial on Tuesday, but he certainly showed there is still life in those 6-year-old legs.
Time catches up to all athletes, and 2018 has not been kind to the 6-year-old Breakin the Fever, who on Tuesday will try to regain his past form in the $50,000 Leon Reed Memorial Stakes.
I Still Miss You scored the third stakes victory of her career, and her third straight victory at Finger Lakes, as she prevailed by a head in Monday's $50,000 Arctic Queen Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares.
Dugout remained unbeaten with his second consecutive stakes victory against his fellow New York-breds in the $200,288 New York Breeders' Futurity on Saturday at Finger Lakes.
On Monday, trainer Rudy Rodriguez will send Frosty Margarita upstate for a fourth time as he shortens her up to six furlongs in the $50,000 Arctic Queen.
Trainer Todd Pletcher ships a pair of juveniles across the state as he looks for his second consecutive victory Saturday in the $200,288 New York Breeders' Futurity.
Former jockey Leslie Hulet, who for years was the all-time winningest rider at Finger Lakes and who won the Grade 1 Whitney in 1981 aboard Fio Rito, died last Friday at age 69.