Horses trained by Bill Mott have made more than 29,000 starts. They’ve won more than 5,600 races, which means they’ve lost more than 23,800 times. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, and he ranks fourth on the all-time list of trainers by earnings and eighth by number of wins. He’s trained…
Every August, the best yearlings bred in New York State are offered at the Fasig-Tipton sale on East Avenue in Saratoga. In 2019, the average price for a yearling at the sale was $87,000, with the sale topper going for $775,000. In 2021, the top seller brought $495,000, the average rising to $91,000. At Saratoga…
Tacitus may be named for a Roman historian that one encyclopedia calls “the greatest prose stylists who ever wrote in the Latin language,” but it took more grit and guts than elegance to win the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Racetrack. Breaking from post 2 under José Ortiz, Tacitus was one of many horses…
Brooklyn Backstretch 