NYRA Press Office

New York-breds will take center stage on Friday with three handicaps each boasting a purse of $125,000, highlighting the best of state-bred racing at Saratoga Race Course.

Mary Eddy

​Trainer Charlie Appleby opted to keep both Nations Pride and With The Moonlight in the Empire State after they each finished second in the opening legs of the Caesars Turf Triple Series in July at Belmont Park. That decision paid off when both returned to win their respective next starts as Nations Pride captured the Grade 1 Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational on Saturday and With The Moonlight took command in deep stretch to post a 1 3/4-length score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $700,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational at Saratoga Race Course.

Keith McCalmont

​Holy Cow Stable’s Naughty Gal made her stakes debut a winning one in Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Adirondack, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for juvenile fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.

NYRA Press Office

When CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm's ​Life Is Good ​crossed the finish line two lengths the best in Saturday's 95th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney at Saratoga Race Course, it marked the fourth time Hall of Fame conditioner Todd Pletcher was awarded the trophy for the historic nine-furlong event for older horses.

Mary Eddy

The fight for the top of the podium in the older male division was thought to have been between the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile champion Life Is Good and the multiple graded-stakes-winning Olympiad in Saturday’s 95th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney. But CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm's Life Is Good, the esteemed 4-year-old son of Into Mischief, asserted his dominance to come out on top in the nine-furlong test for older horses at Saratoga Race Course.

Brian Bohl

Castleton Lyons’ Chi Town Lady rallied from last and overtook both 1-5 favorite Matareya and pacesetter Hot Peppers in the final furlong to notch her first graded stakes win in impressive fashion by capturing Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Test for sophomore fillies sprinting seven furlongs on Saratoga Race Course’s main track.