SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Nine racehorses, six trainers, and two jockeys account for the 17 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Gio Ponti, Gun Runner, Havre de Grace, Justify, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, and Rags to Riches; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockeys Jorge F. Chavez and Joel Rosario. Gun Runner, Justify, and Rosario are finalists in their […]
Godolphin’s British Group 3 winner Ottoman Fleet carried his winning ways overseas into his North American debut, finding room down the rail in overtaking the pacesetter Tide of the Sea and finishing strong for a 1 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Fort Marcy for 4-year-olds and up on the Belmont Park inner turf.