Jim Dandy headlines stakes-filled week at Saratoga Race Course

Jim Dandy Stakes At Saratoga Offers Travers Stakes Preview

The Jim Dandy is the major prep race for the Travers Stakes and features a very competitive five horse field. The Derby and Belmont runner up horses are both entered.

Jim Dandy headlines stakes-filled week at Saratoga Race Course

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — One of Saratoga Race Course’s most important summer weekends arrives this week as the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun takes center stage Saturday, serving as the traditional local prep for the Grade 1 Travers Stakes later this month. The after Wednesday’s racing was canceled, the four-day schedule, which runs Thursday through Sunday, features seven graded stakes races, special promotions, fan activit…

Jim Dandy 2026: Odds and analysis for Saratoga showdown

Kentucky Derby runner-up Renegade and the Belmont Stakes second-place horse Commandment will vie for favoritism Saturday in the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy. The race, which is restricted to 3-year-olds, drew a field of five that will race 1 1/8 miles on Saratoga's main track. The Jim Dandy field includes three horses who participated in the Triple Crown series this year. Four of them won on the Kentucky Derby trail, including the Florida Derby (…