Tim Wilkin

Freelance horse racing writer

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Sea Strike exits the main track after his Thursday morning exercise at Saratoga. He is 5-1 on the Travers morning line for trainer Chad Brown.

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Golden Tempo, the 5-2 ML favorite for the Travers, stretches his legs with @E_DavidMiranda under the watchful eye of @reredevauxon on the main track at Saratoga Friday morning. Hit the track just after 7 am.

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Silent Tactic, third in the Jim Dandy, second in the Arkansas Derby, heads back to @markecasse barn after Thursday AM gallop with Edwin Soto aboard. That’s assistant trainer Shane Tripp on the pony. Silent Tactic heading to Travers Saturday.

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Day 36 of the Saratoga meet; my notebook for @theTDN

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🗣️ "He's right up there with the top 3-year-olds and maybe the top horse in the country."

Saratoga Notebook, presented by @NYRABets: @tjwilkin checks in with @reredevaux on her co-headliner of the weekend, Englishman; @RonMoquett on Hymn; and more.
https://t.co/qVPpv4tuNx

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Day 36 of the 46-day Saratoga meet:
All-Sources Handle: $10,067,689
On-Track Handle: $1,833,089
Paid attendance: 19,748 (35-day total, one day cancelled due to weather: 798,455)

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Wednesday morning with Renegade. Coming off main track with @norzmcc and schooling in the paddock with @PletcherRacing and @sophievgreen17. He’s the 3-1 second choice on the Travers morning line.

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.@KentuckyDerby and @BelmontStakes winner Golden Tempo and assistant trainer @E_DavidMiranda, accompanied by trainer @reredevaux, head back to the barn after Wednesday morning gallop. He’s the 5-2 ML favorite for Saturday’s Travers.

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Leading Change, with only 2 starts on his resume, tackles the big boys in Saturday’s Travers. The @bradcoxracing trainee was on main track at Saratoga Wednesday. He is 12-1 on the ML and will be ridden by @jockeyfranco on Saturday. Some things to like in the son of Gun Runner.

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Trainer @RonMoquett spends some
time with 4-year-old Hymn Wednesday morning at Saratoga. Hymn runs in Saturday’s GI Forego at the Spa.
Hymn finished second in the GII Vanderbilt on July 25.

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Bring the Smoke, who runs in Saturday’s G1 Forego at Saratoga, gets cleaned up outside @dwhitbeckman barn in the Oklahoma Training Track after Wednesday gallop

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Bring the Smoke, who runs in Saturday’s GI Forego, get cleaned up outside @dwhitbeckman barn on the Oklahoma Training Track Wednesday morning.

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My Saratoga conversation. with @reredevaux for @theTDN

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🗣️ “Chuck was my mentor. He cultivated me as a horse person. I got to learn every single part of what we do every day…He's a huge part of who I am today.”

The Saratoga Conversation: @tjwilkin sits down with trainer @reredevaux ahead of the Travers.
https://t.co/QhaVucjfUT

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Day 35 of the Saratoga meet: my notebook for @theTDN

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“It's a good problem to have.”

Saratoga Notebook, Presented by @NYRABets: @tjwilkin caught up with Bill Mott about having two top horses in Knightsbridge and Sovereignty, Chad Brown on My Gun's Loaded’s GI Alabama run, and @markecasse on Counting Stars.

https://t.co/JCJMeAtYyW

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With 11 days left of the Saratoga summer, here’s the score:

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Day 35 of the 46-day Saratoga meet:
All-Sources Handle: $15,223,501
On-Track Handle: $2,297,549
Paid attendance: 23,086 (34-day total, one day cancelled due to weather: 778,707)

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Here’s the field for Saturday’s Travers at Saratoga. @tyler_gaff new rider for Renegade with @iradortiz out for the rest of the meet with injured left foot.

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Travers contender Sea Strike with Jordan Erwin, office manager for trainer Chad Brown, at Brown s barn at the Oklahoma Training Track Sunday morning.

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The always good looking Always a Runner at Chad Brown’s barn Sunday. She won the Kentucky Oaks earlier this year. We will see her next in the $1 million Cotillion at @parxracing on Sept.
19th.

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.@LSchultz626 on Baby Vino, the 28-1 winner of the GI Haskell and now in Saratoga targeting the Travers on Saturday.

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Unfortunately, Irad Ortiz will not be able to ride Renegade in the Travers due to his injury.

Get well, Irad!!!!! 🙏

The Travers favorite, RENEGADE, will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione.

Let’s go Renegade!!!!! ♥️🙏