Zenyatta roars back for Breeders' Cup Classic win Nov 8, 2009
And then she stepped up again and became the first of her sex to defeat older males in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 5 at New York's Saratoga Race Course, completing an 8-for-8 tour de force. Principal owner , believing Rachel Alexandra had already done enough to be viewed as the best of the best and skeptical of the Pro-Ride surface at Santa Anita, decided to give her a well-deserved rest at that time, ensuring that his filly and Zenyatta would not meet. (USA Today -- Sports)
CHART: Defendants in Wall Street insider-trading case Nov 7, 2009
Octopussy' among 14 facing charges for insider trading - USATODAY.com. Real solutions for your real estate needs. (USA Today -- Money)
Notebook: Zenyatta relaxes before taking on the boys Nov 7, 2009
The lone defeat was a third in the Ballerina Stakes run in the slop at Saratoga. Informed Decision has three Grade 1 wins this year, along with the Madison Stakes at Keeneland and Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Galleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Traders, Lawyers and `Octopussy' Nov 7, 2009
He lives in Saratoga, California ... Far lives in Saratoga, California. (Bloomberg -- US)
Mare Zenyatta runs for history, takes on boys in Breeders' Cup Nov 6, 2009
She defeated colts in the Preakness and Haskell before becoming the first female to beat older males in the Woodward Stakes in September at New York's Saratoga Race Course. Principal owner decided to call it a season after that because of his distaste for Santa Anita's Pro-Ride or any other synthetic track. (USA Today -- Sports)
Insider-trading bust results in six arrests; see chart Nov 6, 2009
Insider-trading bust results in six arrests - USATODAY.com. Real solutions for your real estate needs. (USA Today -- Money)
FM Turf: Private works for Forever Together Nov 3, 2009
Both wins came in stakes, the Grade 2 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland and the Grade 1 Diana Handicap at Saratoga. She has lost her last two starts, a nose defeat to Princess Haya in the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine on Sept. 20 and a third in the Grade 1 First Lady Stakes over soft turf. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
High School Football Oct 31, 2009
Saratoga 28, Mountain View 26. SCVAL El Camino. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Toreros head to Dayton to face Flyers on Halloween Oct 30, 2009
SCUDELLARI LOST FOR SEASON: Red-shirt freshman quarterback (Saratoga, CA) will miss the rest of the season after he suffered a fracture to his left fibula (non-displaced) in Saturday's 34-16 home loss to Jacksonville. Scudellari completed 8-of-22 passes for 172 yards and 1 TD before being replaced by with 8:53 left in the game. (Usdtoreros.com)
Report links AMD's ex-CEO to insider case Oct 28, 2009
The government alleges that Chiesi and another New Castle co-defendant, Mark Kurland, also got inside information about Sunnyvale-based AMD from Robert Moffat, a senior vice president at , and from Anil Kumar of Saratoga, who worked at. Rajiv Goel of Los Altos, who was a director of strategic investments at , has also been charged in the case. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Report: 'I leave New York' Oct 28, 2009
Most of those gains were in Saratoga County, which gained 9,892 people. Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie and Schenectady counties also showed gains. (Albany Times Union)
Calif. unsold home backlog keeps shrinking Oct 27, 2009
4 million; Saratoga, $1. 3 million; Los Altos $1. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Shattered Horizon - Release Date and Pre-order Offer Revealed Oct 27, 2009
Futuremark is based in Helsinki, Finland and maintains a sales office in Saratoga, California. For more information, please visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
HIGH SCHOOLS: Weekend review Oct 26, 2009
Los Gatos (6-1) defeated Saratoga 47-0. 8. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
J. Richard Hanna Oct 23, 2009
After retirement from Lockheed, he worked as a substitute math teacher at the high school and junior college in Saratoga, Calif. Dick s passion was football and baseball, as a player and as a coach. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
LOWELL GEARHART Oct 22, 2009
A memorial service for Larry Reed Mathews, 65, of Campbell and formerly of Lodi, who died Oct. 8, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 14103 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga, with Pastor Derek Engfelt officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to AchieveKids, 3860 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
24 South St. Notebook Oct 20, 2009
"In reporting on the Saratoga Cheese proposal, I have asked executives and board members on numerous occasions whether they think the state's recent crack down on the EZ program will negatively affect this project. Every time, they have said they do not believe it will. As will be reported in Friday's paper, a Saratoga Cheese board member said Thursday that the company is expecting to receive its EZ benefits before the program sunsets, so even this news does not change the plans.However, it will... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Big insider-trading hedge fund case Oct 20, 2009
An equally good friend appears to have been Anil Kumar of Saratoga, a senior partner at the global consulting firm McKinsey trong. He is also a "direct or indirect investor in certain Galleon funds," according to the SEC. While consulting with Advanced Micro Devices on McKinsey's behalf in 2008, Kumar was allegedly passing along information to Rajaratnam about pending deals between the Sunnyvale company and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds, including when the time was right to buy AMD stock. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
BC Classic: Summer Bird works five furlongs Oct 18, 2009
Earlier this year, Summer Bird won the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes at Saratoga to emerge as a leader in the 3-year-old division. Ice said Saturday's workout compared favorably with Summer Bird's other initial works on tracks such as Belmont and Saratoga. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Meadowlands Cup » Oct 17, 2009
He's won four of five career starts, and scored off the bench in his first ever 9-furlong try last out at Saratoga. He owns tactical speed, and should be in line for a perfect, pressing trip. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Foothill-De Anza seeks oversight committee members Oct 16, 2009
Committee members must live within the Foothill-De Anza district's service area, which encompasses Palo Alto, Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Mountain View, Cupertino, most of Sunnyvale and parts of San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga. Under the committee's bylaws, four of the current members have served the maximum time and cannot be reappointed to another term. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Dutrow eyes Meadowlands three-peat Oct 16, 2009
It shapes up as a solid renewal, with a field that includes It's a Bird, the Oaklawn Handicap and Lone Star Park Handicap winner looking to rebound from a fifth-place finish to Rachel Alexandra in the Grade 1 Woodward at Saratoga, and Solar Flare, the third-place finisher in the Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park who is making his first start for Dutrow's brother Tony ... Etched was a sharp allowance winner on Sept. 3 at Saratoga, his first race in more than nine months as he recuperated from a... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
QE II: Gozzip Girl bears close watching Oct 16, 2009
She followed that with a victory in the Grade 2 Lake Placid at Saratoga, then her runner-up try in the Garden City, in which she led most of the way. "That might not have been the most ideal scenario for her," said Graham Motion, who trains her for Sagamore Farm. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
McPeek filly wins off-the-turf Jessamine Stakes Oct 16, 2009
Luzzi, who rode House of Grace to a 23-1 romp in the filly's only previous outing, a maiden turf route at Saratoga, said his trip in the 1 1/16-mile Jessamine "went perfect. I was following Jeremy Rose all the way around there. He had a perfect trip, and so did I.". McPeek already has Bridgetown for the BC Juvenile Turf, Noble's Promise for the BC Juvenile, and Beautician for the BC Juvenile Fillies. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
E.P. Taylor » Oct 16, 2009
Salve Germania, purchased by IEAH Stable after winning her North American debut in the Grade 2 Ballston Spa over 1 1/16 miles on turf at Saratoga, will be making her first start for trainer Todd Pletcher. Treat Gently was a Group 2 winner in Europe last year and made a successful North American debut under second-level allowance terms at Belmont in her last start July 9. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Bourbon Stakes Oct 12, 2009
And Interactif was a 15-1 shot when he scored by more than four lengths Sept. 4 at Saratoga in the With Anticipation Stakes, his grass debut. The price in the With Anticipation would've been shorter had the betting public seen Interactif's first drill on Saratoga's grass training track. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Sweat lodge deaths: woman was in 'top shape' Oct 12, 2009
"If you put people in a restrictive, airtight structure, you are going to use up all oxygen," he said by phone on Saturday from his home in Saratoga Springs, New York. "And if you're doing a sweat, you're going to use it up that much faster.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ancient Title Oct 12, 2009
He won an optional claimer at Saratoga on Aug. 17, in his first start since finishing second in the $1 million Godolphin Mile in March. Gayego was steadied slightly at the start of the Ancient Title, and was ninth on the backstretch. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
The RUSH results (8) Oct 11, 2009
38 Jory DALLING SARATOGA SPRINGS UT Inter Clydesdale 2:56:49. 39 Aaron JOHN RIGBY ID Inter M 30-34 2:56:49. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Zenyatta improves to 13-0; Mine That Bird loses Oct 11, 2009
Personal Ensign beat the boys in the 1988 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, then ended her career by defeating Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors by a nose in the BC Distaff that year. "To be in the same ledger as she is, it's just awesome," Jerry Moss said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
G2 Oak Tree Mile Oct 11, 2009
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Cowboy Cal was second in the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 28. Bred by Stonerside, Cowboy Cal has won 7 of 17 starts and $1,001,810. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Sweat lodge victim's family says she was in shape Oct 11, 2009
"If you put people in a restrictive, airtight structure, you are going to use up all oxygen," he said by phone Saturday from his home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. "And if you're doing a sweat, you're going to use it up that much faster.". American Indian sweat lodges typically hold about 12 people and are covered with blankets made of natural materials, such as cotton or wool, and the air flow isn't restricted, he said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Futurity » Oct 10, 2009
Aikenite closed well to be third in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, hinting at a desire for more distance. Roman Invasion and Wildcat Nation enter off highly impressive victories in maiden company, as does Stately Victor, a Mike Maker-trained colt whose two-turn turf score on closing weekend at Saratoga suggested a bright future in longer races. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Temper' leads Spinster cast Oct 10, 2009
Mushka also enters off a big effort, having notched the Grade 3 Glens Falls on closing day at Saratoga. In her lone synthetics effort, the 4-year-old Mushka was particularly sharp in taking a third-level allowance here last spring. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Shadwell Mile » Oct 10, 2009
Through his last win in the Aug. 28 Bernard Baruch at Saratoga, Justenuffhumor had raced under the Darley Stable banner, but for the Shadwell, he has been assimilated into the Godolphin Racing first string of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. "I really don't know if he'll go to the Breeders' Cup or to Dubai," said McLaughlin. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Rivalry in G1 Champagne Oct 10, 2009
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Dublin overcame some trouble and a bit of immaturity to win last month's Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga. But the horse he beat by two lengths, Aspire, didn't have the smoothest of trips either and figures to offer more value when the two meet again in Saturday's Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Jockeys entertain as much as the horses Oct 10, 2009
Now, these unlikely legends of California racing will be celebrated today in New York when the class of 2009 is inducted into racing's National Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs. Trainer Bob Baffert will enter the hall along with a horse owned by his best friend, former Sacramentan Mike Pegram's Silverbulletday. (Fresno Bee)
'Forever' follows familar path to Cup Oct 10, 2009
As a 4-year-old of 2008, she ran third in the Just a Game at Belmont, won the Diana at Saratoga, and was third in the Canadian Stakes at Woodbine. As a 5-year-old of 2009, she was second in the Just a Game, won the Diana, and was second by a nose in the Canadian. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
10 top hideaways by the sea Oct 10, 2009
Walk the beach or tootle around Saratoga Passage in a vintage rowboat. After dark, toast marshmallows around a beach bonfire with other adventurers lucky enough to have scored one of the 33 cabins. (CNN)
This week's football schedule Oct 9, 2009
Milpitas at Saratoga, 7:30 p.m.. SCVAL El Camino. (San Francisco Chronicle)
10 minutes with David Zecchini Oct 8, 2009
David Zecchini, the owner of two restaurants in Saratoga Springs, has a taste for pasta, steak, sports cars and Italian music, but don t feed him birds or snails. What made you decide to start singing Italian songs when you walk around your restaurants. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Comcast Brings 76 New TV Networks to San Jose, Santa Rosa and Portions of the East Bay as Part of 'World of More' Programming Rollout Oct 7, 2009
Kids & Family HD 819 Showtime Too HD 826 Action MAX HD 840 Thriller MAX HD 841 TMC The Movie Channel HD 847 PPV Events HD 870 * Also recently launched in Brentwood, Burlingame, Castro Valley, Cupertino, Daly City, Healdsburg, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Novato, Palo Alto, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Rio Vista, Rohnert Park, San Mateo, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Saratoga, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale and Vacaville. 12 ADDITIONAL HIGH DEFINITION (HD) NETWORKS Launching in Alameda,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Oak Leaf: Blind Luck kicks late to win Oct 5, 2009
The New Jersey invader Bickersons, third in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga on Sept. 6, finished third in the field of 11 after stalking the pace throughout. The first three finishers are bound for the BC Juvenile Fillies. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Men Capture Second Place at Notre Dame Invitational; Women Place Eighth Oct 4, 2009
Sophomore (Saratoga Spings, N.Y.) led the women placing 28th-overall. In the women's race Sophomore led the Friars with a 28th place finish in a time of 17:19. (Friars.com)
Shippers arrive for BC preps Oct 4, 2009
Gayego won an optional claimer at Saratoga on Aug. 19 in his only start this year ... Cowboy Cal, trained by Todd Pletcher, was second in the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 28. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Flower Bowl » Oct 4, 2009
Criticism bounced back from a ninth-place finish in the Diana at Saratoga with a solid effort that has her connections strongly considering a run in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. "We're definitely going to consider taking her to the Breeders' Cup," said Tom Albertrani, who trains Criticism for Darley Stable. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Picks » Oct 3, 2009
Since the race is at Belmont, not Saratoga, he's the deep closer I prefer for a piece vs. Macho Again, who would have had the edge at the Spa. The Bottom Line: Summer Bird should be awfully strong Saturday and march on toward the Breeders' Cup with a 2-race win streak. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Lucky' takes next step in G1 Norfolk Oct 3, 2009
Among the others in the field are Jung Man Scott, second in the Grade 3 With Anticipation Stakes over 1 1/16 miles on turf at Saratoga on Sept. 4, and John Scott, winner of the six-furlong I'm Smokin Stakes for California-breds at Del Mar on Sept. 7. John Scott could have started in Saturday's California Cup Juvenile, but trainer Carla Gaines said the colt deserves a chance in the tougher Norfolk Stakes. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Win Willy stretches out in G2 Indiana Derby Oct 3, 2009
Sumo won the Pleasant Colony at Saratoga in his last start, but has not won a graded stakes. He finished second to General Quarters in the Grade 3 Sam Davis at Tampa Bay Downs in February. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Story » Oct 3, 2009
In the five weeks since his 3 1/2-length romp in the slop in the Travers at Saratoga, Summer Bird has done little to deter Ice's confidence ... He won the Grade 1 Stephen Foster at Churchill in June before finishing second to Bullsbay in the Whitney and then coming within a head of Rachel Alexandra in the Woodward on Sept. 5 at Saratoga. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
No concerns for Gio Ponti in G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Oct 3, 2009
Telling, who upset the Sword Dancer at Saratoga at odds of 33-1, ships back to New York for the Joe Hirsch. Trainer Steve Hobby is hoping the distance is a neutralizing factor between his horse and Gio Ponti. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Careless Jewel tops cast for Cotillion at Philly Oct 3, 2009
"She's not only the best horse we've ever had, she's the best horse we probably ever will have," said Dubinsky of Careless Jewel, who is 4 for 5 lifetime, including dominating performances in the Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga and the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks in her two most recent starts ... The Cotillion field also includes Mary's Follies, who won the Grade 3 Boiling Springs on turf at Monmouth and was second in the off-the-turf Lake George at Saratoga, and five-time winner Bon Jovi Girl, who has... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
BC Challenge: Indian Blessing fights for win Sep 30, 2009
Sara Louise, the last filly to beat Rachel Alexandra, was coming off a career-best effort in the Grade 3 Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga last month, but she certainly didn't regress on Saturday. "I didn't think she'd get beat today, she was training that well," said Rick Mettee, the assistant trainer for Godolphin Stable. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Citizens want lead in Cal Ave tree selection Sep 30, 2009
"It hit me that we are going into the same closed process as before. It seemed like the trees were going to be chosen without any public input. "We needed to get our own experts and bring them into the 'scene of the crime,' so to speak, so people can begin to understand what the options are," Balin said. Coate is director of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation and arboricultural consultant to the J. Paul Getty Museum. Steve Emslie, deputy city manager, who knows Coate, agreed that the... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Summer Bird, Quality Road work for Gold Cup Sep 30, 2009
Quality Road won the Florida Derby on March 28 and then didn't run again until Aug. 3 when he won the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga by 2 1/4 lengths, while running a track record 1:13. 74 for 6 1/2 furlongs. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Unsold home pool dwindles, sales speed Sep 26, 2009
Statewide, the 10 cities with the highest median home prices in California during August 2009 were: Saratoga, $1. 33 million; Palos Verdes, $1. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Shining example Sep 24, 2009
In his family's restaurant, the Saratoga, Jim Economos lists the industries that have closed. "We used to make all the water fountains for the world, we used to make compasses, we made kitchen cabinets we made all the electronical parts for GM and all different kinds of steel. "Hopefully they'll be coming back but everyone is closing up or moving out," he adds. Pros and consSo, very close to Pittsburgh with its stirring symbolic story of regeneration and post-industrial prosperity lies this... (BBC News -- Americas)
What do I do if a tenant abandons his unit? Sep 21, 2009
Send questions to Project Sentinel, 1055 Sunnyvale- Saratoga Road, Suite No. 3, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, or call (888) 324-7468. To find the fair housing agency serving the area where you live or have property, call the Housing Discrimination Hotline, (415) 468-7464. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer Bird works sharp for Oct. 3 Gold Cup Sep 20, 2009
While the time was certainly solid, the manner in which Summer Bird worked showed that he has appeared to come out of his victory in last month's Travers Stakes at Saratoga in good order and has plenty of energy left for a fall campaign that is supposed to include the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 7. "That's his best work that he's ever had by far," trainer Tim Ice said. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Forever Together preps for Cup Sep 19, 2009
Forever Together, coming off a game win in the Grade 1 Diana over 1 1/8 miles of good going at Saratoga on Aug. 1, again will be the 124-pound highweight in the Canadian and will have regular rider Julien Leparoux in the irons. Heading the locally based contingent are Points of Grace and Much Obliged, a pair of Kentucky-bred 4-year-olds who are conditioned by Malcolm Pierce. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
G2 N. Dancer Sep 19, 2009
Musketier was a pacesetting second behind Gio Ponti in the Grade 1 Man o' War in July at Belmont, but he came up empty after pressing a fast pace in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer last month at Saratoga. Quijano rallied for third after awaiting room in the Man o' War and was a tired sixth in the Sword Dancer. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Challenge: 'Bay' should like Natalma distance Sep 18, 2009
Gitchee Goomie won her maiden over 1 1/16 miles of turf in her only start, which came in a New York-bred maiden race at Saratoga. Trained by Linda Rice, who was the leader at the Saratoga meeting, Gitchee Goomie was supplemented to the Natalma at a cost of $3,000 and will be ridden by Julien Leparoux. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Challenge: Bribon draws post 5 for Mile Sep 18, 2009
Bribon, trained by Robert Ribaudo and ridden by Alan Garcia, tuned up for the Woodbine Mile with a sharp score over one mile of turf at Saratoga. Ventura, the second choice in Woodbine oddsmaker Jennifer Morrison's morning line at 7-2, finished second behind locally based Rahy's Attorney in the Woodbine Mile last year. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
24 South St. Notebook Sep 18, 2009
"In reporting on the Saratoga Cheese proposal, I have asked executives and board members on numerous occasions whether they think the state's recent crack down on the EZ program will negatively affect this project. Every time, they have said they do not believe it will. As will be reported in Friday's paper, a Saratoga Cheese board member said Thursday that the company is expecting to receive its EZ benefits before the program sunsets, so even this news does not change the plans.However, it will... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Worstcasescenario to use patience in Matron? Sep 18, 2009
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Worstcasescenario made the leap from the maiden ranks to Grade 2 winner when she romped to a 4 1/2-length victory in last month's Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga ... Awesome Maria and Heavenly Landing were both good-looking maiden winners at Saratoga and try to validate those performances in the seven-furlong Matron, which drew a field of nine ... After finishing second in her debut going 5 1/2 furlongs, Awesome Maria rolled to an 8 1/4-length victory in a seven-furlong maiden race... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
