JC / Railbird

Saratoga Entries

for opening day have been drawn. It’s a full card of 10 races, with 106 entries, plus more than two dozen also-eligibles. Long-absent stakes winner Pyro returns in the third, the James Marvin Stakes; Aegean, one of trainer Wesley Ward’s American invaders at Royal Ascot, makes her first start since her trip abroad in the day’s feature, the Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, which also drew Hot Dixie Chick, a track record setter at Churchill Downs last month, and G3 Debutante winner Decelerator.


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The 3rd race is The James Marvin stakes.

Is this race named after the politician who passed on in 1901 according to Wiki ? Why name a stakes race now, 108 years later?

I think all stakes races should be named after the horses. No exceptions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Marvin

Posted by The_Knight_Sky racing blog on July 24, 2009 @ 8:59 pm