News
07.17.25
'He Was Looking Down On Us': Melanie Giddings Emotional After Rick Violette Stakes Win
AWC Stables, Gold Square, Paul Braverman and Scott Akman’s Leon Blue made his stakes debut a winning one in Thursday’s $150,000 Rick Violette, 1 1/16-mile Mellon turf test for New York-bred sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course.…{more}
07.17.25
Mel’s Baby Sister Crowned Down Broadway Retired Racehorse Of The Year
Eleven months after concluding her racing career at Saratoga, Mel’s Baby Sister made a triumphant return to the historic racetrack and marched straight to the winner’s circle to receive the Down Broadway Award as New York’s Retired Racehorse of the Year…{more}
07.11.25
Trainer Melanie Giddings ‘Excited’ About Hit The Post In New York Derby
Graded stakes-winning trainer Melanie Giddings will team up with apprentice rider Christopher Elliott when Hit the Post makes his stakes debut in Monday’s $150,000 New York Derby, a 1 1/16-mile route for New York-bred sophomores at Finger Lakes…{more}
08.08.24
With the support of jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, trainer Melanie Giddings wins her first Saratoga race as both continue to build a partnership that also expands into breeding…{more}
A Winning Partnership
06.03.24
Belmont Stakes at Saratoga: Giddings has another gray Parcells filly with a promising future
The horse is 3 years old, a New York-bred sired by Cross Traffic, and owner Bill Parcells visits her every day, like he did with another gray New York-bred daughter of Cross Traffic last summer…{more}
05.14.24
Maple Leaf Mel Earns New York-Bred Horse of the Year
Multiple graded stakes winner Maple Leaf Mel earned New York-bred Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old filly, and champion female sprinter honors during the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.'s annual awards ceremony May 13 at Sacred Saratoga on the property of GMP Farm in Schuylerville….{more}
08.03.23
Melanie Giddings Diary: Grateful for a Special Filly and a Father Figure's Support
Maple Leaf Mel has gone undefeated through her first five starts with earnings of $399,650 for Parcells’ August Dawn Farm. She recently provided her namesake with her first stakes victory in her first start for Giddings. She rolled gate to wire for jockey Joel Rosario and captured the July 8 Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont Park.….{more}
07.24.23
Mel Giddings Enjoys First Saratoga Summer With Her Own Stable
Melanie Giddings had originally planned on a no-stress summer when she decided to move her fledgling stable from its home base at Palm Meadows up to New York for the Saratoga meet….{more}
07.09.23
Maple Leaf Mel Aims To Carry Perfect Record Into G1 Test
The New York-bred daughter of Cross Traffic notched the second graded coup of her career in Saturday’s Grade 3 Victory Ride at Belmont, landing a facile 2 1/2-length victory to keep her record unblemished through five lifetime outings.….{more}