All of the usual suspects in one of the Mid-Atlantic's strongest divisions will knock heads again in the $100,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint on Saturday at Laurel Park. The rivalry between Witty, Whenigettoheaven, and Had to Have Him has carried on for years and shows no signs of stopping any time soon.
Saturday, it's Remember Mamba getting the blinkers-on treatment as one of the favorites in the Grade 2, $400,000 Bryan Station Stakes, and trainer Cherie DeVaux hopes the hood can help late-running Remember Mamba get up at a one-mile distance once thought to be shorter than the horse prefers.
A bit of return to form can make Hit Show a contender Saturday at Keeneland in the Grade 3, $400,000 Fayette, which drew a wildly competitive and bracingly large field of older horses.
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Anybody who decided to drop in on training hours between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Thursday at Keeneland certainly picked the right time to show up. It was a star-studded half-hour immediately after the first renovation break during which many of the marquee names of this year's Breeders' Cup card came out to train.
Spirit of St Louis has been racing long enough that his appearance in Saturday's $200,000 Mohawk Stakes at Belmont Park is a homecoming of sorts.
If the field for Saturday's $60,000 Mr. Jordan Handicap at Gulfstream Park looks a bit familiar, it should. The race brings back six of the nine starters from a similarly conditioned overnight handicap decided here four weeks earlier.
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Phileas Fogg, who has been dealing with a foot issue for about two weeks, will not run in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on Oct. 31, trainer Gustavo Rodriguez said Thursday, one day after pre-entries for the race were announced.
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The gelding Hard Luck Prayer has been the star Indiana-bred 3-year-old this year, beginning the year with a win in a maiden race and winning his last two starts in stakes. The record leaves Hard Luck Prayer as the runner to beat in Saturday's $150,000 Unreachable Star Handicap for statebred 3-year-olds at a mile and 70 yards at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
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Amorita led in the stretch of the Eddie D Stakes, and that narrow loss makes her the favorite in Saturday's $100,000 Sen. Ken Maddy Stakes for fillies and mares at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.
Sculcos Folly had his way with 3-year-old New York-breds in one turn races run during the winter, winning three stakes by a combined 19 3/4 lengths. Saturday, Sculcos Folly gets his first test against older New York-bred sprinters when he runs in the $200,000 Hudson Stakes at Belmont Park.
