Four more standout 2-year-old trotters have punched their tickets to the eliminations for the 2027 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Oaks following major Sire Stakes Championship victories over the weekend.
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If you believe history repeats itself, then you might want to get a bet down on Queen Azteca in the featured sixth race Thursday at Keeneland.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 10/16 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 10/16 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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John Ortiz, who announced his retirement from training horses in early October, was fined $500 but received no suspension from the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit [HIWU] for six positive tests for the controlled substance Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid used to treat anything from respiratory issues to joint inflammation.
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Massive Sovereign took a significant step towards getting his faltering Hong Kong career back on track when he landed the night’s highlight, the Class 2 HKEX TECH 100 Cup Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday.
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Risk Tolerance looms a short-priced favorite in Thursday’s second-level allowance/optional $80,000 claiming feature scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on turf that goes as race 3 on an eight-race Belmont Park card.
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Burnham Square in his last three races eked out a win in the listed Chorleywood Stakes, ran hard to defeat modest competition in the Arlington Million, and finished seventh in the Kentucky Turf Cup. It’s Burnham Square’s performance five races ago that gives his connections hope he can contend in the 1 1/2-mile Breeders’ Cup Turf.
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A trainer unwilling to adjust their priors is a trainer who won't get the most out of their stock, and after a fourth straight middling finish in a first-level turf route allowance for Beautiful War, trainer David Fawkes shook things up. He cut him back to a sprint and unearthed considerably stronger form than the gelding had yet exhibited.
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Mister Omaha won the 2025 edition of the $175,000 Oklahoma Classic Cup by 9 3/4 lengths in the midst of a battle-tested 3-year-old campaign. If the Joe Offolter-trained colt is going to repeat at Remington Park in 2026, he must do so while switching back to dirt off a nearly four-month layoff.
