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Even with a reduced presence in California Thoroughbred breeding in the last year, Harris Farms continues to have a significant influence on racing in the state.
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In a venture that could very well have ramifications on the Triple Crown, Churchill Downs and New York Racing Association on Monday announced the creation of a six-race series for 3-year-olds that will include the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
Salted Carmel will be the lesser regarded of trainer Keri Brion's two runners in Wednesday's Grade 1, $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Handicap Steeplechase at Saratoga, but Brion thinks the 5-year-old gelding by Kitten's Joy could be a live longshot in the 2 3/8-mile race over nine fences.
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Verdejo has proven to be a solid $25,000 claimer for whoever has her. She competes at that level in a six-furlong Tapeta sprint Thursday at Woodbine in the third race on a seven-race card with a 3:10 p.m. post time.
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There may be good news for the owners and trainers of the fillies that finished well behind Free Closer in Sunday’s $100,000 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stakes for statebreds at Del Mar.
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It might be a silly premise to suggest that a Horse of the Year and three-time Grade 1 winner has something to prove. But trainer Bill Mott didn’t disagree with the idea when asked if Sovereignty has something to prove in Saturday’s Whitney Stakes.
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When Stress Relief won her career debut at Churchill Downs on June 20, owner Joel Politi told trainer Kinnon LaRose he “can’t wait for the Adirondack,” referring to the second of three stakes for 2-year-old fillies offered at the Saratoga summer meet.
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Chad Brown calls Sea Strike the most impressive horse he watches train in the morning. Those who observed Sea Strike on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga had to come away pretty impressed as well.
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Burnham Square, who became a dual-surface Grade 1 winner with a gritty effort in the Arlington Million Stakes on Saturday, left Colonial Downs and returned to the Skylight Training Center in Kentucky on Sunday. Trainer Ian Wilkes said the 4-year-old gelding will likely stay in his home state the rest of the year.
