Ron Burke is hoping he has turned things around for defending Horse of the Year Hannelore Hanover and she returns to defend her Breeders Crown title in one of two Open Trot elimination races Saturday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
The saying goes you can’t win it if you’re not in it and trainer Brian Brown is certainly in it. The Ohio-based conditioner made certain of that on Monday morning entering a full 20 percent of the field in this year’s $600,000 Breeders Crown juvenile ...
Zulu Alpha, making his first start since being claimed by trainer John Ortiz, came up the inside to catch favored Arklow in the Grade 3, $100,000 Sycamore Stakes, giving both himself and his new trainer their first graded stakes victories.
Can the undefeated Dugout stay a mile? That appears to be the key question in assessing the $250,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes for New York-bred 2-year-olds Saturday at Belmont Park.
Runaway Lute's last win was an eye-opener, and if he's able to run that race back, he'll be tough to handle in Saturday's $150,000 Hudson Handicap at Belmont Park.
That spectral vision of a Thoroughbred striding forth on Saturday afternoon at Far Hills for the $450,000 Grand National Hurdle will be none other than Dawalan, the Grand National winner and champion steeplechaser of 2015.
