Handicappers who focus on a horse's company lines will have a hard time getting past Miss Giacomo in the featured eighth race Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, a first-level, $23,000 allowance for fillies and mares ages 4 and up. The 1 1/16-mile turf race drew a full field of 10, plus four horses on the also-eligible list.
In many ways the late season sensation Always B Miki will be following a path similar to his grandsire, the well remembered Western Ideal, in the upcoming 2016 racing season.
There are four horses in Saturday's Grade 3 Jerome at Aqueduct that hit 90 on the Beyer scale late in their 2-year-old seasons, suggesting this is a race that deserves more than casual attention.
Sunday Rules won her third stakes, but her first against open company, in Wednesday’s $98,850 Kalookan Queen Stakes for female sprinters at Santa Anita. To do so, Sunday Rules pulled away late, leading home two other California-breds who completed the trifecta – 5-1 Kiss At Midnight and 39-1 Lost Bus.
Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., released the advertised 2016 fees for its seven-horse stallion roster, led by champion sprinter Big Drama.
DRF Breeding sales editor Joe Nevills makes his selections for the 2015 Eclipse Awards in the form of haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Hot City Girl, runner-up to Birdatthewire in last Saturday's Grade 1 La Brea at Santa Anita, could make her next start in the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel on Feb. 13.
Though entered in Friday's $125,000 Lost in the Fog Stakes at six furlongs, Condo King is likely to scratch from that spot and attempt two turns in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct.
Wonder Gal, a well-beaten third in the Grade 3 Comely on Nov. 28, will likely make her next start in the $100,000 Ladies Handicap on Jan. 10.
Remington Park reported an increase in handle and purses during its 67-date meet that closed Dec. 13.
