Keen Ice goes out for slow breeze
Trainer Dale Romans sent Travers winner Keen Ice out for his first local breeze on Wednesday, working him an easy half-mile from the three-eighths pole in 49.11 seconds with Tammy Fox aboard.
Mike WelschDec 16, 2015
Trainer Dale Romans sent Travers winner Keen Ice out for his first local breeze on Wednesday, working him an easy half-mile from the three-eighths pole in 49.11 seconds with Tammy Fox aboard.
There were 77 horses entered for Friday's nine-race card at Aqueduct. Only one, Hush Now, was not entered to run on the anti-bleeding diuretic Lasix.
The West Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday approved 179 racing days at Charles Town in 2016.
Penn National concludes its meet Saturday night. The Grantsville, Pa., track will begin its 2016 season Jan. 6.
The Rainbow 6 at Laurel Park will have a carryover of $58,239 on Friday. The 10-cent bet was last hit Oct. 24 and has carried over on 22 straight cards.
It has been a year of change at Parx Racing, which concludes its 2015 season Tuesday and will not reopen until Feb. 13.
Harness racing’s richest pacer of the year, 3-year-old gelding Wiggle It Jiggleit, and fastest pacer of the year, 6-year-old stallion State Treasurer, were among the six pacers named divisional champions in Dan Patch Award voting announced by the U.S. Harness Writers Association on Wednesday. Also receiving Dan Patch Award pacing honors were undefeated 2-year-old female Pure Country, 2-year-old male Boston Red Rocks, 3-year-old female Divine Caroline, and older female Venus Delight.
The Ohio Derby will return to 1 1/8 miles when it is contested for the 82nd time in 2016. ThistleDown announced Wednesday that Ohio’s richest race for 3-year-olds will retain its $500,000 purse and be run on Saturday, June 25, two weeks after the Belmont Stakes.
Horse owners may continue to use a three-year depreciation schedule for racehorses under a provision that has been included in a federal tax and budget bill negotiated between Republicans and Democrats, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which conducts federal lobbying efforts on behalf of racing.
Strict medication regulations contributed to a decline in the purse for the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity for Quarter Horses this year, but track officials expect growth in 2016 and 2017, according to a letter released to horsemen on Tuesday.