The 5-year-old mare Lady Sabelia, who returned from 5 1/2 months on the sidelines to run the fastest race of her 17-race career, will be formidable when she defends her title in the Willa On the Move, one of three $100,000 stakes on Saturday's program at Laurel Park.
Trainer Bernard Flint saddles Miss Ann Can (#11, ML 9-2) in Thursday's fourth race at Fair Grounds, an about 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Flint is winning at a 29 percent clip when saddling a horse coming off a 31-60-day layoff, for a return on investment of $3.95. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Before the start of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet last year, I used DRF Formulator to look at a handful of trainers with an eye toward bets to target, as well as ones to avoid. The recap article of that meet features a number of bets that I expect to remain positive or negative for this meet. For this article, though, I wanted to use some other features of DRF Formulator to find other wagering opportunities.
It didn’t take long for Top Hit to become a major player among Arizona’s sire ranks. When his first crop finished its 3-year-old campaign in 2009, the son of Twining was fourth on the state’s general sire list by earnings. Top Hit spent the next five years positioned no lower than third, and is set to add another year to that run in 2015. Top Hit also is poised to start a pair of new streaks as Arizona’s leading sire by winners and progeny earnings, after holding both spots for the first time last year.
Khozan, an allowance winner who caused a brief stir this winter on the 2015 Kentucky Derby trail before being derailed by injury, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., for a fee to be determined later. The 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor won both of his career starts for earnings of $49,200, racing for owner Al Shaqab Racing and trainer Todd Pletcher.
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It's been five weeks since Allaboutaction's scintillating debut, and on Saturday important questions about his class and ability to handle a distance will be answered in the $75,000 Gold Rush for 2-year-olds going a mile at Golden Gate Fields.
On Wednesday night, the Christmas tree was lit in Rockefeller Center. Hours earlier and about 12 blocks away, New York Racing Association officials gave a presentation that showed the future of the organization was both merry and bright.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 12/4 card at The Meadowlands.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission and a veterinarian charged last year with multiple violations of the state’s racing law have reached a settlement agreement that will ban the veterinarian for nine years from the racing industry.
