I’m a fool for Thanksgiving racing. I have been since I was young, when my dad and I would drive down for the morning Thanksgiving Day card at Lincoln Downs or Narragansett and still be back in time to catch the holiday dinner my poor mom worked so hard on.
Trainer W.V. Armata saddles Gran Bid (#5, ML 6-1) in Sunday's seventh race at Woodbine, a 1 1/8-mile allowance on the all-weather track. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Armata is winning at a 25 percent clip in route races, for a return on investment of $6.28. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
It may have been closer than her supporters expected, but Aye a Song improved her record to four wins from five starts in the $74,300 West Virginia Futurity at Charles Town on Saturday night. The 1-10 favorite Aye a Song held on to win the seven-furlong race by a half-length.
A bettor in Saint Kitts parlayed a $1.60 ticket into a $149,231.76 payoff Saturday at Golden Gate Fields by hitting all six winners in the Golden Pick 6.
Resolve and Ake Svanstedt were also victorious in the TVG Free For All for aged trotters.
Boston Red Rocks cruised home to a 1:50 3/5 career best effort.
There were two winners of the Valley Victory as Dog Gone Lucky and Make Or Miss crossed the wire in tandem in the $489,400 contest at the Meadowlands.
Silvestre de Sousa began his career in his native Brazil, after several ups and downs emerged as the champion rider in the United Kingdom this year, is spending the winter in New York, but traveled to and conquered a new land on Saturday when guiding Rusty Slipper to victory in the Grade 3, $101,500 Red Carpet Handicap at Del Mar.
Kyriaki became the second Southern California invader to win a major stakes at Delta Downs on Saturday when she fought for a head win over Diva’s Diamond in the $200,000 Treasure Chest for fillies and mares.
Sent off as the prohibitive 1/9 choice, Mission Brief was hustled to the lead early in the mile and it was a lead she would never relinquish.
