Calgary Cat has won three of his five stakes starts this year but will be in search of his first graded stakes win on the season in Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Kennedy Road Stakes over six furlongs on Polytrack at Woodbine.
The individuals involved in an incident at Mahoning Valley Race Course near Youngstown, Ohio, in which a gelding was mistakenly identified as a mare and allowed to run in the wrong race have waived their rights to a hearing, and penalties are expected to be announced early next week, the executive director of the state’s racing commission said on Friday.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, November 21st by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
The Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita is likely to be run in December for the first time in 2016 to give the turf race for 3-year-old fillies a new identity, Santa Anita officials told the California Horse Racing Board at its monthly meeting on Thursday.
I want to preface my comments to follow with the following statement: I’m not in favor of elimination races. With that statement out of the way, a new way to handle elimination and preliminary races recently popped into my head.
Churchill Downs Inc. has entered into an agreement to buy back nearly $140 million worth of its stock from its largest shareholder, the company said late on Thursday. The agreement allows Churchill to buy 944,756 of its shares from The Duchossois Group, a private company headed by former Arlington International Racecourse owner Dick Duchossois.
Off-track stabling in Southern California may be moved from Los Alamitos to Del Mar this winter after officials with Southern California racetracks and horsemen’s organizations have been unable to reach a long-term agreement for year-round stabling at Los Alamitos.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 11/21 card at The Meadowlands.
Custom for Carlos has gotten off to such a fast start at stud that the leading freshman sire in Louisiana could be bred to more than 100 mares during the 2016 season. His reputation has been bolstered by Big World, the winner of the Grade 3 Tempted earlier this month at Aqueduct, and Customizer, a 10-length maiden special weight winner at Evangeline Downs.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 11/21 card at Yonkers Raceway.
