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Justalittlesmoke, perfect in three starts at Mahoning Valley Race Course this season, seeks to strengthen her credentials as this season's best Ohio-bred 3-year-old filly in Saturday's $75,000 First Lady Stakes.
aturday's renewal of the $125,000 Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine is one of the strongest ever. There are a host of impressive debut winners in the seven-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies, including the Mark Casse-trained duo of Jennifer Lynnette and Conquest Babayaga.
Sir Alfred James Munnings’ signed painting Lord Astor’s Broodmare and Foal topped the third annual Sporting Art Auction on Wednesday evening at Keeneland, hammering for $207,000, including buyer premium.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for November 12 to November 15, 2015.
Day 2 on Friday of the 2015-16 Fair Grounds meet is the first Starlight Racing card of the season, the nine-race program beginning at 5 p.m. Central. Featured is race 2, a wildly competitive six-furlong dirt race for first-level Louisiana-bred 2-year-old allowance horses.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 11/20 card at The Meadowlands.
There have been highs and lows in the racing career of Gallie Bythe Beach, one of the contenders in Friday’s $200,000 TVG Mares Open Pace at The Meadowlands. The impeccably bred daughter of champions Somebeachsomewhere and Galleria had most of the highs during an impressive 2-year-old campaign in 2013. Some two years later trainer Jim Campbell may have her primed again for a mild upset on Friday.
Trainer Larry Jones, unlike many outfits that spent the early autumn in Kentucky, already has shipped his entire string to Fair Grounds to prepare for the meet. Absent from the Jones string are his two Grade 1-winning 3-year-old fillies of 2015, I’m a Chatterbox and Lovely Maria.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 11/20 card at Woodbine Harness.
The fields for Zia Park’s most prestigious races were drawn Tuesday, with Breeders’ Cup Distaff starter Calamity Kate headlining the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks and International Star set to make his first start since March in the $200,000 Zia Park Derby.
