Walk Thru Crystal, the star 2-year-old Quarter Horse at Los Alamitos in the spring, was beaten for the first time in her six-race career when second in a division of the Golden State Million Futurity trials on Oct. 18.
Spielberg is part of a field of 18 in the $2,593,850 Tenno Sho at 1 1/4 miles on turf Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
Joel Marr has accounted for more New Mexico Cup races than any other trainer with 21 wins and when the $2 million program is renewed Sunday at Zia Park he will attempt to add to his stats with a dozen starters.
Tweet Kitten handled his first start against winners with aplomb, wearing down a determined leader and holding off late chargers to win the $100,000 Bryan Station Stakes on the Keeneland turf Friday.
If Snow Trouble didn’t have a bad habit of giving his opponents a head start leaving the starting gate, he would not be eligible for the first-level allowance race for which he will likely be favored on Sunday at Gulfstream Park West.
The signal from Churchill Downs will be broadcast this fall on Television Games Network for the first time in nearly a decade, according to officials for the track.
Prospect Park, winner of the Grade 3 La Jolla Handicap at Del Mar in August, has been turned out for 30 days because of a recent illness, trainer Clifford Sise said.
Pacific Heat has shown rapid improvement in her two starts, and will run next in the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos on Dec. 12.
When asked last weekend if he planned to enter Stays in Vegas in Sunday’s $75,000 Pike Place Dancer at Golden Gate Fields, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said, “There are lots of races for her.” But as he reflected, Hollendorfer decided that the Pike Place Dancer was the best spot for his talented 2-year-old filly.
Iron Fist finished second in the Pennsylvania Derby on Sept. 19, which could reasonably have led to a start in a Breeders’ Cup race at Keeneland this weekend.
