The equine herpesvirus quarantine at Parx Racing is due to end Thursday as long as no other horses test positive for the disease. Sam Elliott, the director of racing at Parx, said he accepted outside entries for the special Friday Breeders’ Cup Day card at Parx.
Ben’s Cat came out of his nose defeat in the Maryland Million Sprint “very well,” according to trainer King Leatherbury, and will be pointed to the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap at Penn National on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 25.
The concept of the Breeders’ Cup was first hatched here in the cradle of American racing, the Bluegrass country of Lexington, back in 1982. But not until Friday will the Breeders’ Cup be run at Keeneland.
Lady Sabelia, the winner of the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie last February at Laurel Park, will return from a layoff of more than five months in the $100,000 Pumpkin Pie Stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday.
Joe Bravo began 2015 going 7 for 157 – an uncharacteristic slump for the 44-year-old rider. But on Kentucky Derby Day he won five races, including three graded stakes, to turn around his year. In this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, Bravo will try to cap his season with mounts on several contenders.
After a year encompassing satisfying highs and devastating lows, trainer Mark Casse brings his strongest hand yet to the Breeders’ Cup.
Fletcher and Carolyn Gray have tasted Breeders’ Cup success from afar, as the breeders of 2008 Juvenile Fillies winner and champion Stardom Bound. This year, however, they could be in the thick of things with I'm a Chatterbox in the Distaff.
Trainer Jose Pinchin saddles Scotland Bay (#6, ML 5-1) in Wednesday's sixth race at Gulfstream Park West, a 5 1/2-furlong maiden claiming race. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Pinchin is winning at a 25 percent clip in maiden claimers, for a return on investment of $2.72. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Kinsley has improved substantially in her last two races, and if she keeps moving in a positive direction she will be tough to handle in a $16,000 optional claimer that will serve as the featured race on Friday at Gulfstream Park West.
Few owners at this Breeders’ Cup have risen farther or faster than the LNJ Foxwoods operation of Larry and Nanci Roth and their daughter Jaime.
