Rain in the forecast could bode well for Pursuing Fate when she runs in a $16,000 optional-claiming race for fillies and mares Thursday at Gulfstream Park West. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew nine horses and appears to be a wide-open event. It goes as race 6 and will serve as the feature on a 10-race card that begins at 1:15 p.m. Eastern.
A horse named after Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach will be the favorite when he runs in the fourth race on Wednesday at Gulfstream Park West.
Lukes Alley, the 2014 Canadian champion older male, will have the chance to win the Grade 2, $200,000 Autumn Stakes for the second year in a row on Nov. 8, as trainer Josie Carroll said he is on track to make his next start in that race.
Separated by four dark days that followed its 17-day fall meet, Keeneland will kick off the most highly anticipated week in its long history with a nine-race Thursday card.
Trip Notes for October 24-25: Twilight Derby and Sen. Ken Maddy by Michael Hammersly.
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Dontmesswithkitten came from a stalking position to upset heavily favored Del Rio Harbor in the $35,000 Harbour View at Hastings on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up was the featured race on the last day of the 2015 meet.
Nearly two years after her arrival in California, Baruta earned her first career stakes win Sunday in the $100,750 Sen. Ken Maddy Stakes for fillies and mares on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.
Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky. has released the 2016 advertised fees for its nine-horse stallion roster, led by second-year stallion Will Take Charge.
Grade 1 winner Constitution has been retired from racing and will debut at stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $25,000.
