Mandella goes three deep in Sen. Ken Maddy Stakes
Trainer Richard Mandella holds a strong hand in the Grade 3 Sen. Ken Maddy, a closing-day 6 1/2-furlong turf sprint at Santa Anita in which he starts three of the eight runners.
Brad FreeOct 23, 2015
Trainer Richard Mandella holds a strong hand in the Grade 3 Sen. Ken Maddy, a closing-day 6 1/2-furlong turf sprint at Santa Anita in which he starts three of the eight runners.
Less than two weeks after winning the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, the 3-year-old filly Her Emmynency has been taken from trainer Mike Stidham by owner Ike Thrash and sent to Southern California.
Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., and Churchill Downs in Louisville have submitted to the state racing commission amended 2016 dates applications that avoid overlaps in September as part of an overall agreement on live race dates in the fall, according to representatives of both tracks.
While the high-dollar racing and broodmare prospects will take center stage during Kentucky’s November mixed sales, it is also a crucial time for the farms whose stallions will send their first weanlings through the sales ring.
This past Wednesday, upon the official release of the Breeders’ Cup pre-entries, eager handicappers and horsemen began analyzing past performances and other statistics in preparation for the two-day Breeders’ Cup. A day earlier, however, a group of eight men from America and Europe beat them to the punch
For the first time in its 32-year history, the Breeders’ Cup will be held at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 30-31. On the following day, Nov. 1, Fasig-Tipton Kentucky will hold its annual selected fall mixed sale. On Nov. 2, Keeneland will kick off its 12-day November sale with the first of two select sessions. This year will mark the ninth time that the Breeders’ Cup has been held at a Kentucky track, with Churchill Downs, 90 miles way on Interstate 64 from Lexington, having hosted the event eight times previously. With the possible exception of the Kentucky Derby, the Breeders’ Cup is the biggest event on the racing calendar and inevitably attracts the owners and connections of the 100 or so runners in the Breeders’ Cup races. Those owners are, logically, potential buyers at the November breeding stock sales.
Hosting the Breeders’ Cup at Keene-land will bring fans and participants from around the world to Lexington, Ky., some for the first time, and the local community has embraced the occasion.
Retired racehorses and equestrians will soon have a new venue to meet their match. As the country’s leading racehorse rehabilitation and adoption program, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption adopts out more than 450 horses annually, but the aftercare organization still cannot keep up with the demand. With more owners and trainers keen to donate their horses to the nonprofit group than ever before, and riders applying in droves to adopt their very own professional equine athlete, New Vocations is operating at maximum capacity with more than 100 horses in its care at any given time. The answer: Mereworth Farm
Trainer Roger Attfield holds a strong hand for Sunday’s $100,000 Labeeb Stakes for 3-year-olds and up over a mile on the Woodbine turf, as he’ll send out a pair of graded stakes winners in search of their first wins since the summer.
Trainer Jeremiah Englehart saddles Saint Joseph (#2, ML 6-1) in Friday's seventh race at Belmont Park, a six-furlong allowance. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Englehart is winning at a 30 percent clip when saddling a horse coming off a layoff longer than 180 days, for a return on investment of $3.72. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.