The Breeders’ Cup horses have had their prep races. Now, Keeneland horseplayers can have a prep of sorts, too. The Grade 3 Valley View Stakes on Saturday provides a fitting preview of the Breeders’ Cup betting scenario.
Fellowship, winner of the $500,000 In Reality division of the Florida Sire Stakes, was relegated to four deep on the preference list for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
Golden Horn worked seven furlongs on Wednesday at Newmarket in England and remains on course to start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, trainer John Gosden said Thursday.
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association was named the 2015 Nonprofit Business of the Year by the Ocala/Marion County Chamber and Economic Partnership on Wednesday.
Multiple graded stakes winning millionaire Summer Front has been retired and will begin his stallion career at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky.
Kitten’s Dumplings ran like a horse sitting on a big race when she finished a close fifth Sept. 19 in the $150,000 One Dreamer at Kentucky Downs. If she is, the Grade 1 winner will be a handful Saturday in the $75,000 Little Miss Magic at Gulfstream Park West. The 1 1/8-mile turf route for fillies and mares drew eight horses and goes as race 5 with a post time of 3:27 p.m. Eastern.
The two sprint stakes on Empire Showcase Day at Belmont Park on Saturday appear to be Linda Rice’s for the taking with Palace and La Verdad. The question is: Will she opt to run them Saturday or aim higher at the Breeders’ Cup?
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot who died when his fighter jet crashed Wednesday in the English countryside was the son of K.B. Sareen, owner of the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby winner Om.
Trainer Kathleen O’Connell said Irad Ortiz Jr. will replace regular rider Eduardo Nunez aboard Lady Shipman in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
Led by Dirt Mile favorite Liam’s Map’s “outstanding” move, trainer Todd Pletcher worked five of his Breeders’ Cup pre-entries on Thursday morning at Keeneland.
