Santa Anita’s turf course will undergo a refurbishment following Sunday’s final day of the autumn meeting, with the course showing wear and tear and an increase in divots and kickback compared to previous seasons.
A total of 16 fillies and mares, including Beholder, were pre-entered in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff. But Beholder is likely to start a day later in the $5 million BC Classic.
Led by the likes of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, two-time champion Beholder, and Arc de Triomphe winner Golden Horn, 200 individual horses were announced on Wednesday as pre-entries for the 13 Breeders’ Cup races that will be held Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
It’s taken a while for Weekend in Malibu to come around this year, but the 3-year-old appears to be peaking in time for Friday’s Woodbine feature, a first-level allowance sprint for fillies and mares.
Trainer Richard Mandella expressed continued optimism that champion Beholder's elevated temperature a day after arriving in Kentucky was due to shipping stress and that there is not a more serious problem precluding her competition in next week’s Breeders' Cup Classic.
The second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale showed an increase activity from the opening session, especially at the top of the market, but figures still trended behind last year’s record-setting sale.
On a Breeders Crown card full of equine royalty, few horses will garner the amount of attention that Freaky Feet Pete demands. With a virtually flawless record and a victory over Wiggle It Jiggleit on his résumé, the Indiana-bred wonder faces the toughest test of his career in Saturday’s $531,250 final for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Woodbine.
Prominent California stallion Cee’s Tizzy, best known for siring Horse of the Year Tiznow, has been euthanized due to the infirmities of old age, Harris Farm reported on Tuesday. The son of Relaunch was 28.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 10/22 card at Woodbine Harness.
