Yonkers: Thursday 10/22 Analysis
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 10/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Brewster SmithOct 20, 2015
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 10/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky. has acquired the breeding rights to Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong, who will be retired at the end of the current racing season to begin at stud in 2016.
Average daily handle at the Monmouth-at-Meadowlands all-turf meet is up 14 percent through the first six cards of the meet.
American Pharoah prepared for the Breeders' Cup Classic with a brilliant six-furlong drill on Tuesday morning at Santa Anita that was officially timed in 1:10.80.
Entries for the Innovator’s Circle, a contest being held in conjunction with the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming, are due by Nov. 2, the contest organizers announced this week.
Dortmund, idle since finishing fourth in the Preakness Stakes in May, will return to action this Saturday at Santa Anita in the $70,000 Big Bear Stakes, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday.
A lung scan on Beholder was “pristine,” trainer Richard Mandella said Tuesday afternoon, giving him hope that the minor temperature she spiked Tuesday morning at Keeneland was merely caused by shipping the prior day from California.
A slow day on the Breeders’ Cup workout watch Tuesday at Keeneland, with only three prospective starters breezing during the morning, all after the break over the main track.
Yannick Gingras will have nine drives in Saturday night’s 12 Breeders Crown finals at Woodbine Racetrack as he looks to continue his hot streak in harness racing’s championship event.
Gierkink: Woodbine Horses to Watch for week of Oct. 19