Litfin: Belmont Park Horses to Watch for week of Oct. 19
Litfin: Belmont Park Horses to Watch for week of Oct. 19
Dave LitfinOct 20, 2015
Litfin: Belmont Park Horses to Watch for week of Oct. 19
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has asked the public for information about an “an object” that was found in a blood-sampling barn at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, but commission officials would not comment on what they believe the object is.
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale opened on Monday behind the record pace set in 2014, with moderate declines across the board and a higher buyback rate.
Valid Expectations, a multiple Grade 3 winner and Texas’ all-time leading sire by earnings, died at age 22.
Pioneerof the Nile, the sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will stand for at least $125,000 in 2016, WinStar Farm of Versailles, Ky., announced on Monday. The amount is more than double the Empire Maker stallion's 2015 advertised fee of $60,000.
Champion racemare Beholder arrived at Keeneland on Monday to begin final preparations for her Breeders' Cup Classic showdown with American Pharoah, Honor Code, and the rest.
With a couple exceptions, it was maintenance Monday at Keeneland, and the majority of the Breeders’ Cup hopefuls who worked this morning were not asked to do too much more than stretch their legs while simply bridging the gap between their previous starts and their ultimate goals, now less than two weeks away.
Handle at Delaware Park was up slightly over last year during its 78th season, which concluded Saturday, according to figures released by the track Monday.
Chad Brown has won 19 races from 54 starters on the turf at the Belmont Park fall meet and he has horses entered in five of the six grass races carded for Thursday’s nine-race program.
Grade 3 winner Major Gain has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 season at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for an advertised fee of $2,500 live foal, with other options available.