Fair Grounds on Thursday officially announced racing dates and the stakes schedule for its 2015- 2016 season, which begins Nov. 19 and ends March 27 and encompasses 81 racing dates.
Always poised to strike, Holiday Star edged away in the drive Thursday in winning the Grade 3, $100,000 Sycamore Stakes for the second year in a row at Keeneland, defeating favored Charming Kitten by a half-length.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 10/17 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Barretts concludes its inaugural year of auctions at its new home at Del Mar on Oct. 27 with a one-day sale of horses of all ages.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 10/17 card at Woodbine Harness.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 10/17 card at Balmoral Park.
Clever Trevor immediately makes his way to Tess Von Hemel when she enters his pasture at her family’s 10-acre farm a half-hour from Remington Park. Yes, he’s interested in the treats she bears. But when the goodies are gone, he’s content to simply keep the company of the 16-year-old he’s watched grow up.
Grade 1 winner Daredevil has been retired from racing and will debut at stud in 2016 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. for a fee to be determined later.
Solow burst onto the international stage with a powerful victory in the rich Dubai Turf in late March, and he can grandly step off it – still unbeaten this year – by winning the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Saturday at Ascot.
Championofthenile will be a heavy favorite on Saturday in the New York Breeders’ Futurity, the richest race of the Finger Lakes season.
