The catalog for the 2015 Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association fall yearling and mixed sale is now available online, with 85 horses on offer, prior to supplemental entries.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Horses to watch from Woodbine Harness.
Sudden Surprise, the undefeated New York-bred juvenile colt owned and bred by Mike Repole, will make his next start in the $250,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes for statebreds on Oct. 24.
Trainer Christophe Clement still has no clue why Hard Not to Like ran so poorly in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive at Santa Anita, and he isn’t sure where to run her next. But after her work Sunday morning at Belmont Park, he is leaving the option open for a start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.
Honor Code, third in the Grade 2 Kelso on Oct. 3, was back on the work tab Monday morning, drilling five furlongs in 1:00.56 over the Belmont Park main track.
Though Artemis Agrotera has not raced this year, trainer Mike Hushion is pointing her to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Oct. 31 at Keeneland, and he isn’t doing it on a whim.
Ron Gierkink's horses to watch at Woodbine for the week of Oct. 12.
The pride of Indiana, 3-year-old colt pacer Freaky Feet Pete, as well as 5-year-old trotter Creatine, back home in the U.S. after an international campaign this year, were supplemented to their respective Breeders Crown divisions by the noon deadline on Monday, Oct. 12.
The team of owner Bill Stiritz and his private trainer, Scott Becker, wins a lot of races in Illinois, but the early part of Hawthorne fall-winter meets has not been their forte – until this year.
