The Grade 3, $100,000 BC Premier’s Handicap at Hastings on Monday boils down to a matchup between the top handicap horses in British Columbia and Alberta, Square Dancer and Killin Me Smalls. Killin Me Smalls has a few things going for him that could give him a slight edge in the 1 3/8-mile race that drew eight horses.
Ice Festival has finished second in three straight starts and will be looking to break through in Monday’s $150,000 Carotene Stakes for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies over 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Rock Fall, a multiple Grade 1 winner who figured as one of the favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, was euthanized after suffering a catastrophic leg injury when galloping out from a workout Saturday on the main track at Keeneland.
Trainer Chad Brown will send out the uncoupled trio of Consumer Credit, Partisan Politics, and Light in Paris in the $200,000 Pebbles Stakes for 3-year-old fillies scheduled for a mile on the Widener turf course.
Texas Chrome has used a serious late run to win three of four career starts, among his wins the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park and the $111,000 colts and geldings division of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Futurity at Lone Star Park. He will be a strong favorite to take down his third career stakes in the Governor’s Cup on Monday at Zia Park.
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Ageless was up in the final jump Friday to nail the heavily favored Lady Shipman in the 19th running of the $100,000 Franklin County Stakes on the Keeneland turf. The pair might be rematched again in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Oct. 31 depending on how Ageless returns from an apparent injury suffered in the running.
When trainer Tony Alagna comes to The Red Mile he usually means business. He proved that statement once again on Friday afternoon with a trio of wins including two extremely impressive victories by 2-year-old pacing colts in the International Stallion Stake.
Pure Country kept her perfect streak alive in the first of three $74,700 International Stallion Stake divisions at The Red Mile on Friday afternoon. Darlinonthebeach and Rock Me Baby also won splits of the stake on the day.
After finishing a respectable third Oct. 3 in the Grade 1 Frizette, She’s All Ready will return to New York-bred competition in the $250,000 Maid of the Mist Stakes here Oct. 24, said trainer Jim Ryerson.
