It is said bad things come in threes. The old adage came true over the weekend as three stakes-winning horses were euthanized after suffering catastrophic injuries, casting a pall over an otherwise-exciting three-day opening to the Keeneland fall meet.
There is plenty of history surrounding the International Trot, a race that will be renewed on Saturday afternoon at Yonkers Raceway with a cool $1 million purse.
A pair of $100,000 stakes – one for older fillies and mares going a mile and 70 yards and the other for 2-year-olds sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs – highlights the closing-night program Tuesday at Presque Isle Downs.
Trip Notes for October 3-4: Kelso, JC Gold Cup, Shadwell, Eddie D, and more by Michael Hammersly.
Trainer Julio Canani, who has won three Breeders’ Cup races in his career, has been suspended for at least 13 months by Santa Anita stewards for his role in a 2012 civil court decision in which a jury found him liable for fraud in the sale of California-based horses owned by Jeff Nielsen in 2008.
The events of the first 48 hours of Keeneland’s fall meet had trainer Mark Casse pondering a start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile for Conquest Big E, if the colt can get in the field.
Got Lucky was up just in time to nail a pair of dueling frontrunners Sunday in a thrilling 60th running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.
With the Breeders' Cup looming at the end of October, trainer Mark Casse continued to add to his arsenal, as Airoforce won the Grade 3, $250,000 Bourbon Stakes, with stablemate Siding Spring finishing third, continuing the barn's red-hot start to Keeneland's fall meet.
No Silent, who won his first graded stakes Saturday in the Grade 3 Eddie D Stakes at Santa Anita, could start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31 if the gelding can earn a berth in the field.
Ashleyluvssugar, winner of two Grade 2 stakes for turf marathoners at Santa Anita in the spring, has been turned out for a rest, trainer Peter Eurton said Sunday.
