Multiple Grade 1 winner Rock Fall, a leading contender for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, will stand at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for the 2016 breeding season after completing his current campaign.
Although the big races of opening day at Keeneland come later Friday, large fields for the bulk of the day make the whole card quite playable. Here’s a pick three play to get things started a little earlier on the program, beginning with the third race.
Bob Pandolfo's sharp horses and track trends for September 24 to 27, 2015.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 10/3 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The European runners Second Step and Sheikhzayedroad are among the 20 nominees to the 78th running of the $1 million Canadian International on Oct. 18 at Woodbine.
Stanley Gold has won more Florida Sire Stakes races than any other trainer, and he’ll be favored to add to that enviable record when sending out both Ballet Diva and Silent Prayer as the likely choices Saturday in the $500,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 10/3 card at Woodbine Harness.
Howard Bender, a longtime owner and breeder in Maryland, died Monday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. He was 84.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 10/3 card at Balmoral Park.
Trainer Stanley Gold generally does excellent work in Florida-bred stakes, and on Saturday, he doesn’t even have to strike with laser precision in the $150,000 Foolish Pleasure Stakes at Gulfstream as he has three of the race’s 10 entrants.
