Mister Pollard and Cactus Joe were solid Indiana-bred 3-year-old stakes horses at this time last year, but the pair had combined to win just one of 12 starts during their 4-year-old seasons. Both came suddenly back into form, however, in stakes races on Wednesday at Indiana Grand.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 10/2 card at Woodbine Harness.
Bill Thayer, a longtime racing executive, mainly at Arlington Park, and generally a well known figure throughout the American racing industry, died Tuesday in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Thayer was 89
An employee of the racing office at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Penn., has agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud for accepting “money and other gratuities” from horsemen in exchange for information on the identities of horses that were entered in specific races, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday.
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York will contribute $25,000 to the 50-cent Pick-5 pool on International Trot Day (Saturday, Oct. 10) at Yonkers Raceway.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 10/2 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Fresh off a successful Illinois Racing Board 2016 dates award meeting Tuesday, Hawthorne Racecourse starts its 51-day fall-winter race meet Friday.
The conditions for Saturday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl could be very similar to what they were in the Beverly D. last month at Arlington, which could play in the favor of Stephanie’s Kitten and Watsdachances in the 1 1/4-mile turf race.
The American-bred, European-based Nemoralia adds intrigue to an already wide-open running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies, which awards a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Ralis shipped cross-country to win the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga on Sept. 7, and he made another cross-country ship on Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne Stakes for juvenile males.
