Trainer John Morrison will be praying that the weather forecast calling for rain Wednesday is accurate. Morrison has Saythreehailmary’s entered for the main-track only in a second-level allowance race for fillies and mares scheduled for a mile on turf.
Buoyed by a record-setting Haskell Invitational Day program that attracted Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, the 58-day Monmouth Park meeting that concluded Sunday showed a slight increase in daily average all-sources handle.
There’s always a sense of anticipation at Keeneland as summer comes to an end and the fall meet looms. But this year is different, as the first Breeders’ Cup in track history will follow the 17-day fall meet that starts Friday with the three-day FallStars weekend.
With the Monmouth Park season in the books, Thoroughbred racing will shift to northern New Jersey on Thursday evening for a 13-card all-turf run that will continue through Breeders’ Cup Saturday, Oct. 31.
A $62,473 pick six carryover is likely to attract more than $300,000 in new wagers Thursday at Santa Anita. First post Thursday is 1 p.m. Pacific, with the first race of the pick six, race 3, set to go off at 2.
Southern California Horses to Watch for the week of Sept. 28.
Interpol doubled up in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf on Sept. 13 at Woodbine and will now point to the Grade 1, $1 million Canadian International on Oct. 18, trainer Sid Attard said.
Apprentice jockey Brandon Duchaine moved his tack east from Alberta this month and recorded his first Woodbine start in the Sunday finale aboard One Way Talk.
Strut the Course earned a berth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf by virtue of her win in the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes here on Sept. 13, but trainer Barb Minshall said Strut the Course will bypass the Breeders’ Cup in favor of the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes.
Oklahoma Derby winner Shotgun Kowboy could spend the winter at Santa Anita. C.R. Trout, who bred, owns, and trains the horse, said Monday he is considering taking four or five horses to Southern California, depending on how the remainder of the Remington Park meet goes for Shotgun Kowboy and the stakes-winning 2-year-old Bring It On Dude.
