Macho North stretches out in Wednesday claiming feature
Macho North will try to carry his substantial speed around two turns when he runs in a $20,000 claiming race for 2-year-olds on Wednesday at Northlands Park.
Randy GouldingSep 28, 2015
Macho North will try to carry his substantial speed around two turns when he runs in a $20,000 claiming race for 2-year-olds on Wednesday at Northlands Park.
The reality for me is that after more than 40 years watching pacers and trotters I am stumped to find one horse that measures up to Wiggle It Jiggleit’s style, substance or domination over any sized track.
Gold Rush Dancer and Mach One Rules raced to emphatic stakes victories Sunday on closing day at Emerald Downs. Gold Rush Dancer romped in the $64,350 Gottstein Futurity at 1 1/16 miles, while Mach One Rules coasted in the $45,000 Cahill Road Stakes for 2-year-olds at six furlongs.
Trip Notes for September 26-27: Beldame, Joe Hirsch Turf, Awesome Again, and more by Michael Hammersly.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Harrington, Yonkers and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Alert Bay, the winner of Sunday’s $200,750 City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita, is bound for Kentucky and the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Shotgun Kowboy gave retiring jockey Cliff Berry his third win in the Oklahoma Derby on Sunday, when he fought off Desert Dynamo for a half-length win in the richest race of the meet at Remington Park.
On Sunday morning, jockey James Graham and trainer Carla Gaines sat down in Gaines’s stable office on the backstretch at Santa Anita for a strategy session in advance of Texas Ryano’s appearance in the $76,000 King Pellinore Stakes.