Four last-out winners by daylight margins between 2 3/4 and 11 lengths will face off against a two-time stakes-placed colt cutting back in distance in Saturday’s $150,000 Hall of Fame Stakes for 2-year-olds at Parx Racing.
Jac’s Fact, a four-time stakes winner already this season, will be difficult to deny again when he faces six other Ohio-accredited horses going 1 1/16 miles in Saturday’s $75,000 Catlaunch Stakes at ThistleDown.
The aptly named She’s Explosive will move out to a mile on grass Saturday at Woodbine in the $125,000 La Prevoyante Stakes.
Favorite Tale has been working lights out at Parx since his third-place finish in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 1, but trainer Lupe Preciado has been in search of a race that will serve as a bridge to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Hoosier, Yonkers and others.
Derick Giwner examines both Little Brown Jug eliminations and some additional races on the Thursday card.
Solid trade continued at the Keeneland September yearling sale as the auction fleshed out the middle market, demonstrated by healthy returns at the conclusion of Book 4 on Wednesday.
Sassa Hanover displayed both sides of her game in winning the $252,250 Jugette for 3-year-old pacing fillies at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on Wednesday afternoon.
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Work All Week took a somewhat unorthodox route while preparing for last year’s Breeders’ Cup, carefully picking his spots while barnstorming the country before ultimately earning a division championship with his half-length victory over Secret Circle in the Sprint.
