Mohawk: Horses to watch from Sept. 14 - Sept. 19
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Ken WaltersSep 21, 2015
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
The march toward the final act of American Pharoah’s racing career began on Monday morning here at Santa Anita, when he had his first work since the Travers Stakes 23 days earlier and his first work in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic 40 days hence.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 9/22 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas had a temporary pacemaker implanted under his shoulder Sunday and was feeling much better afterward, according to a member of his traveling staff.
The 2014 Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou will not run again in 2015, trainer Mark Casse said.
Horsemen and fans who enjoy turf racing will enjoy the two-week second half of the Golden Gate Fields summer mini meet that begins Thursday at the Albany, Calif., track. Thirty-eight percent of the races (25 of 66) listed in the condition book for the eight-day meet are scheduled for the turf course.
Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who campaigned top-level horses as Zabeel Racing International, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 33.
The final four-day stretch of the 11-day September meet at Churchill Downs gets under way Thursday with the still somewhat novel twist of running the feature race under the lights.
It’s a big week for Southern California racing. The Los Alamitos fall Thoroughbred meet ends Friday; the Santa Anita fall meet begins Saturday with five Grade 1 races. Thursday comes first, with an eight-race card at Los Alamitos.