Three runners will make their stakes debuts against a pair of proven stakes winners in Saturday’s $50,000-added Asparagus Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares at the San Joaquin Fair in Stockton.
Two Ohio-bred fillies who put together three-race winning streaks this season, Justalittlesmoke and Needmore Flattery, will clash for the first time in Saturday’s $75,000 Scarlet and Gray Handicap at ThistleDown.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for September 10 to 13, 2015.
The talented 3-year-old Kingsport will test older stakes opponents in Saturday’s $125,000 Overskate, a seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired runners at Woodbine.
A total of 2,103 stallions covered 37,244 mares in North America during the 2014 breeding season, resulting in 22,104 live foals in 2015, according to figures released Thursday by The Jockey Club.
Wake Up Joe (#2, ML 3-1) returns in Thursday's eighth race at Presque Isle Downs, a 5 1/2-furlong allowance on the all-weather track. It will be his first start since finishing first by a neck in an allowance Aug. 22 at Arlington Park. The second-, third-, and fourth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts. Get the Key Race report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
With a robust session on Wednesday, the shortened select format of the Keeneland September yearling sale ended with results similar to Book 1 of last year’s renewal.
Kalamos pulled a 50-1 stunner Wednesday in the inaugural Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs in south-central Kentucky, rolling from just off the pace to win the $150,000 race by two lengths.
A Street Cry filly from an outstanding female family sold to Mandy Pope for $1.05 million late in a strong session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 9/18 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
