There is a definitive “Head” of State in the aged pacing division. State Treasurer has literally been on fire over the last month and he brings a four race winning streak to Scioto Downs on Saturday night for the $225,000 Jim Ewart Memorial.
It’s been nearly seven years since he has been in the sulky at his old stomping grounds, but Wilmington, Ohio native Brent Holland returned to Illinois on Saturday (September 5) to compete in the eliminations for the 27th Super Night. One week later he returns to Balmoral Park to compete for more than $1 million in purse money on the biggest night for horses bred in the Prairie state.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 9/12 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 9/12 card at Balmoral Park.
Rock N Roll Heaven, currently the third money-winning sire among 3-year-old pacers in 2015, is leaving Blue Chip Farms for Deo Volente Farms in New Jersey.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 9/12 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Trainer Ralph Irwin has quietly built a reputation as one of the best horsemen on the grounds at Louisiana Downs, and his work with The Pickett Factor will place him in the spotlight on Saturday. The horse is the morning-line favorite for the Grade 2, $400,000 Super Derby and represents Irwin’s first starter in the marquee race at his home track.
Racing officials and jockeys agreed to cancel the last eight races of a scheduled 10-race Thursday card at Kentucky Downs because of dangerously soft spots on the turf course.
On Saturday, Leopardstown Racecourse will host possibly the deepest race of the European flat season – the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes – provided the race stays together.
Trainer Bret Calhoun is looking to get into the Retama Park winner’s circle on Saturday night with such horses as Fly the Red Eye, who goes in the $50,000 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes, and He’s Comin in Hot, who is set for the $75,000 colts and geldings division of the Texas Stallion Stakes.
