A large and celebratory crowd of 10,356 turned out at Suffolk Downs on Saturday for the first of three racing and food truck festivals days this fall, proving that there is still a healthy appetite for live Thoroughbred racing in New England.
Just three weeks removed from one of the greatest victories of his career, jockey Florent Geroux won both halves of the stakes for 2-year-olds Saturday – and four races overall – on opening-day of the Kentucky Downs meet.
Rachel’s Valentina continues to live up to the racing world’s lofty expectations, following up on her impressive debut win with a one-length victory over Tap to It in the $350,000 Spinaway on Saturday at Saratoga.
Jockey Luca Panici celebrated a stakes double at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, when Johnny Handsome forged along the inside to win the $75,000 The Vid and Can’t Explain accounted for the $75,000 Wasted Tears.
After a meet full of tough trips and brutal beats, Norm Casse wasn’t going to allow himself to actually believe World Approval was going to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Saranac Stakes at Saratoga.
Riker remained unbeaten with a comfortable 2 1/2-length tally on Saturday at Woodbine in the $125,750 Swynford Stakes.
DRF handicapper Joe DeVivo provides a pick three strategy for Monday's card at Saratoga.
Jac’s Fact ran down pacesetter Dubacious in deep stretch to earn his fourth stakes victory of the season in Saturday’s 67th running of the $75,000 Governor’s Buckeye Cup at ThistleDown.
Horses sold through the upcoming Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana yearling auction will now be eligible for a new sales stakes to be run at Evangeline Downs in 2017, the auction company owned by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association announced Saturday
Gomo seems capable of competing in any sort of race for 2-year-old fillies. She beat maidens on turf June 25 at Santa Anita and returned to finish second in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on dirt Aug. 12 at Del Mar. For Labor Day weekend, Gomo was entered Saturday in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante and Monday in the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf at a mile. Trainer Doug O’Neill opted for the Juvenile Fillies Turf, an easier spot.
