Dogwood Trail and Huasca, the respective one-two finishers in the Grade 3 Azalea Stakes nine weeks ago, will renew their rivalry Sunday at Gulfstream Park in the $75,000 Uanme Stakes.
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Goldstream, fourth in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park on Aug. 15, is part of a modest field in Sunday’s $278,000 Grosser Preis von Baden at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany, a race that will award the winner a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer saddles Viviendo El Sueno (#2, ML 5-1) in Friday’s fifth race at Del Mar, the six-furlong I’m Smokin Stakes. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Hollendorfer is winning at a 26 percent clip in 2-year-old races, for a return on investment of $2.43. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
When G.R. Carter Jr. rides Kiss My Hocks in Sunday’s $2,378,383 All American Derby at Ruidoso Downs, it may be his last mount in Quarter Horse racing’s richest derby.
Duchess Stakes winner Her Majesty’s Flag will return to Polytrack in search of her second stakes win of the meet in Sunday’s $100,000 Etobicoke Stakes at Woodbine, an overnight stakes for 3-year-old fillies going six furlongs that has attracted just five entrants.
Duke of Doom (#4, ML 5-1) returns in Friday's sixth race at Golden Gate, a 1 1/16-mile claiming race on the all-weather track. It will be his first start since finishing third by a half-length in a claiming race July 30 at Santa Rosa. The first-, second-, 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.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, September 5th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
As we approach perhaps the busiest night of harness racing in this calendar year, it begs the question, is having multiple stakes on the same day/night at separate tracks as big of a negative as publicly viewed?
Charlie Boden has been named stallion season sales director and racing manager for historic Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.
