Free: Del Mar horses to watch for week of Aug. 31
Brad Free's horses to watch at Del Mar for the week of Aug. 31.
Brad FreeAug 31, 2015
Brad Free's horses to watch at Del Mar for the week of Aug. 31.
Gulfstream Park has made significant progress renovating the inside portion of its turf course the past several months, the track announced, as grass racing during the current summer meet continues to be conducted on the outer part of the 180-foot wide course.
Blues Blaster ($5.20) went to the lead immediately and survived challenges by Come On Deputy and favored Crusher before pulling clear to win the $20,315 C.J. Hindley Humboldt County Marathon in the final race of the Humboldt County Fair meeting at Ferndale on Sunday.
Trip Notes for August 29-30: Travers, Forego, Violet, Smarty Jones, Iselin, and more by Michael Hammersly.
There were two winning tickets sold on Sunday’s pick six at Saratoga, each worth $831,237.
In her first start since a win in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita on June 20, Stellar Wind was the comprehensive winner of the $100,250 Torrey Pines Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Del Mar, a race she was expected to dominate.
DRF handicapper Dave Litfin provides his betting line for contenders on Monday's card at Saratoga.
Valid turned the tables on his nemesis Bradester, giving jockey Nik Juarez his first career stakes victory in Sunday's Grade 3 Philip Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Born in a Breeze ($8.10) benefited from a fine ride by Alan Garcia to take Sunday’s $125,000 Vice Regent Stakes, a one-mile turf route for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds at Woodbine.
About 14 hours after she pulled a minor upset in the Grade 1 $750,000 Personal Ensign Stakes, Sheer Drama was on the road, headed to south Florida, where she will train up to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Oct. 30 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.