Gierkink: Woodbine Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 24
Gierkink: Woodbine Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 24
Ron GierkinkAug 25, 2015
Gierkink: Woodbine Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 24
McGee: Del Mar pick three play for Wednesday, Aug. 26
Free: Del Mar Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 24
Herbert Tyner, CEO of Detroit-based real estate developer Hartman & Tyner Inc., whose properties include Hazel Park Raceway, died Thursday at age 84.
There were 91 winning tickets sold on Monday’s pick six at Saratoga, each worth $18,134.
Trainer Chad Brown knew if Catch My Drift was going to win Monday’s $100,000 Summer Colony Stakes she would need a little help. The help came in the form of Holiday’s Jewel, who prompted the odds-on favorite Tiz So Sweet through swift early fractions.
Jess’s Dream did his champion parents, Curlin and Rachel Alexandra, proud Monday at Saratoga, winning his much-anticipated career debut in storybook fashion with a last-to-first rally that elicited a rousing cheer from the modest but extremely appreciative crowd on hand for the performance.
The opening-day card for the eight-week Parx Fall Festival, which begins Saturday, will offer more than $1 million in purses. There are 111 horses entered in the 11 races, an average of 10 per race. Horsemen from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware will participate. Even Sheikh Mohammed and Shadwell Stable have runners on the card.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
The Louisiana Racing Commission on Monday formally adopted a set of rules governing the use of medication in racing that is being pushed by a national coalition of industry organizations, with the rules becoming effective for Thoroughbred races in October, according to racing groups.