Private Zone is a Grade 1 winner Aqueduct and a two-time Grade 1 winner at Belmont Park. Next up is a Grade 1 at Saratoga, which his connections hope to achieve in the $700,000 Forego here next Saturday.
Obviously, the 7-year-old millionaire, will start in Sunday’s $200,000 Del Mar Mile for the fourth consecutive year. This year, he approaches the race without a start in nearly 10 months.
Pacific Classic day is a good time to take a shot at the pick six on races 6-11. The $100 ticket includes three stand-alone singles (no backups). The three remaining races will use TicketMaker strategy.
DRF handicapper Michael Hammersly provides his best plays on Saturday's program at Del Mar.
A change in the live racing schedule begins with back-to-back non-holiday Mondays scheduled due to the start of the annual fair held on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds. Hastings is located on the northwest corner of the PNE grounds, and because parking is at a premium Saturdays and Sundays during the fair, live racing is dropped and cars are parked in the infield at the track. Monday’s card turned out to be a good one with eight mostly competitive races. Post time for the first race is 4 p.m. Pacific.
Conquest Pacemaker has won his last two starts on grass but will make his first start on Polytrack Sunday in the $125,000 Victoria Park Stakes for 3-year-olds at Woodbine.
Glenard and Middleburg, a pair of 5-year-old turf runners who are in the best form of their careers, will meet in the Grade 3, $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
Kaigun captured last year’s running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Play the King Stakes with a strong rally down the stretch but will face a tough field in his quest to repeat this year in the seven-furlong sprint on Woodbine’s turf course.
Since a flashy June 25 score in a maiden race at Churchill Downs, Sylven Park has breezed three times at trainer Tevis McCauley’s main base at Keeneland in Kentucky, but lacking a suitable spot to run in that region, McCauley has opted to ship him to Gulfstream Park for the colt’s first crack at an allowance on Sunday.
The catalog for the 2015 Ruidoso New Mexico-bred sale is available online, featuring 323 combined Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse entries.
