Olympic Blue (#8, ML 5-2) returns in Thursday's seventh race at Del Mar, a 1 1/16-mile starter allowance on turf. It will be his first start since finishing first by a length in a claiming race July 16 at Del Mar. The fifth- and eighth-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.
When Mission Brief finished second in the Hambletonian and Wild Honey took the Hambletonian Oaks, they solidified their credentials as harness racing’s top 3-year-old filly trotters. However, the two didn’t face each other on Hambletonian Day. They’ll take care of that little omission Friday at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino when they clash in the $174,000 Moni Maker. The event goes as race 3, with first post at 6:55 PM.
McGee: Del Mar pick three play for Friday, Aug. 21
King: How I'd play Saratoga for Thursday, Aug. 20
A year after posting record figures in gross and average, the 2015 Minnesota Thoroughbred Association yearling and mixed sale took a step backward on Monday.
The catalog for the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) Alberta Thoroughbred sale is now available online, with 114 yearlings, broodmares, weanlings and horses in training on offer.
Frustrations in July turned to glory in August when Holy Lute closed from off the pace to win Wednesday’s $87,080 Green Flash Handicap for turf sprinters at Del Mar.
The Virginia Equine Alliance, a partnership between the state’s horsemen and breeders, has scheduled six Thoroughbred turf races to be held at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, for Sept. 20, the group has announced.
Simple Surprise took to the turf as readily as she did a wet track in her career debut, rallying from just off the pace to register a one-length decision over Celestial Sighting in Wednesday’s $100,000 Bolton Landing Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 8/21 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
