With a one-race turf experiment behind him, Possessed returns to the main track in search of his third stakes score in the $50,000 Ontario County Stakes at Finger Lakes on Friday.
Herbie D, a winner when he ran for a claiming tag for the first time in his career last time out, will try to carry his speed 1 1/8 miles in Friday’s British Columbia Cup Classic at Hastings.
A couple of 2-year-old stakes winners, Finality’s Charmer and Pippa Bou Peep, look like the main protagonists in a $22,500 claiming race for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs on Friday night.
The Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot will again lead a 32-race, $4.6 million stakes schedule at the Vinton, La., track that opens Oct. 16. The 86-date meet will run through March 12.
Bluegrass Angus is the one to beat in a field of five 3-year-olds in Friday’s Richmond Derby Trial, the final local prep for the British Columbia Derby at Hastings on Sept. 13.
Ted W has the right style for Friday’s Woodbine headliner, and will be tough to hold off if he brings his “A” game in the first-level allowance sprint.
Three could be a prominent number when the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale, Calif., opens a six-day meet on Friday.
Golden Gate Fields will be dealing with several scheduling quirks when it begins its summer meeting Friday.
Runhappy, the 3-year-old Super Saver colt with a 3-for-4 record and a sizable following, took another step toward the King’s Bishop Stakes when drilling six furlongs Tuesday in 1:12.40 at the Thoroughbred Center training facility in Lexington, Ky.
It’s a story with tragic overtones and one that was too frighteningly familiar. Sebastian Saez was thrown from his mount in the seventh race Sunday at Ellis Park and lay motionless for a couple of minutes. The incident threw a massive scare into Julio Espinoza, who only last October endured the nightmare of seeing Saez’s older brother, Juan, suffer fatal injuries in a spill at Indiana Grand.
