Hot Stones asserted her class and erased any doubt about her ability to stay nine furlongs with a 9 1/2-length victory over Star Grazing in Monday’s $100,000 Saratoga Dew Stakes at Saratoga.
Jockey Angel Cruz suffered a broken left hand as a result of a spill in Monday’s fifth race at Saratoga and will miss at least the remainder of the meet.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 8/19 card at Northfield Park.
The grass wasn’t necessarily greener on the other side of the pond for trainer Wesley Ward’s pair of 2-year-old fillies Laxfield Road and Bruised Orange. Ward is hoping a return Stateside and to seemingly inferior competition will aid them in Wednesday’s $100,000 Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga.
In North America, Wednesday is just another sleepy midweek racing day, but Wednesday in England one of the most intriguing matchups of the season, Golden Horn versus Gleneagles, is set to go down at York Racecourse in the Group 1 Juddmonte International.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Grand Arch won Saturday’s Grade 2 Fourstardave Handicap here despite losing both of his front shoes, trainer Brian Lynch said Sunday.
A three-time stakes winner on dirt, including in the Grade 1 Donn Handicap in 2014, Lea could be headed back to the turf for his next start.
Irad Ortiz Jr., who is on a major hot streak at Saratoga, will be taking his talents to England on Friday to ride the 2-year-old filly Acapulco against older males and females in the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe, a five-furlong turf stakes at York.
Trainer Larry Jones is not just bringing back I’m a Chatterbox for Saturday’s Alabama Stakes. He is also bringing Lovely Maria, the Kentucky Oaks winner.
