Bob Baffert is going to take as much time as he can and weigh all the data before deciding whether Triple Crown winner American Pharoah goes to the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 29 or waits for another spot.
Exaggerator drew rave reviews for his victory in Sunday’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special. But the most talked about 2-year-old performance on the card might have been that of Tap to It
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 8/18 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
The presence of two-time champion Beholder has made the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic on Saturday far more interesting than it would be if it instead was a rerun of the same group of older male runners out here, and she appears to be coming into the race in excellent form, based on her final workout Monday at Del Mar.
A negative outcome is in store for any horse that tries to keep pace with speedster Distinctiv Passion, the front-running favorite in the $80,000 Green Flash Handicap on Wednesday at Del Mar.
Los Alamitos will run five stakes worth a total of $450,000 during its 10-day Los Angeles County Fair meeting, which runs from Sept. 10-25. Los Alamitos conducted eight stakes worth a total of $775,000 at the corresponding meeting in 2014.
Coming off a solid effort going a mile and a sixteenth in the $42,000 Alberta Derby at Grande Prairie, Dr Hook McCracken shouldn’t mind the move back to a sprint in a first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds and up Wednesday at Northlands Park.
Don’t Leave Me, who was a troubled fourth in her most recent start in the Grade 3 Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 13, will start in Saturday’s Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes, Pierce said.
Should all go well for Tower of Texas in Sunday’s Grade 2 Play the King Stakes, he likely will start in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile on Sept. 13, trainer Roger Attfield said.
