Multiple Grade 1 winner Big Blue Kitten, the favorite for Saturday’s Arlington Million, will stand at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky., upon his retirement from racing.
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Chad Brown required an assist from the Arlington stewards to win his first Arlington Million as the judges took down The Apache’s number and put up Real Solution’s in the 2013 Million. Brown can take care of business on his own this time, since North American’s leading turf trainer has the two leading contenders for Saturday’s 33rd running of the Million.
Fair Grounds will jump right into its Quarter Horse meet on Saturday with 10 trials for its richest race of the season, the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Sale Futurity.
Hammers Vision, a debut winner on turf on closing day of the Belmont Park spring-summer meet, will try dirt for the first time in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special for 2-year-olds at 6 1/2 furlongs.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 8/15 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Six weeks ago, Force the Pass won the richest 3-year-old turf race in North America – the $1.25 million Belmont Derby – clipping home more than three lengths clear of the French shipper Canndal. On Saturday at Arlington, Force the Pass races for $450,000 in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes, but Force the Pass might be facing stronger competition than he beat for the much higher purse.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 8/15 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
He didn’t make it to the races until almost midway through his 4-year-old season, but Boot Scootn Daddy has been worth the wait.
Code West, the defending race winner in Saturday night’s $175,000 Governor’s Cup, and Texas Air, who reached a pinnacle in May when he won the Grade 3 Texas Mile, might both have to catch Ecleto Red to have success in the latest running of Remington Park’s premier race for older horses.
