Balmoral: Saturday 8/15 Analysis
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 8/15 card at Balmoral Park.
Jeremey DayAug 13, 2015
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 8/15 card at Balmoral Park.
Notable horsemen reflect on the death of legendary horseman John Nerud at age 102.
John A. Nerud, the oldest living member of the Thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame and a peerless leader of the sport, died Thursday morning at his home in Old Brookville, N.Y. He was 102.
Wedding Toast, five-length winner of the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps in her last start, will not make the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on Aug. 29 and instead will point to the Grade 1 Beldame at Belmont Park on Sept. 26.
It was at Saratoga last summer that Top Decile began her career with a victory before going on to finish second in a pair of Grade 1 races, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Saturday, Top Decile returns to Saratoga, trying to jump-start her 3-year-old season in a first-level allowance race.
Successful Native might have to catch the rail-drawn Noble Prince then hold off the late-running Anyriderill Do to win his third straight race Saturday in the $75,000 Bonita at Gulfstream Park.
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Mshawish, Seek Again and Jack Milton are all Grade 1 winners, but they appear to lack the one thing King Kreesa possesses: Speed. That trio will attempt to run down King Kreesa in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap, the one-mile turf feature at Saratoga.
The lights have barely dimmed in Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., but the sale company is rolling right along. Just four days after playing host to a very strong edition of the Saratoga select yearling sale, Fasig-Tipton will conduct its annual New York-bred yearling sale Saturday and Sunday, with sessions beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Trainer Mark Casse removed his small stable of approximately 12 runners from Del Mar on Wednesday and said Thursday he may not have runners in Southern California until next summer.