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Northfield: Looney-King enjoying the ride with Wakizashi Hanover

Wakizashi Hanover, who in June won Canada’s million-dollar North America Cup, returns from a nearly month-long layoff Friday in the $405,000 Carl Milstein Memorial for 3-year-old male pacers at Northfield Park in Ohio. Wakizashi Hanover, known around the stable as the more-easily pronounced “Waki,” drew post eight in the eight-horse field and is the 9-2 third choice on the morning line. Regular driver Tim Tetrick is listed to go with the gelding.

Ken WeingartnerAug 12, 2015

Fusaichi Pegasus colt tops Colorado yearling auction

A colt by Fusaichi Pegasus brought $24,500 to top the Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Association yearling auction last Saturday at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo. The sale experienced increases in its average and median prices, according to a release from the CTBA.

Mary RampelliniAug 12, 2015

NYRA cautious despite big start to Saratoga meet

Despite a fabulous start to the 2015 Saratoga meet, New York Racing Association officials don’t expect the good times to roll all summer long.

David GreningAug 12, 2015

Remington: Meet kicks off with purse hike

Purse hike should help Remington continue to draw full fields

Remington Park has established itself as a venue that offers horseplayers full fields, and its reputation should remain intact during the 67-date meet that opens Friday night. The season led by the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby will continue through Dec. 13.

Mary RampelliniAug 12, 2015

Brown, as usual, fully loaded for rich turf races

Chart the typical evolution of a training career, and the plot line will look jagged. For every burst of success, there are periods of struggle, when a stable runs in place or loses ground. But if the arc of Chad Brown’s career training Thoroughbreds ever has pointed anywhere but up, it’s happened in the dead of night and behind closed doors.

Marcus HershAug 12, 2015

Hogan: How I'd play Del Mar for Thursday, Aug. 13

Mike HoganAug 12, 2015

Saratoga: Son of Rachel Alexandra nears start

Son of Curlin-Rachel Alexandra almost ready

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Wednesday that the much-anticipated debut of Jess’s Dream, the 3-year-old son of Curlin and Rachel Alexandra, should not be too far off.

Mike WelschAug 12, 2015

Going gets tougher for King Kreesa

King Kreesa did not receive the respect he obviously deserved in his last two starts, and he rewarded his backers with generous odds of 17-1 and 6-1 for his victories in the Grade 3 Poker and Grade 3 Forbidden Apple stakes at Belmont Park. On Saturday, King Kreesa figures to garner a lot more support despite the fact he moves up against even stiffer competition in the one-mile Fourstardave.

Mike WelschAug 12, 2015

Hovdey: Call Prime Engine ‘Northwest Pharoah’

Nobody east of the Sawtooth Range sets their clock by the Emerald Downs Derby, and that’s okay. The $65,000 purse is basically what American Pharoah gets in tip money after a routine gallop. Then a colt like Prime Engine comes along and wins it in a whirl, doing the mile and one-eighth in a very smart 1:47.54 at odds-on.

Jay HovdeyAug 12, 2015

Gulfstream: Yourdreamsormine may try turf

Yourdreamsormine may try turf in next Sire Series start

Yourdreamsormine could be headed to turf following his 35-1 upset of the inaugural $150,000 Unbridled division of the Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park last Saturday. He is one of at least four horses trainer Bill Kaplan is pointing for a Sept. 5 program that features eight stakes, with most of the races spotlighting horses bred in Florida.

Mary RampelliniAug 12, 2015

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