Stealcase, Patrioticandproud loom large for Casse
eading trainer Mark Casse sends out the powerful one-two punch of Stealcase and Patrioticandproud in a tough third-level optional claimer on Friday at Woodbine.
Ron GierkinkAug 12, 2015
eading trainer Mark Casse sends out the powerful one-two punch of Stealcase and Patrioticandproud in a tough third-level optional claimer on Friday at Woodbine.
There are eight fillies and mares entered in the $75,000 City of Edmonton Distaff at Northlands Park on Friday night, but the battle is between Smile Again Theta and Rock and Glory. The 1 1/16-mile race headlines a seven-race card that begins at 6:30 p.m. Mountain.
Lady Eli continues to make progress in her fight against laminitis, and she is up to walking 20 to 30 minutes a day twice a day, trainer Chad Brown said Wednesday.
Del Mar’s early pick five has some competitive races, so I thought I’d try to get creative with it.
The brothers Tristan Sjöberg and Michael Knutsson (Knutsson Trotting Inc) are proud to announce that they have reached an agreement with Jim Simpson, the President of Hanover Shoe Farms to stand the World's fastest trotter Sebastian K at the world's most renowned Standardbred breeding Farms beginning with the 2016 breeding season.
The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale closed Tuesday evening with consistent improvement over last year’s renewal and another affirmation of Tapit’s status as North America’s top commercial sire.
A colt by late sire Street Cry became the first offering of Tuesday's second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale to reach seven figures, selling for $1.4 million. Signing the ticket was John Ferguson to represent Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s international operation, which, fittingly, campaigned Street Cry and stood him throughout his career.
As the stakes season hits the midpoint, for the first time in many a year, both 3-year-old colt leaders are actually geldings. Unaffected by the Gural rule mandating that horses return for a 4-year-old campaign, we should be seeing much more of them in the years to come.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Peck: Saratoga pick three play for Wednesday, Aug. 12