Herbie D will appreciate the substantially easier company when he runs in a $35,000 optional-claiming race at Hastings Sunday. The 2013 Grade 3 Longacres Mile winner will be eligible to be claimed for the first time in the 6 1/2-furlong dash that drew five horses.
Singwiththebirds, a half-sister to Grade 1 turf winner and 2013 Canadian Horse of the Year Up With the Birds, will make her stakes debut in Sunday’s $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes for Canadian-bred 3-year old fillies over 1 1/4 miles on Woodbine’s turf course.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 8/9 card at Balmoral Park.
The yearling sale business in California is nearing its busiest week of the year.
NEW SUMMIT (3) looks like a standout in this maiden special weight race for 3-year-olds and up, and if he runs as well as he did at Santa Anita in January, he is going to be tough to handle. He certainly has worked well enough while preparing for his return, so we’ll use him as the only “A” in a pick three ticket that begins here.
Thetrailerguy is likely to start as a tepid favorite in Sunday’s Emerald Downs Derby, a race in which six horses look like contenders.
Sunday at Del Mar, Prospect Park will race on turf for the first time, in the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles.
Get Rhythm faded in the final stages of the restricted Shady Well Stakes on July 12 and will be hoping for a better result against open company in Sunday’s $125,000 Ontario Debutante Stakes over six furlongs on Polytrack. The Ontario Debutante has attracted a field of just five 2-year-old fillies, including three shippers.
After a six-month layoff, Salah Champ has come back firing, and the 5-year-old gelded son of Benchmark may be the horse to beat Sunday in the $50,000 Joseph T. Grace Handicap at Santa Rosa. The 1 1/16-mile turf event for 3-year-olds and up drew a competitive field of eight.
Materiality, the Grade 1 Florida Derby winner, has been retired after being diagnosed with a soft tissue injury, his connections announced Friday.
