Ready For Rye is already a Grade 2 winner on dirt, but trainer Tom Albertrani has thought all along his real calling would be on the grass. He’ll get the opportunity to test that theory for a second time Friday at Saratoga when Ready for Rye goes postward the favorite to defeat nine other 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Quick Call Stakes.
Om, the 3-year-old scheduled to start in Sunday’s $150,000 La Jolla Handicap at Del Mar, has been the answer to a racing trivia question for so long trainer Dan Hendricks has embraced the colt’s quirky identity. Name the horse who won the maiden race in which American Pharoah made his career debut in August, 2014? Om won a maiden race at five furlongs by 7 1/4 lengths with American Pharoah only fifth.
Ninfa del Cielo, a champion and Group 1-winning filly in Venezuela, is looking to make her North American debut this weekend.
Stanley Gold intends to run at least eight horses for Jacks or Better Farm on a rich Saturday program at Gulfstream Park, and the results could vary wildly.
The weekend of the Hambletonian festival always provides the best racing the sport of harness racing has to offer and with that, great betting opportunities for the wagering customer. This year, that concept will take on a whole new meaning.
A quarter of the way through the 147th Saratoga meet, and business is booming, with double-digit increases in all-sources and ontrack handle.
The Merrie Annabelle is the race of champions. Now known as the Jim Doherty Memorial, the series has produced the 2-year-old filly trotting champion in each of the last four and six of the previous seven years. Looking to join the elite group is the undefeated Broadway Donna.
A quarter of the way through the 147th Saratoga meet, and business is booming, with double-digit increases in all-sources and ontrack handle.
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Saratoga for the week of Aug. 4.
C.R. Knight, who trained Thoroughbred stakes winners at Del Mar, Hollywood Park, and Santa Anita in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died last Friday after an illness, the Del Mar publicity department announced on Sunday.
