Ready Racer steps up in search of third straight win
Ready Racer will be shooting for the hat trick when he runs in the $35,000 optional-claiming race that headlines the eight-race card Saturday at Northlands Park.
Randy GouldingJul 30, 2015
Ready Racer will be shooting for the hat trick when he runs in the $35,000 optional-claiming race that headlines the eight-race card Saturday at Northlands Park.
As Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s second act begins with the Haskell Invitational this Sunday, the wheels are already turning on his second career. It was announced in May that American Pharoah’s breeding rights were sold to Coolmore Stud for an undisclosed amount, and he will begin his stud career at the international operation’s Ashford Stud upon his retirement.
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Illumination Road and End to End look like the main players in a $12,500 conditional-claiming race that will serve as Saturday’s feature at Emerald Downs.
Unless the pace is so slow it is impossible for the race to get a big Beyer, it should take a triple-digit number to win the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. Frosted and Texas Red are both quite capable of earning the likely winning figure.
Mountaineer should provide perfect neutral ground when older horses from Kentucky ship in Saturday to face counterparts from the Eastern seaboard in the $200,000 West Virginia Governor’s Stakes.
Work All Week, upset winner of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint, looks to regain his confidence after a pair of odds-on defeats to begin his 2015 campaign in Saturday’s Senator Robert C. Byrd Memorial Stakes at Mountaineer Racetrack.
Trainer Kelly Breen is in an enviable position with his classy filly sprinter Stonetastic, who is on the verge of making the first start of her 4-year-old season. Stonetastic looks well spotted to begin her campaign in the $75,000 Regret Stakes going six furlongs Saturday at Monmouth Park.
ven though I expect him to be less than his morning-line odds of 10-1, I like Iron Fist in the West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Racetrack.
Trainer Neil Drysdale hopes a class drop and a change of scenery can help Miss Double d’Oro bounce back as she appears the one to beat in the $50,000 Wine Country Stakes at Santa Rosa on Saturday.