Trainer Danny Gargan saddles Native Gold (#2, ML 4-1) in Wednesday's 10th race at Saratoga, a seven-furlong claiming race. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Gargan is winning at a 33 percent clip in sprints, for a return on investment of $4.62. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Today’s featured Grade 2 Honorable Miss at Saratoga looks like a showdown between the two obvious favorites: Judy the Beauty, last year’s Eclipse Award winner as champion female sprinter, and La Verdad, a six-furlong specialist with a career record of 13 for 19. They’re even-money and 8-5 on the morning line in a five-horse field without a plausible upsetter.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 7/30 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Elevage II purchased a 20 percent share of Hall of Famer and prominent stallion Curlin in May for $6,218,160, Blood-Horse reported.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 7/30 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Worldwide (#3, ML 2-1) returns in Wednesday's second race at Del Mar, a six-furlong maiden special weight race. It will be his first start since finishing third by 9 1/4 lengths in a maiden special weight race June 7 at Santa Anita. The second-, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts. Get the Key Race report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
McGee: Del Mar pick three play for Thursday, July 30
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Breaking Lucky, a 13-1 outsider trained by Reade Baker, outran the 3-5 favorite Shaman Ghost and Field of Courage to land the 80th running of the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, at Fort Erie on Tuesday.
Jockey Alex Thomas, who was badly injured in a four-horse spill in the first race at Charles Town last Saturday night, is in critical but stable condition in the trauma intensive care unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va.
Litfin: Saratoga Horses to Watch for week of July 27
