An extra week of racing, terrific weather, and the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years helped the New York Racing Association post gains in total handle at the recently concluded Belmont spring-summer meet.
McLean Robertson, a leading trainer at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., has been suspended by the track stewards for 90 days after a horse he trained tested positive for methamphetamine, but the track itself issued a statement contending that they did not believe the positive was a result of a deliberate drugging of the horse.
Solow will be a short-priced favorite to extend his winning streak to eight races in Wednesday’s $1.56 million Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in England after a weekend of rain caused Gleneagles to be kept out of the entries by trainer Aidan O’Brien.
The $1 million answer was received late Sunday and it was all good news for the trotting sport. Last year’s phenomenal trotting filly Mission Brief has taken the long road to regaining her spectacular form. Following Sunday’s 1:51 4/5 victory in the Dr. Harry Zweig Memorial filly division, it became clear to many, including her trainer Ron Burke, that the daughter of Mission Hill was ready to battle Jimmy Takter’s boys in the $1 million 90th edition of the Hambletonian on August 8 at the Meadowlands.
Wesley Ward brought the champion female sprinter Judy the Beauty back to the races this year primarily because the Breeders’ Cup is at Keeneland, where the 6-year-old mare has trained and excelled throughout her career.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 7/28 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 7/28 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
The connections of Magna Light have appealed the Saratoga track stewards’ decision to disqualify that horse from first place in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Sanford Stakes.
2014 Canadian Horse of the Year and Queen’s Plate winner Lexie Lou is nearing a return to racing at Woodbine. Lexie Lou has not raced since finishing second in the Grade 2 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan 17.
The pick six is being resuscitated this summer at Del Mar, where the second two-day carryover of the summer meet is likely to generate a massive pool that exceeds $3 million on Wednesday. The pick six was not hit Saturday or Sunday; the carryover into Wednesday is $562,765.
