The steady Galina Point should be a major player in Wednesday night’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile event for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.
The upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale has been rescheduled for Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.
Sixteen fillies entered today (Monday) for the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks, the filly division of the Hambletonian. Hambletonian week kicks off on Aug. 1 with two $35,000 eliminations to narrow the field to 10 for the $500,000 Oaks Final on Hambletonian Day, Sat., Aug. 8, at The Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, NJ.
Spectrus will appreciate the easier company when he runs in a $25,000 optional-claiming race Wednesday evening at Northlands Park. The one-mile race for 3-year-olds and up drew eight horses and goes as the seventh race.
Haskell Day is always the high point of the Monmouth Park season. But this year is different. Way different.
Trip Notes for July 25-26: Sanford, Diana, Bing Crosby, CCA Oaks, and more by Michael Hammersly.
My Heart Goes On ran her record to 2 for 2 with a hard-fought victory Sunday in the $45,000 Angie C. Stakes at Emerald Downs.
There was no sneaking up on Weewinnin in Sunday’s $151,000 California Dreamin’ Handicap at Del Mar. Racing without blinkers for the first time, Weewinnin led throughout the turf race for California-breds and held off a group of closers to win by a neck over 8-5 favorite Rock Me Baby.
Wild Dude showed erratic form in the first six months of the year, winning once in five starts, all in graded stakes in California and New York. In Sunday’s $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar, Wild Dude delivered his best performance of the year at a key moment.
Redstart, a maiden racing beyond six furlongs for the first time, relished the 1 1/8-mile distance to easily win Sunday’s $75,000 Queen City Oaks for Ohio-bred 3-year-old fillies at Belterra Park.
