Trainer Michele Boyce saddles Devil's Rose (#8, ML 12-1) in Thursday's eighth race at Arlington Park, an about one-mile allowance on turf. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Boyce is winning at a 27 percent clip in allowances, for a return on investment of $3.02. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Twirling Cinnamon showed a lot of professionalism in his career debut, and he’s a candidate to improve significantly, perhaps more so than others in Saturday’s Sanford Stakes at Saratoga.
Finding More should appreciate the class relief and the move back to a sprint when she runs in a $40,000 optional-claiming race for fillies and mares Saturday at Emerald Downs. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew six horses, and with plenty of speed signed on, it could set up nicely for Finding More.
Trainer Tim Rycroft and owner Riversedge Racing Stables have a good shot at winning both stakes for 2-year-olds at Northlands Park this weekend. On Friday they will be represented by Bootleggers Wife in the $50,000 Princess Margaret, and Awesome Slate also figures to be a short price in the $50,000 Edmonton Juvenile for colts and geldings Saturday.
here are 15 Ohio-bred 2-year-old fillies entered in Saturday’s $75,000 Miss Ohio Stakes at ThistleDown. Only four have won a race. The field for the 5 1/2-furlong race contains five first-time starters and two others making just their second start.
Reigning Canadian champion older female Strut the Course added another feather to her cap when she took the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes on the grass. She goes back to the Polytrack on Saturday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Ontario Matron, a Grade 3 stakes at 1 1/16 miles.
Penn National Gaming Inc., which operates dozens of casinos and a handful of racetracks, had net income of $16.9 million in the second quarter of 2015, a $12.7 million gain over the second quarter of last year, according to financial documents released Thursday.
Redo It (#3, ML 9-2) returns in Thursday's fifth race at Del Mar, a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race on turf. It will be her first start since finishing fourth by two lengths in a maiden special weight race May 16 at Santa Anita. The first-, second-, third-, and fifth-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.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for July 16 to July 19, 2015.
Jockey Oriana Rossi was transported from a local hospital to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Wednesday after being injured in a spill at Indiana Grand earlier in the day. Two other riders injured in the spill were released.
