Coming off a win in the Grade 3 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill and a narrow loss in the Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita, Feathered returns to Saratoga where she heads a field of 12 3-year-old fillies set to run 1 1/16 miles on grass in the Grade 2, $200,000 Lake George Stakes.
Breeders’ Cup and Maker’s Mark will team up to sell a limited-edition run of the bourbon maker’s bottles to raise $1 million for charity, the two companies announced on Wednesday at Keeneland, site of this year’s Breeders’ Cup event.
Coming off a terrific 2014 – which included 50 wins, 10 in stakes, and a personal record for purse money won – trainer Mike Hushion was very much looking forward to 2015. But in February, following a blood test taken by his New York doctor and confirmed by another test taken in Florida, Hushion was found to have acute promyelocytic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells.
Life was very simple for Irad Ortiz Jr. in 2011, when the then-18-year-old jockey first came to the U.S. Ride races in the afternoon. Watch replays and evaluate his performance and/or play video games at night and on dark days. It was even more fun when his brother, Jose, came to live with him a few months later.
There are some new kids in town this summer at Saratoga and it won’t take long to find out if everybody will be talking about them. Trainers Mark Casse, Brian Lynch, Eddie Plesa, Joe Sharp, Keith Desormeaux will be based at Saratoga this summer for the first time – or the first time in a while.
Caliente Gold is a maiden and has started only twice. Nonetheless, she might be worth taking a stab at in what appears to be a wide-open $25,000 optional-claiming race for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs Friday evening.
Bootleggers Wife looks like the one they will have to catch and beat in the $50,000 Princess Margaret at Northlands Park on Friday evening.
Trainer Andy Mathis saddles Katsfashion (#5, ML 6-1) in Wednesday's eighth race at Del Mar, a one-mile maiden claimer. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Mathis is winning at a 27 percent clip in maiden claiming races, for a return on investment of $4.29. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 7/23 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Money Talker is dropping to an inviting spot Friday at Woodbine in the featured second-level optional claimer, in which the graded stakes-placed runner will compete with a $62,500 tag at 1 3/8 miles on the grass.
