Wildcat Red eyes Teddy Drone
Wildcat Red, who finished third to Bayern and Albano in last year’s Haskell, is on the grounds at Monmouth Park and pointing to the $100,000 Teddy Drone on the Haskell undercard Aug. 2.
Jim DunleavyJul 21, 2015
Wildcat Red, who finished third to Bayern and Albano in last year’s Haskell, is on the grounds at Monmouth Park and pointing to the $100,000 Teddy Drone on the Haskell undercard Aug. 2.
Trainer Mac Robertson is off to a great start at Delaware this year. As of Tuesday morning, he led the standings with 19 wins from 60 starts.
Catch a Flight is shortening up. Bayern and Sahara Sky are stretching out. Those three, plus the likes of Hoppertunity, make the Grade 2, $200,000 San Diego Handicap on Saturday a compelling race, even more so considering it is the local prep for the biggest race of the meet, the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 22.
Tencendur, runner-up to Mr. Z in the Ohio Derby and to Frosted in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, is out for the year after suffering a fractured sesamoid in his left foreleg, his owner, Phil Birsh, said Tuesday afternoon.
The fastest guns in the West are set for a shootout Sunday at Del Mar, where Masochistic, Distinctiv Passion, and Kobe’s Back are scheduled to compete in the Grade 1, $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes.
After staying off the track for an extra day to let the track dry out, American Pharoah had a strong gallop Tuesday with exercise rider Jorge Alvarez, his first time on the track since a workout Saturday.
Ontrack wagering dipped slightly at the 2015 Oak Tree at Pleasanton meeting. Wagering on live racing was down 3 percent for the 12-day meeting at $4,847,743, compared with $4,987,884 for the 12-day meet in 2014.
Nineteen of harness racing’s top 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers will contest the 49th edition of the $525,000 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids beginning with Saturday evening’s eliminations at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino.
Lea, beaten a neck by Noble Bird in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster, worked five furlongs in 1:01.40 Tuesday morning over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Whitney Stakes on Aug. 8.
Mr. Z, who has competed in 13 consecutive two-turn stakes, will be turned back in distance and be pointed to the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at Saratoga at seven furlongs on Aug. 29, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Tuesday.