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Santa Anita plans to increase purses, and offer a new bet at its 19-day autumn meeting from Sept. 25 to Nov. 1, track officials told the California Horse Racing Board on Wednesday.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 7/10 card at The Meadowlands.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 7/10 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 7/10 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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The New York stewards have suspended jockey Paco Lopez for 30 days as a result of his actions that they believe led to a scary four-horse spill in the Wild Applause Stakes at Saratoga on July 3.
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Mechaya, given her raw talent, should not remain eligible for a first-level allowance race in July of her 4-year-old season and six starts into her career. And after the co-featured eighth race Friday at Ellis Park, she probably won't be.
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Crude Velocity, the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile winner who finished second to Englishman in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, will not run in the Grade 1 Haskell on July 18.
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The Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes on Aug. 8 may pick up another star, as Nysos is now under strong consideration for the 1 1/8-mile race at Saratoga.
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Tommy Jo and Iron Orchard, a pair of Grade 1 winners last year, make their belated seasonal debuts in Friday's Grade 3, $225,000 Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga. But Goodall may be the one to beat.
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Kentucky Oaks winner Good Cheer gets her 2026 campaign and the Iowa Festival of Racing started as the headliner in the $100,000 Iowa Distaff.
