Jockey Chris DeCarlo on Wednesday will ride his first race in nearly 10 months when he climbs aboard Blue Chips Only for Osvaldo Rojas in a $14,000 claiming race that goes as the sixth. DeCarlo has not ridden since last Sept. 21.
With Saratoga on the horizon, jockeys Irad Ortiz Jr. and Joel Rosario have dropped appeals of suspensions and will miss a few days this week.
Rajiv Maragh, who suffered multiple fractures in his back in a spill at Belmont Park last Friday, will be out a minimum of six months, according to his father, Collin.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 7/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.
It has the purse of a stakes race and a field full of stakes horses. All that Wednesday’s feature at Belmont Park is lacking is a name.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 7/14 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
While the leaders in the coveted 3-year-old male pacing division have been duking it out, one horse has been trying to conserve energy for the long season. Following Saturday night’s Meadowlands Pace trials there is every reason to believe that trainer Kelvin Harrison has been pointing In The Arsenal for this one.
Mahoning Valley Race Course in Youngstown, Ohio, has added two stakes races to its fall schedule, according to Penn National Gaming Inc., the track’s parent company, and both will be part of a series of races linked to the parent’s racetracks.
