Kobe’s Back preps for Bing Crosby
Three-time stakes winner Kobe’s Back worked five furlongs in 1:00.20 Friday at Santa Anita and will start in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at six furlongs July 26 at Del Mar.
Steve AndersenJul 10, 2015
Three-time stakes winner Kobe’s Back worked five furlongs in 1:00.20 Friday at Santa Anita and will start in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at six furlongs July 26 at Del Mar.
Full Mast and Territories, separated by a half-length in the Group 1 Jean-Luc Lagardere last October, renew their rivalry Sunday in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly in France.
Amazing Maria continued her ascent through the European filly-and-mare ranks Friday at Newmarket, scoring her first Group 1 victory with a one-length win over Euro Charline in the Falmouth Stakes.
Ralis and Mrazek, sons of Square Eddie, trained by Doug O’Neill and owned and bred by Paul Reddam, are top contenders in the $75,000 Summer Juvenile Championship Stakes on Sunday, closing day of the Los Alamitos summer Thoroughbred meet.
California horse racing had its lowest number of major drug violations in the last 40 years for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to a statement released Thursday by the California Horse Racing Board.
A trio of runners exiting the The Very One, a Preakness Day stakes at Pimlico, has a lot of the bases covered in the $60,000 Klassy Briefcase at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
Presque Isle Downs has slotted a pair of $75,000 stakes for Pennsylvania-breds late Sunday afternoon.
All $75,000 races are not created equal. Whereas the Cincinnatian Stakes drew a short field of 3-year-old fillies badly lacking in respectable form, the Hoover is a terrific wagering event that might even stand a chance to produce a prospect of note from its field of 13 2-year-olds.
Trainer Gary Scherer saddles P J's Angel (#4, ML 7-2) in Friday's fourth race at Canterbury Park, an about one-mile and 70 yards maiden special weight race on turf. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Scherer is winning at a 26 percent clip in maiden special weight races, for a return on investment of $6.13. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus.
A New York-bred mare named Simplistic returns to the turf at Gulfstream Park, a move that figures to work in her favor. In her last two grass starts, Simplistic was victorious, and among a field of 10 in the lone allowance of a 10-race Sunday card at the south Florida track, she looks as good as any.