English maiden winner Mirage might make U.S. debut at Del Mar
Mirage, a maiden winner in England who sold for approximately $592,000 at auction last month, will join trainer Simon Callaghan’s stable in the next week.
Steve AndersenJul 09, 2015
Mirage, a maiden winner in England who sold for approximately $592,000 at auction last month, will join trainer Simon Callaghan’s stable in the next week.
The Grade 3 Parx Dash, which will be renewed Saturday, is a complicated race with a variety of possible outcomes. Ben’s Cat owns the five-furlong turf sprint. He has won it the last three years and was second, beaten a head, in 2011. Now 9, he enters in top form but – like everyone else in the 11-horse field – will need things to break right for him.
Only four fillies and mares were entered in Saturday’s $50,000-added California Governor’s Cup Handicap at the State Fair in Sacramento. The four have one thing in common – each is looking for her first stakes victory.
The fast-improving Miss Sea makes her stakes debut Saturday at Woodbine in the $125,000 Passing Mood, a seven-furlong turf sprint for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies.
The Toronto City Council voted on Wednesday to endorse the expansion of gambling at Woodbine, provided that several conditions are met, including the construction of an integrated entertainment complex to go along with an expanded casino.
Nolo Contendere (#6, ML 5-2) makes her debut in Thursday's third race at Belmont Park, a five-furlong maiden special weight race. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer Rick Violette Jr. is winning at a 38 percent clip with first-time starters, for a return on investment of $4.25. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus.
Annisquam (#7, ML 6-1) returns in Thursday’s second race at Los Alamitos Race Course, a six-furlong starter allowance. It will be her first start since finishing first by 2 3/4-lengths in a maiden race June 7 at Santa Anita. The fourth- and fifth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
Grade 1 winner Congaree will relocate to Lane’s End Texas in Hempstead, Texas for the 2016 breeding season for a fee to be announced later, American Racehorse reports.
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Last fall, trainer Eric Ell and his owners were at the Harrisburg Mixed Fall Sale looking for a few horses to race in condition races in Delaware. Ell purchased a 3-year-old trotter named JL Cruze for $37,000 for owners Kenny Wood, Bill Dittmar, Jr., and Stephen Laquinta. Now that buy has turned into the best trotter in North America.
Gerald Dixon, who raced Remington Park standout Highland Ice, died on Tuesday, according to a release from the Oklahoma City track.