The North American auction calendar will make its transition into the yearling season with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July selected yearling sale, carrying with it the momentum of a solid 2-year-olds in training season now in the books.
While it was confirmed Thursday that American Pharoah would make his next start Aug. 2 in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin confirmed Friday that Frosted will make his next start Aug. 1 in the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga.
Grade 2 winner Horse Greeley has been sold to Haras La Leyenda in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Racing Post reports.
Trainer Eddie Truman said recently that go four-time stakes winner Go West Marie has sustained an injury that could lead to her being retired at the end of this year and sold as a broodmare prospect.
Jimmy McNerney checked off yet another box on his racetrack to-do list Friday when he began calling races at Ellis Park, his hometown track.
3-year-old trotting filly Mission Brief was adorned with hobbles for the first time and successfully completed the mile without a miscue.
Bluegrass Angus passed his first test going a middle distance with flying colors in the $50,000 Chris Loseth Handicap at Hastings last Wednesday. The main goal for Bluegrass Angus is the Grade 3, $250,000 British Columbia Derby on Sept. 13. Trainer Craig MacPherson isn’t sure what path to take to get him there.
A maiden romp in one of the fastest six-furlong races of the Santa Anita spring meet notwithstanding, Super Majesty is no cinch when she faces winners for the first time Sunday at Los Alamitos.
Red Vine and Race Day, two improving runners who could move on to some of the major races in the handicap division later this summer, will meet Sunday at Monmouth Park in the Grade 3, $150,000 Salvator Mile.
DRF handicapper Dan Illman provides his best plays on Saturday's program at Belmont Park.
