Bluegrass Angus was very impressive in winning the $50,000 Chris Loseth Handicap at Hastings on Wednesday. Stretching out to a middle distance for the first time, he paid $4.90 for his three-length win over 63-1 shot Brother Duster in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds.
The catalog for the inaugural Barretts select yearling sale is now online, with 68 horses on offer.
In a thrilling stretch duel, Legend Fortynine edged 4-5 favorite Capitalism by a nose in the $49,120 Three & Four Year Old Sales Stakes at Northlands Park on Wednesday. He paid $7.30 as the second choice in the 6 1/2-furlong stakes that drew seven horses.
Red Rifle, the favored shipper from Belmont Park, fired big in Wednesday’s Grade 3, $153,600 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine, scoring by 1 1/4 lengths over Florida Won in the 10-furlong event.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 7/3 card at The Meadowlands.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 7/3 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Normandy Invasion came up a little short while making his first start in more than a year on Wednesday at Delaware Park. Normandy Invasion, 5, has had two long layoffs in his career, with the first partially due to foot problems. His comeback Wednesday came after he underwent surgery to repair fractured sesamoids, an injury sustained while training last September.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 7/3 card at Yonkers Raceway.
A quick glance at the past performances for Friday’s $250,000 Graduate final for 4-year-old pacers at the Meadowlands is all it takes to realize that trainer Steve Elliott is holding all of the cards. At the very least, in Rockeyed Optimist and Doo Wop Hanover he holds a pair of aces and the competition is statistically overmatched.
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The top 3-year-old male pacers in North America meet Saturday in the $500,000 Max C. Hempt Memorial at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, but with trainer Tony Alagna expecting the group to “trade punches all year,” the event might as well be called “Round Two.”
