Trainer Bret Calhoun could have a couple of 2-year-olds targeting the Grade 3, $150,000 Sanford at Saratoga. He said discussions are ongoing with the owners of He’s Comin in Hot and Bravura about the next move for the quality runners.
When Texas Red boarded a Tex Sutton flight Wednesday morning, bound for New York from Southern California, he had just a one-way ticket.
Reigning sprint champion Work All Week and winning Triple Crown rider Victor Espinoza will be the marquee names on Sunday’s Summit of Speed program at Gulfstream Park.
A bill to remove exercise riders from the state-sponsored New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund failed to gain traction in either house of the New York legislature before the close of the 2015 session last week.
American Pharoah was jogged at Santa Anita on Wednesday, two days after he worked three furlongs in 36.40 seconds. The workout was the first for American Pharoah since his win in the Belmont Stakes.
SunRay Park will introduce notable changes to both its racing and wagering formats on Friday, when the Farmington, N.M., track opens for a 36-date mixed meet for Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. The meet will run through Sept. 1.
Brad Beilly, attorney for trainer Kirk Ziadie, said he filed a petition for emergency relief with the 4th District Court of Florida on Wednesday after the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering declined to act on his client’s license renewal before his existing license expired at midnight on Tuesday.
The Bob Baffert-trained Hoppertunity was beaten by the narrowest of margins by Hard Aces in the $501,500 Gold Cup at Santa Anita last Saturday. Despite the loss, the performance was an indication the stable is in fine form. This Saturday at Los Alamitos, Baffert is starting Gimme Da Lute in a small field in the $350,000 Los Alamitos Derby.
Moreno, who finished eighth in the $501,500 Gold Cup at Santa Anita last Saturday as the 4-1 third choice, will be pointed for the $1,250,000 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8, a race he won in 2014.
California Chrome will return to the United States from England on Tuesday, with the goal of a start in the Arlington Million on Aug. 15 still in place.
