Plate Trial winner Danish Dynaformer and Grade 3 Marine Stakes winner Shaman Ghost were among the top contenders who worked here last weekend for Sunday’s 156th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine.
It looks like either Modern or Mr. Bowling in Wednesday’s $50,000 Lieutenant Governor’s Handicap at Hastings. The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up is the first of four stakes on the Canada Day Card that begins at 1:50 p.m. Pacific.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 6/30 card at Yonkers Raceway.
There are four $50,000 stakes races on Wednesday at Hastings, and the two races for 3-year-olds, the Chris Loseth Handicap and the Supernaturel Handicap for 3-year-old fillies, are the most compelling races on the nine-race card that begins at 1:50 p.m. Pacific.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Tuesday 6/30 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
The Churchill Downs spring meet ended in dramatic fashion Saturday night when jockey Corey Lanerie rallied aboard Love Your Humor to win the final race of the 38-day meet Saturday, allowing him to edge out Julien Leparoux for the riding title.
Santa Anita ended its 39-day spring-summer meeting Sunday with gains in ontrack attendance and all-sources handle, and a decline in ontrack handle, according to a track official.
Triple Crown hero American Pharoah is officially on the comeback trail. On Monday at Santa Anita, American Pharoah worked three furlongs in 36.40 seconds under jockey Martin Garcia, his first major exercise since his historic win in the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
Trainer Noel Daley knows a few things about trotters. The veteran Down Under conditioner has had some extremely gifted ones in his stable including the $3.5 million winning Mr. Muscleman and Hambletonian runner-up Explosive Matter. He also captured the sport’s most prestigious event back in 2011 with Broad Bahn.
The popular 7-year-old Pender Harbour exits Ontario-sired stakes company Wednesday at Woodbine to contest the Grade 3, $150,000 Dominion Day.
