Fox named Darley America’s sales manager
Darren Fox has been appointed sales manager of Darley’s American stallion division at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky.
DRF Breeding StaffJun 26, 2015
Darren Fox has been appointed sales manager of Darley’s American stallion division at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Race 3. Locked in a dogfight for leading-trainer honors with Doug O’Neill as the Santa Anita meet winds to a close, it looks like Peter Miller is being pretty aggressive by spotting Pat the Bear (4) for the optional $40,000 claiming tag in this spot. Pat the Bear is a 3-year-old facing older and has been on an eight-week layoff. Still, it seems like his best effort will do here, even with the double bug Brayan Pena getting the mount.
Barring the jackpot getting hit on Friday or Saturday, which occurs only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners, there will be another mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, with the final pool expected to end up somewhere in the vicinity of $1.5 million to $2 million.
A recent win in the Grade 1 Tenno Shomakes Gold Ship the favorite to win the Takarazuka Kinen for the second consecutive year when the $2,347,348 race is run on Sunday at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan.
The catalog for the 2015 Fasig-Tipton summer selected horses of racing age sale is now available online, with an initial offering of 102 horses. The one-day sale will be held Thursday, July 9 at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks location in Lexington, Ky., beginning immediately after the auction company’s July yearling sale.
WinStar Farm has promoted Kyle Wilson to stallion seasons director, and has brought on Caroline Walsh to join the nominations team.
Embellishing Bob will take on Arapahoe Park stalwarts Wally Van, Lady Contender and E F Five, as well as rising local Bourbon Sense, in the $40,000 Front Range on Sunday.
The late pick four Saturday at Belmont is an appealing sequence with real potential for a good payoff. And while three or these four races are scheduled for turf, local weather forecasters are saying as of midday Friday that the heavy rain might not hit the area until Saturday night, which is good news. I’m playing this pick four, and here are my thoughts on it.
The management of Parx Racing and the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association have agreed on an updated racing schedule for August and for next winter and to the creation of an eight-week fall festival at the Bensalem, Pa., racino.
DRF handicapper Michael Hammersly provides his best plays on Saturday's program at Santa Anita.