The two-day Iowa Festival of Racing, consisting of six stakes races worth $975,000 in total purses, gets underway Friday with the $100,000 Listed Iowa Distaff, a 1 1/16th mile test for fillies and mares. Headed by the 2013 winner Flashy American and the 2014 winner Diva’s Diamond, the Iowa Distaff attracted seven runners, including five shippers from Kentucky.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.
Brady’s Tomboy is worth taking a shot at in a $17,500 claiming race for fillies and mares that headlines Friday’s card at Northlands Park. The one-mile race drew six horses and goes as race 7 on an eight-race card that begins at 6:30 p.m. Mountain.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 6/15 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
The Supreme Court of Ohio heard arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by an anti-gambling group contending that Gov. John Kasich overstepped his authority when authorizing slot machines at state racetracks in 2011.
Trainer Pat Devereux saddles Good Gator (#10, ML 5-1) in Wednesday's third race at Evangeline Downs, a six-furlong maiden special weight race. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Devereux is winning at a 33 percent clip in sprints, for a return on investment of $3.49.
California Chrome continues to show improvement from a foot injury that prevented him from starting in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in England on June 17, trainer Art Sherman said on Wednesday.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 6/25 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Spin the King ended a long slump a month ago when he triumphed in his first start as a gelding, and he could strike again in Friday’s Woodbine headliner.
