Thirteen American horses will race during the five days of the Royal Ascot meet in England that begins Tuesday, including California Chrome, the 2014 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year.
That’s Who will be seeking to win the ninth stakes race of his career on Sunday, when he starts as one of the top choices in the $60,000 University of New Mexico Handicap at the Downs at Albuquerque.
Oaklawn president Charles Cella has taken great care to build up the program for 3-year-olds at his Hot Springs, Ark., track, and the series reached a pinnacle last weekend when graduate American Pharaoh completed the Triple Crown.
If a minor miracle occurs and California Chrome wins the Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot Wednesday, he will restore a reputation that has been frayed at the edges in the 12 months since his valiant attempt to win the Triple Crown. But even if he wins, California Chrome would not be the first American-trained runner to conquer a major race for all comers at Royal Ascot. He would be the second.
Japan, winner of the Easy Goer Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard, likely will make his next start Aug. 1 in the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga, trainer Bill Mott said Friday.
Fast Anna may not have opened his 2015 campaign to rave reviews off Broadway, but he will be heading to the Big Apple off what really what matters most, a victory.
Stryker Phd, the leading handicap horse in the Pacific Northwest, will make his 2015 debut Sunday in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap at Emerald Downs.
A sextet of juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 seconds to lead Friday’s session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale breeze show.
Although Secretariat was the dominant classic horse of his generation, it is Mr. Prospector who has become a true American classic.
The 2-year-old portion of the auction calendar has been an active one in 2015, with myriad changes in format and venue, along with record performances. The last stop on the major North American juvenile schedule is the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, which takes place Tuesday through Friday, with sessions beginning each day at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
