With Yonkers Raceway recently announcing its intention to move the finish line and the hosting of the $1 million International Trot in October, Standardbred Owners Association of New York President took the time to chat about those topics as well as European simulcasting.
Buff Bradley was as disappointed in the results of the Belmont Derby last weekend as anyone who bet on Divisidero at 5-2.
Ciboulette nearly upset the applecart at 32-1 when she came off the sidelines in June. She’s competing in another six-furlong allowance race on the grass in Friday’s Woodbine headliner, and might be ready to pop in her third try off the bench.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 7/9 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
The California State Fair opens a three-week, 11-day run Friday in Sacramento, Calif. The three-week meeting is the first for the State Fair, which has run for two weeks in the past.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 7/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Trainer Stephen Dunn saddles Smart Kit (#2, ML 7-2) in Wednesday's seventh race at Indiana Grand, a six-furlong allowance optional claimer. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Dunn is winning at a 32 percent clip in allowances, for a return on investment of $3.62. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus.
Scarlet Hour, Michigan’s top juvenile female of last year, will make her 2015 debut Friday in the $20,000 Regret Stakes at Hazel Park Raceway.
Utopia, a Japanese Group 1 winner and former U.S. stallion, died of an apparent heart attack at the Jockey Club of Turkey’s Karacabey National Stud in Bursa, Turkey.
Live video streaming of the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic winter mixed sale.
