Mohawk: Horses to watch from Apr. 9 - Apr. 13
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.

Mike Mitchell, the winningest trainer in Del Mar history who won 20 training titles in Southern California, died on Tuesday of the effects of a brain tumor diagnosed in 2012, according to friends of the family. Mitchell was 66.
Jareth Loveberry will move his tack to Kentucky and Indiana for the summer following the recently completed meet at Oaklawn Park.

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Thursday 4/16 card at Yonkers Raceway,

Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 4/16 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
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The Howard Taylor-owned Major Uptrend has won six of 11 races this year, good for $75,475 in purses, and heads into Saturday’s $30,000 Bobby Weiss Series final for 3- and 4-year-old male pacers off victories in his two preliminary rounds of the event at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
A septet of juveniles completed a one-furlong breeze in :10 seconds flat to lead Tuesday’s session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show.

His career is all of six weeks old, but already Eric Cancel has some convinced he has a bright future as a jockey in North America.

When the gates open for the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on Saturday, it won’t be difficult to find Moreno. He’s going to be the horse on the lead. “If you are in front of us early, you are probably going too fast,” trainer Eric Guillot said.

After spending several frustrating days trying to get a race for his Grade 3-winning sprinter Speechify, trainer Ralph Nicks will finally be able to get his star back in action Thursday when he takes on five rivals in a $46,000 optional-claiming race at five furlongs on the turf.