Multiple graded stakes winner Wildcat Red was named Florida’s 2014 Horse of the Year Monday night at the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association annual awards banquet and gala in Ocala, Fla.
It’s a pretty simple formula for success for Sheriffa. Make the lead early, she wins. Fail to make the lead early, she loses. On Thursday, when Sheriffa returns to the races for the first time in 11 weeks, she looms the primary speed in Aqueduct’s $59,000 second-level allowance feature for New York-bred fillies and mares going a mile 70 yards over the inner track.
An attorney for Parx racetrack outside of Philadelphia said on Tuesday that language in a document distributed to riders as a condition of being eligible for insurance coverage does not prohibit riders from suing the racetrack.
Texas Red has been declared off the Kentucky Derby trail because of a lingering issue with a foot abscess, trainer Keith Desormeaux said Tuesday from Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
Sweet Whiskey will be making her first-ever start in the allowance ranks in the ninth of 10 Thursday races, a $50,000, six-furlong race with a $62,500 claiming option that drew 10 other older fillies and mares.
A funeral will be held Thursday for former Woodbine racing executive John “Jack” Kenney, who died last Saturday at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto at age 79.
One Lucky Dane hasn’t raced since Nov. 1, but the race in which he competed has proven to be quite productive. Texas Red won it, Carpe Diem was second, Upstart third. The form of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile has more than held up, and now One Lucky Dane will look to continue that trend in the second race on Thursday at Santa Anita.
DRF Plus handicapping reports for Wednesday's races, including DRF Daily GamePlan, the Positive ROI Report, and Key Race Report.
Dave Litfin's Aqueduct horses to watch for March 16, 2015.
