Roughly two weeks removed from the Grade 3 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park on March 21, the race is beginning to take shape. Among the horses under consideration for the race are Metaboss, Magic is Believing, Conquest Typhoon, Majestico, Imperia, Bluff, Royal Son, and Pepper Roani.
The remnants of Thursday’s winter storm are likely to have an impact on Saturday’s card at Aqueduct, which includes the Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes, two other stakes and a pick-six carryover of $148,147.
DRF handicapper provides his analysis of Saturday's best bets at Gulfstream Park.
Oaklawn Park will put on one of the most significant programs of its meet next Saturday with champion Untapable expected to make her 4-year-old debut in the Grade 2, $300,000 Azeri and champions American Pharoah and Take Charge Brandi on schedule to meet in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel Stakes.
Friday, Toast of New York, the runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita last November, has been declared from the Dubai World Cup, trainer Jamie Osborne said.
The one-week postponement of last Saturday’s Grade 3 Palm Beach Stakes due to heavy rain caused trainer Bill Mott to change his plans for Grade 3 winner Dubai Sky.
The best horses to step onto the Turfway Park main track this week were there Tuesday, a dark day, when trainer Wesley Ward sent four Breeders’ Cup starters from Keeneland to work over Turfway’s synthetic Polytrack surface.
Materiality kept his record unblemished and earned himself a shot at a Kentucky Derby prep with an impressive 5 3/4-length victory over stablemate and even-money favorite Stanford in the 1 1/8-mile Islamorada overnight stakes here Friday.
The annual summer meet at Saratoga Race Course continues to be a boon to the New York Capital region, generating more than $237 million in economic activity and approximately 2,600 jobs, according to a study released Friday by the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency.
It’s time again to rant and rail at the people who run the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame, and wonder aloud why they can’t seem to get anything right in terms of the voting process, and how come there are so many clearly obvious candidates who never make it to the final ballot, and when they’ll finally get Billy Crystal to host the induction ceremonies.
