King: How I'd play Gulfstream on Saturday, Feb. 28
A poor inside draw for DAREDEVIL (1) in the Swale Stakes creates favorable wagering opportunities for horseplayers wanting to take a stand against him.
Byron KingFeb 27, 2015
A poor inside draw for DAREDEVIL (1) in the Swale Stakes creates favorable wagering opportunities for horseplayers wanting to take a stand against him.
Trainer Jeff Bonde said this week that Distinctiv Passion, the winner of the Joe Hernandez Stakes on a wet-fast track last Sunday, will start in a graded stakes on dirt for sprinters in early April.
The champions American Pharoah and Beholder worked Friday at Santa Anita.
Two horses listed as not sold for $500,000 and $400,000 at Monday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in Pomona will be sent to trainer Phil D’Amato in the spring, the trainer said Thursday.
Imperative, the winner of the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic in West Virginia last April, will bypass the Santa Anita Handicap on March 7 in favor of the Charles Town Classic on April 18.
Sir Bond has undergone quite the transformation in the last few months, going from low-level claimer to potential stakes horse. Sunday, he’ll seek his fourth consecutive victory in a $69,000 second-level optional-claiming race at Aqueduct.
With a little coaching via walkie-talkie, California Chrome worked five furlongs in 1:00 Friday at Los Alamitos as he prepares for the $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on March 28.
The Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training has been akin to a high-dollar traveling show over the past half-decade. Known as one of the most select markets of the juvenile auction season, the boutique sale moved to Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla., for its 2011 renewal, ending a 17-year stand at Calder Race Course. Three years later, the auction made a brief detour to central Florida, being held at Adena Springs South in Williston. The Fasig-Tipton Florida sale returns to the Miami area for 2015, taking place at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach for the first time.
The Gulfstream Park stewards have suspended jockey Jose Ortiz for three days, beginning next Wednesday, for his ride aboard Upstart in Saturday’s Fountain of Youth.
Back when The Big Beast was a foal, his mother must have told him to eat his clover and he’d grow up big and strong. The Big Beast listened. He’s a hulking hunk o’ horseflesh, and he’s set to be unleashed Sunday at Oaklawn Park.