Premier Ethics, a filly who is unbeaten in three starts, is the leading contender in the richest of four stakes on Saturday’s nine-race Quarter Horse card at Hialeah Park.
Kentucky Derby hopeful Daredevil will make his much-anticipated 3-year-old debut going seven furlongs in Saturday’s Grade 2 Swale at Gulfstream Park. His task will not be an easy one as the Champagne winner will line up against a strong field that includes the top contenders Souper Colossal, X Y Jet, and Ready for Rye.
Khozan's talent ceiling has yet to be discovered – however, if there’s one area where the colt has no vulnerabilities, it’s his pedigree.
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The Palm Beach might be the more competitive of the two turf stakes for 3-year-olds on Saturday’s card at Gulfstream Park. Night Prowler, trained by Chad Brown, will be trying to validate his victory eight weeks ago in the Grade 3 Dania Beach while facing a host of promising new opponents, including Dubai Sky, Divisidero, and Eh Cumpari.
Emerald Downs put the finishing touches on its stakes schedule this week, and it’s a virtual carbon copy of the one from 2014, with 29 stakes races valued at $1.62 million, up from $1.61 million a year ago.
I’m going with Royal Son in Saturday’s John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. The combination of the surface switch and equipment change could elicit significant improvement, and he has the speed to be a factor from the start.
Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Thursday's report features races from Aqueduct, Charles Town, Delta Downs, Fair Grounds, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park, Penn National, Santa Anita, and Tampa Bay Downs.
Churchill Downs had net income of $46.2 million in 2014, according to financial documents released late on Wednesday, a drop of 16 percent compared with net income of $54.9 million in 2013 despite posting record revenues during the year.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 2/27 card at The Meadowlands.
