There was no change to the Derby Watch top 20 from a week ago in terms of the runners on the list nor to the Kentucky Derby future line produced by Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form’s national handicapper, who last week made Dortmund the ante-post favorite at 6-1.
Look for first-time starter Japan to take a significant amount of action in Saturday’s third race at Gulfstream Park, a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race for 3-year-olds that has lured a number of well-bred newcomers from top barns.
Shared Belief will not have a strenuous series of workouts in advance of the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 7.
At midmorning Wednesday in Chicago, the temperature was 9 degrees, and overnight the wind chill was forecast to hit minus-25.
Arapahoe Park plans to offer a purse bonus for races with large fields and a purse penalty for races with small fields, the Colorado track announced Wednesday.
With a pick six carryover of $91,364 from Monday’s program, and four days to think about it, bettors will be chasing a lucrative pool in Friday’s pick six at Santa Anita.
Star Ladies Racing will have plenty to root for when its up-and-coming Eskenformoney tries to put herself in the Kentucky Oaks picture with a strong effort in the Grade 2 Davona Dale.
When bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic purchased a Street Boss weanling for $10,000, he was hoping he’d made a bargain purchase of a good, useful horse. Little did he imagine that he’d just purchased a colt that would win the race he’d always dreamed of winning, the El Camino Real Derby.
Overnight purses at Mahoning Valley Race Course will rise by about 5 percent beginning March 2.
Television Games Network, the most widely distributed live-racing broadcast channel in the U.S., has acquired its only television broadcast competitor, HRTV, and will gain the exclusive broadcast rights for the racetracks owned by the Stronach Group for seven years, the companies announced Wednesday.
