Don’t Tell Sophia, one of the top older females in North America, will not run in the Grade 3, $100,000 Bayakoa at Oaklawn on Feb. 15, as had been a goal, her co-owner and trainer, Phil Sims, said Wednesday.
The Santa Anita crowd will still be filtering in Saturday when the day’s first overlay starts in race 1.
Southern California-based jockey Joe Talamo will ride War Story in the Grade 3, $300,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on Feb. 16, the horse’s co-owner, Ron Paolucci, said Thursday.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 2/8 card at Balmoral Park. There is a $3,766 carryover in the pick five (race 2) and a $25,000 guaranteed pick four pool (race 7).
Terry Finley, the racing-partnership founder who narrowly lost an election late last year for president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, has submitted additional information in his appeal of the voting results.
Jockey Ramon Vazquez has jumped out to a fast start at Oaklawn Park, where a recent five-win day has helped lift the Puerto Rico native to the top of the riding charts.
Registered white Thoroughbreds are a highly uncommon sight at public auction, but Polar Foxx is an even more exclusive vintage among that select group. The 2-year-old daughter of Silver Mountain will be just the third white filly offered at a North American auction since 1999 when she goes through the ring on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
Apprentice jockey Gonzalo Nicolas has been suspended three days for causing interference in the fourth race Feb. 1.
Thegirlinthatsong, winner of the Grade 2 La Canada Stakes on Jan. 17, worked a half-mile in 49.80 seconds Friday and will start in the $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes against older fillies and mares Feb. 14.
Hoop of Colour, a two-time winner in England in 2014, won her American debut Thursday in an optional claimer at 1 1/4 miles on turf.
