Lea tops 10-horse field for Grade 1 Donn
A field of 10 older horses has been entered to run Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $500,000 Donn Handicap, the first Grade 1 dirt race for older horses this year in North America.
Marty McGeeFeb 04, 2015
A field of 10 older horses has been entered to run Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $500,000 Donn Handicap, the first Grade 1 dirt race for older horses this year in North America.
Upstart, who stamped himself as a leading Kentucky Derby contender with his impressive victory in the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes, blew out an easy half-mile in 50 seconds at Palm Meadows on Wednesday. The work was his first since the Holy Bull 10 days earlier.
Cool Samurai can earn a start in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 7 with a win in a second-level optional $62,500 claimer at Santa Anita on Friday.
Handle on U.S. races in January climbed 1.5 percent compared with the same month last year despite a 2.8 percent drop in the number of races held during the month, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase.
Jevian Toledo has been the hottest jockey at Laurel Park in recent weeks and comes into Friday’s card atop the rider standings.
A new post position only solidified the plan that the connections of Penwith have for their filly in Friday’s rescheduled $100,000 Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct.
Maryland Jockey Club officials have notified trainers Hector Garcia and Juan Vazquez they will no longer be able to race at Laurel Park or Pimlico, and have told the trainers they have two weeks to remove their horses from the Pimlico backstretch.
The Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile will be a Friday night affair for the first time this season at Lone Star Park. The Texas Mile and the Grade 3, $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap are the richest offerings among 11 stakes worth a cumulative $1 million for the 50-date meet, which runs April 9 through July 19.
Federal legislators have introduced two bills that would open up states to gambling on sports by amending a federal law that prohibits the activity in most states, according to the American Horse Council.
A two-alarm fire Wednesday morning at the Thoroughbred Center, a training facility owned by Keeneland near Lexington, Ky., did not affect barns or injure horses. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.