Lea looks as good as ever winning comeback in Hal's Hope
Lea overcame an 11-month layoff and an eventful trip to successfully defend his title in Saturday’s $150,000 Hal’s Hope at Gulfstream Park.
Mike WelschJan 10, 2015
Lea overcame an 11-month layoff and an eventful trip to successfully defend his title in Saturday’s $150,000 Hal’s Hope at Gulfstream Park.
The main track at Santa Anita was sealed before the first race Saturday as track superintendent Dennis Moore prepared for rain. How that affects the racing program a day later, on Sunday, is a mystery.
California Chrome continued his pattern of strong works in preparation for next month’s San Antonio Stakes when he went six furlongs Saturday morning in 1:11.60 at Los Alamitos. The time was the fastest of 16 works at the distance.
Saturday’s card at Gulfstream is loaded with quality late, as one might expect this time of year, but the early portion of the program is surprisingly shaky.
Royal Song Dancer improved her record to 3 for 4 on Friday night, when she wired the field in the $75,000 By the Light Stakes at Delta Downs in Vinton, La.
Emerald Downs on Friday announced the creation of an incentive program designed to attract stables to the Seattle-area track.
Saturday’s live racing program at Aqueduct was canceled, the fourth straight day that all or part of a card was scrapped.
The deaths of 11 Thoroughbreds during the first 20 days of Aqueduct’s winter meet has New York Racing Association officials contemplating a change to the winter schedule.
Saturday’s card at Santa Anita features two graded stakes events, and they will be the focus of my plays. I will play each of them individually, as well as have them be the bookends of a pick three play.
Greenwood ACRA announced Friday that Atlantic City Race Course, which has primarily operated as a simulcast center since 1999, will close permanently Jan. 16.