No matter what they call the race or where they run it, Bad Debt is simply unbeatable when it comes to racing against statebreds on the turf during the fall of the year in south Florida.
Horseplayers with an affinity for the turf-to-dirt angle will find ample opportunities throughout Sunday’s card, beginning with the opener, a $20,000 maiden claimer where no fewer than seven of the eight fillies and mares entered are coming off a grass race
Los Alamitos has canceled this year’s running of the prestigious Champion of Champions race for older Quarter Horses, the track announced in a press release on Saturday, with track owner Ed Allred citing concerns of clenbuterol testing as the cause.
After a noticeable outside flow on the main track the past three days, combined with a turf course that’s been in use for a grand total of three races so far this month and not at all since Wednesday, you’d have to be crazy to start off Saturday’s card with a 50-cent pick five play before seeing how things are playing.
In this piece, I’m supposed tell you what my strategy is for tackling Saturday’s card at Aqueduct, but aside from offering a couple of general ideas, this is a rare occasion where I’m simply unable to fulfill my mission. Why? Because of the way Aqueduct’s main track played the first three days of this racing week.
C.R. Trout is in the midst of an incredible run at Remington Park. The breeder-owner-trainer had a stakes triple at the Oklahoma City track Oct. 17 and a week later picked up another stakes at Remington. Trout’s streak continued Friday night, when Shotgun Kowboy rallied through the stretch to catch the 4-5 favorite Bayerd and win the $106,000 Clever Trevor.
A 10-race card highlighted by the Grade 3 River City Handicap – one of the better stakes races across the country – comprises the day’s racing Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Book 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale closed on Friday with steady results that lacked major fireworks, but helped improve the overall average and median.
Mike Smith, the leading stakes-winning jockey during the summer, celebrated opening day of the new Del Mar fall meeting in style on Friday, winning the $84,350 Kathryn Crosby Stakes with Queen of The Sand.
While the step up into stakes company didn’t work out so well for Grand Yodeler, it’s safe to say she won’t be facing any world beaters in Saturday’s second at Del Mar.
