Keeneland November: Steady returns in fourth session
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.
Joe NevillsNov 07, 2014
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.
It is quite a remarkable accomplishment that the Relaunch mare Baby Zip appears four times in the second generation of Breeders’ Cup-winning and -placing pedigrees.
The Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland and Haras de Bonneval in France have released their advertised fees for the 2015 breeding season.
A traditional daily double to start the day, and then four horses scattered around later on the card who may prove valuable for your various single-race and multiple-race wagers.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 11/9 card at Balmoral Park.
Jockeys were expected to ride at Parx racetrack outside Philadelphia this weekend after representatives of the Jockeys’ Guild met Friday with track management and reported progress on resolving a dispute over a waiver the track distributed to riders this week, according to the head of the Guild.
Grade 2 winner Santiva will relocate to Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The main track was fast Wednesday, sloppy Thursday, and muddy Friday, yet outside paths produced the vast majority of winners on all three days – a trend that also was apparent to some extent during opening week, particularly Oct. 31.