Meinertzhageni, who has two wins and a second in three starts on Del Mar's Polytrack, will take a step up in class on Sunday to compete in the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for California-bred fillies and mares.
You never know what the entry box will produce, either in quantity and quality. Eddie Kenneally was hoping for a relatively easy jump in conditions for the 3-year-old colt Gambler’s Ghost before they migrate to Florida for the winter, but he got something a bit different.
The co-features at Gulfstream Park West on Sunday are first-level optional-claiming races. David Jacobson has found a nice spot for Stallwalkin’ Dude in the fifth, and Todd Pletcher has two top players in race 9.
A bill passed this year by the New York state legislature will allow qualifying jockeys to have their health insurance paid for from a portion of video-lottery-terminal revenue previously earmarked for purses.
Due in part to wet weather, Belmont Park’s fall meet suffered near-double-digit declines in total and ontrack handle compared with a year ago.
The older-male division has been one of the more wide-open divisions at Woodbine this season, but Lukes Alley will look to make a strong case for divisional honors at next spring’s Sovereign Awards with a win in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Autumn Stakes.
A case in Indiana charging a suspended veterinarian with eight counts of violating state racing rules is shining a harsh spotlight on medication practices at the state’s lone Thoroughbred track, Indiana Grand, while raising a handful of issues about the racing industry’s ongoing efforts to tighten its drug rules and hold violators accountable.
Some price potential in a maiden turf route (race 6) and competitive fields in races 7 and 8 give some appeal to the pick three incorporating those races.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Sunday 11/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Many divisional races remain wide-open and will come down to performances in the Breeders Crown.
