Though the turf course is firm for Friday’s races at Churchill Downs, already two horses were early scratches from the featured eighth race, a third-level allowance at a mile on grass.
The Maryland Racing Media Association will hold its annual crab feast Saturday after the races at Laurel Park. This year’s honorees are Harold Snyder, jockey Victor Carrasco, and trainer Kieron Magee.
The Sunday cards are going to be front-loaded with trotters, with an overseas audience wagering on the first five races.
Top trainers Jimmy Takter and Ron Burke had banner nights in Matron action at Dover Downs
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, November 8th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
A pair of high-priced weanlings led the proceedings during Thursday’s third session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which upheld a steady pace in the market as it headed into Book 2.
Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., has released the advertised 2015 fees for its five-horse stallion roster.
Hazel Park Raceway will continue hosting both Thoroughbred and harness racing in 2015, as approved by the Michigan Gaming Control Board on Oct. 31.
Coolmore’s Ashford Stud has released the advertised stud fees for its 13-horse stallion roster for the 2015 breeding season. Perennial leading sire Giant’s Causeway once again reigns as the Versailles, Ky., farm’s flagship stallion, with the 17-year-old son of Storm Cat maintaining his fee of $85,000 for a fourth straight year.
After a drizzly, dreary Thursday, showery weather was expected to linger in the New York area overnight, which may put a damper on turf racing yet again.
