Travis Stone hired as backup announcer
Travis Stone, the race-caller at Monmouth Park, has been hired by the New York Racing Association to be the backup announcer to John Imbriale.
David GreningNov 05, 2014
Travis Stone, the race-caller at Monmouth Park, has been hired by the New York Racing Association to be the backup announcer to John Imbriale.
Jockey Mike Luzzi, who suffered a broken leg and pelvis in a paddock accident Sunday, was to be transferred Wednesday afternoon to North Shore University Hospital after undergoing surgery earlier in the week at Jamaica Hospital in New York.
Unraced but regally-bred Modeling sold for $2.85 million to Don Alberto Corp during Wednesday's second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Christophe Clement trains three of the 14 horses entered Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct, the last graded turf stakes for fillies and mares to be run this year on this circuit. Only 12 will be permitted to run in the 1 1/2-mile race.
Tonalist, the Belmont Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner who finished fifth in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, arrived in Payson Park in Florida on Wednesday. Tonalist will get a break before preparing for a 4-year-old campaign that could include a start in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
Wildcat Red will return to action Saturday at Gulfstream Park West. Trainer Jose Garoffalo said the Grade 2 winner has been entered in the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Classic Preview, the main event on Saturday’s card of eight divisional Florida-bred stakes.
Big Macher, who finished ninth in the $1,380,000 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita last Saturday, may start at the Del Mar autumn meeting.
California stakes winners Pontchatrain and Top Kisser have been retired and will be bred in 2015.
Jockey Joe Talamo, who finished in a tie for seventh at the Del Mar summer meeting with 19 wins, will miss the first weekend of the meeting because of a suspension.
Bayerd has shown a good deal of talent in just three starts and will be a strong favorite Friday night in the $100,000 Clever Trevor at Remington Park.