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Ocean Downs: Analysis for Sunday 7/5 and Monday 7/6
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 7/5 and Monday 7/6 cards at Ocean Downs.
Matt RoseJul 04, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 7/5 and Monday 7/6 cards at Ocean Downs.
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Zany, sixth as the favorite in the Kentucky Oaks, will be equipped with blinkers when she makes her next start in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks here on July 25, trainer Todd Pletcher said.
Constitution River made a seamless transition from racing against 3-year-olds to beating older horses with a three-length win in Saturday’s Group 1 Eclipse Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Sandown Park outside of London.
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This Sunday evening (starting at 5 P.M. EDT) four distinguished men will be enshrined in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. From various backgrounds but unified in one cause, the quartet have been the bloodlines literally and figuratively that have kept the sport lively for generations passed and onward. Marvin Katz, David Reid, Dr. John Egloff and Michael Kimelman have stood the test of time and devoted their attention towards the future of the Standardbred sport.
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Not all of the participants involved in a four-horse spill Friday at Saratoga came out of the race unscathed. I Love Giraffes, who fell when she clipped heels with a horse to her inside during the running of the Wild Applause Stakes, was diagnosed with a fractured left hip, trainer Chad Summers.
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Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., has canceled its 4th of July card just hours before it was set to begin, another casualty of the heat wave that has disrupted racing throughout the U.S. over the past week.
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Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference.
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The 2-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season is officially underway, and in the first leg of the Gold Series, the two C$100,000 divisions for pacing colts and geldings were won by Gogo Gadget and TH Benedict.
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Aces And Cinches lowered his lifetime mark from 1:52 2/5 to 1:48 1/5 in an eye-catching victory in Friday night's lone $94,000 Indiana Sire Stakes event for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
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Trainer Ron Burke went three-for-three in $43,484 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Friday evening at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.