Saratoga: Spa Babies 2-year-old picks and analysis for Aug. 17
Handicapper Dan Illman's analysis and selections for 2-year-old races at the 2013 Saratoga meet.
Handicapper Dan Illman's analysis and selections for 2-year-old races at the 2013 Saratoga meet.

Reneesgotzip might have run too well when she won an allowance race at Del Mar last month in her first start since December, and trainer Peter Miller is hoping she won’t regress in Sunday’s $150,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap.
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Pace might turn out to be the key factor on Sunday in the Grade 2 Lake Placid at Saratoga and the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo at Del Mar.

Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 8/18 card at Balmoral Park.
Saratoga Vulnerable Favorites, Live Longshots, and Spot Plays for Sunday, August 18.

Dark Cove will be scratched from the $400,000 American St. Leger Stakes on Saturday because of filling in a tendon, co-owner Ken Ramsey said Friday.

Exclusive Diva, an undeniable force in sprint stakes at Emerald Downs, will try to carry her speed over a demanding nine furlongs Sunday when she headlines the $65,000 Emerald Distaff on the Longacres Mile undercard.
Del Mar: Brad Free's Analysis August 17, 2013

Bruce Walker and six other Thoroughbred racing inductees were among those honored Thursday night at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame’s annual ceremony and fundraising dinner at the Mississauga Convention Centre.
Back in March, on a wet Saturday at Lingfield Racecourse south of London, trainer Roger Varian’s thoughts turned to sunny Southern California and the possibility of running Farraaj in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar.