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The reputation of great stallions as sires of sires ultimately is dependent on the accomplishments of a very few sons. Only the greatest sires of sires produce more than a few sons who make a lasting impact and establish enduring branches of their male lines.
The fourth consecutive Sunday-to-Wednesday carryover is up for grabs this week – a $255,708 carryover expected to attract more than $1.4 million in new pick-six wagers.
There are three graded stakes winners entered in Wednesday’s $100,000 Stroll Stakes at Saratoga, but the depth of the field is such that none of the trio has to necessarily win.
Pick six carryovers and larger field sizes than last year have translated into strong business for Del Mar as the track passes the midpoint of the season with increases in both overall and ontrack handle.
Strong Impact will attempt to extend his winning streak to three and capture his second stakes of the meeting when he takes on seven rivals in the $100,000 Troy Stakes, the 5 1/2-furlong turf dash serving as the co-feature on Wednesday’s 10-race program at Saratoga.
Jockey Chris DeCarlo should come to Saratoga more often. Despite not having ridden here in 10 years, DeCarlo had little trouble finding the Saratoga winner’s circle after guiding Jewel of a Cat to a come-from-behind, upset victory over the odds-on Magical Moon in Monday’s $98,000 Coronation Cup.
There will be big doings at California’s smallest racing fair, the Humboldt County Fair, which opens its eight-day run Wednesday in the Victorian village of Ferndale.
Trainer Robertino Diodoro is hoping Nate Smith will replace Fernando Perez aboard Smart Promotion for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Canadian Derby. Perez is reportedly out for a few weeks after cracking a couple of ribs when he went down in a spill Friday night.
Brujo de Olleros, a rallying second in the $100,000 Donald Levine Memorial Handicap at Parx in his only 2013 start, tries a slightly easier level on Wednesday at Delaware Park when he heads a field of nine 3-year-olds and up in the $50,000 Carl Hanford Memorial Stakes.
Midnight Lucky, winner of the Grade 1 Acorn at Belmont Park earlier this year, will not race again as a 3-year-old owing to bone bruising.
