Del Mar: Gomez still not cleared by stewards to work, ride horses
Jockey Garrett Gomez was removed Tuesday from his scheduled mounts for the Wednesday card at Del Mar and was not permitted to work horses Tuesday morning.
Jay PrivmanAug 06, 2013
Jockey Garrett Gomez was removed Tuesday from his scheduled mounts for the Wednesday card at Del Mar and was not permitted to work horses Tuesday morning.
The Meadowlands concluded their Championship meet on August 3 (Hambletonian Day) and reported strong profits.
Saratoga: Pick 4 Keys, B's and C's for Wednesday, August 7 by Kenny Peck.
Boosted by Optimizer’s $1,225,000 half-sister, Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale ended its first of two sessions with large gains across the board on Monday.
A filly from the final crop of the late Dynaformer created fireworks late in the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale Monday night, bringing the hammer down at $1,225,000 to Goncalo Torrealba’s Borges Torrealba operation.
A Distorted Humor filly descending from multiple classic producer Better Than Honour sold for $1 million to Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation to pace the action during Monday night’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Brass and Gold saved ground the whole way and made a strong move when the rail opened up at the top of the stretch on his way to a $41.50 upset in Monday’s $75,000 B.C. Cup Classic at Hastings.
Barry Irwin, the managing partner of the Team Valor racing partnership, went deep on two yearlings early on in the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale on Monday night, spending $875,000 on a Medaglia d’Oro colt and $600,000 on an Indian Charlie filly, the second- and third-highest prices at the session at the halfway mark.
Go for Guinness took a big step toward the Grade 3, $150,000 British Columbia Derby with a strong performance in Monday’s $50,000 Stellar’s Jay at Hastings.
Historic Saratoga Race Course kicked its summer meeting into high gear last weekend with the Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap on Aug. 3 and the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on Aug. 4. Those races preceded a busy week in Saratoga Springs, with two Fasig-Tipton yearling sales scheduled and the annual National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, Aug. 9.