Trainer Buff Bradley said Friday from Churchill Downs that his star mare Groupie Doll will make her 5-year-old debut next Saturday, Aug. 10, in the Grade 3 Gardenia Stakes, the annual showcase race at Ellis Park in western Kentucky.
The first winner for Grade 2 winner and freshman sire Papa Clem came on Aug. 1 at the Sonoma County Fair, when Hirschy rallied to win a maiden special weight race by three-quarters of a length.
A colt by Unbridled’s Song is among the 202 yearlings the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana has catalogued to its Sept. 24 auction. The sale, which will be held at the Ike Hamilton Center in West Monroe, La., is affiliated with the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association. It will begin at 11 a.m. Central.
An estimated 17 to 20 horses died in a barn fire at a training center adjacent to Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La., on Thursday night, confirmed Dwight Viator, who lost five horses in the fire, including four-time stakes winner Look At the Time.
Losses by four consecutive favorites from the third through sixth races on Thursday has led to a pick six carryover of $101,569 for Friday’s program at Del Mar.
Trainer Chad Brown reported that Normandy Invasion resumed galloping here last week and if all goes well could have an easy breeze within the next week.
Vyjack, the multiple graded stakes winning 3-year-old who fizzled in the Triple Crown series, has been diagnosed with a bad case of gastric ulcers, according to his owner, David Wilkenfeld, and will likely be out until next year.
The $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt may not be a Win and You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, but it’s still a prestigious Grade 1 race and a stepping-stone to the seven-furlong Forego later in the meet.
Mort Fink, the owner of Wise Dan, says he is going to manage his horse his way and won't change course amid cries for greater challenges such as the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Football season is here. Well, as I’ve written several times over the spring and summer, football hardly has an offseason anymore, with sports books posting their futures, over/under season win totals, and even “Games of the Year” point spreads earlier every year to keep up with the Joneses.
