Del Mar Vulnerable Favorites, Live Longshots, and Spot Plays: August 1
Del Mar spot plays, live longshots, and vulnerable favorites for Thursday, August 1, 2013.
DRF StaffJul 31, 2013
Del Mar spot plays, live longshots, and vulnerable favorites for Thursday, August 1, 2013.
Saratoga: Pick 3 Keys, B's and C's for Thursday, August 1 by Kenny Peck.
Saratoga spot plays, live longshots, and vulnerable favorites for Thursday, August 1, 2013.
To some, when a $7,000 yearling becomes one of the favorites for the prestigious $280,500 Peter Haughton Memorial at the Meadowlands there is surprise. It may be even more shocking that a breeder would have enough faith in a family with a huge generation gap to even elect to mate the “non-descript” Nicole Isabelle to the top stallion Andover Hall.
Trainer Carla Gaines is set to begin a 30-day suspension Thursday, the result of having two of her female horses test positive for an excessive amount of testosterone in July 2012.
Uncaptured, biding his time in fifth place under a patient Miguel Mena, rallied five wide into the stretch and ran down River Seven for a one-length victory in Tuesday’s $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.
A jury has ruled against the American Quarter Horse Association in a cloning registration case that went to trial in Amarillo, Texas, on July 17. The AQHA prohibits the registration of cloned animals in a practice that was legally challenged by Jason Abraham and Gregg Veneklasen.
Del Mar's stewards on Wednesday made the unusual but not unprecedented decision to allow the transfer of Irish Art from trainer Carla Gaines to trainer Jerry Quinn, allowing Irish Art to run in Thursday's featured $85,000 seventh race.
“150 Years of Racing in Saratoga: Little-Known Stories and Facts from America’s Most Historic Racing City” consists of unexpected tales regarding Saratoga people, horses, and happenings.
Dorothy Ours's "Battleship: A Daring Heiress, A Teenage Jockey, and America's Horse" is a meticulously researched and beautifully written book about the son of Man o' War who won the 1938 Grand National.