Indy Point, the Argentine star who won his U.S. debut in Wednesday’s $95,050 Wickerr Stakes on turf at Del Mar, may be headed to the Arlington Million at Arlington Park on Aug. 17.
The unbeaten Sweet Lulu is likely to run in the $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes for 3-year-old fillies over a mile after winning her first start around two turns in an optional claimer on Wednesday.
Last fall, when Paynter was battling laminitis and colitis, starting him in a race such as Saturday’s $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, seemed like a daydream gone astray.
The $1.2 million Hambletonian, now in its 88th year, announced today a comprehensive social media marketing effort to raise awareness and engagement around this year’s event on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J.
Sunday, trainer Richard Mandella has a leading contender with Jimmy Creed in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes over six furlongs.
The list of winners of the Grade 1 Diana Stakes, to be contested for the 75th time Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, is littered with champions and Hall of Fame members, as some of the most famed horses and humans involved in Thoroughbred racing have left their mark on the event. Among the prominent operations that have helped to write the history of Saratoga’s premier event for turf fillies and mares is Darby Dan Farm. The operation, founded by John Galbreath and currently under the care of his grandson John Phillips, campaigned four homebred winners of the Diana, all now members of the farm’s broodmare band.
With three graded races, including a pair of Grade 1’s in the Prioress and Diana, the best racing in the country Saturday is at Saratoga.
Renee’s Passion should start as a strong favorite in the mile and 70-yard Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Oaks at Arapahoe Park on Saturday, even though she has never raced at two turns.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 7/27 card at The Meadowlands.
One day after Armando Lage claimed Catrageous for $25,000 at Hollywood Park on June 20, he decided to run her in Saturday’s $50,000 Wine Country Stakes at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa.
