Saratoga: Keys, B's and C's for Thursday, July 25
Saratoga Pick 4 for Thursday, July 25 by Marty McGee.
Marty McGeeJul 24, 2013
Saratoga Pick 4 for Thursday, July 25 by Marty McGee.
Behrens, a three-time Grade 1 winner with more than $4.5 million in earnings, has retired from stud duty in California, Ellen Jackson of Victory Rose Thoroughbreds confirmed Wednesday. Plans call for him to reside at the Old Friends at Cabin Creek facility in New York.
On Saturday, trainer Brian Lynch will look for his first turf stakes win of the meeting with Five Iron, who is among seven horses entered in the open, $125,000 Toronto Cup.
Saratoga spot plays, live longshots, and vulnerable favorites for Thursday, July 25, 2013.
It has been a long time since Where’s the Remote won a race but he may have found the right spot to break his long losing streak when he runs in a $17,500 claiming race that will serve as Friday’s feature at Northlands Park.
Der Bee Buz is set to travel nine furlongs on the grass in Friday’s Woodbine headliner, a $52,500 allowance for Ontario-sired nonwinners of two.
Ask any horseman , or horseplayer for that matter, what the most difficult distance for a first-time starter to handle is, and you’ll likely get seven furlongs for an answer. That fact alone made Da House’s victory last Friday at Louisiana Downs an admirable accomplishment.
The horse racing industry will be closely eyeing the 13-day Sonoma County Fair which begins in Santa Rosa on Friday. For the first time, the meeting will be conducted as an individual entity rather than under the auspices of the California Authority of Racing Fairs.
Monzante, the Grade 1 winner whose euthanization after being injured in a $4,000 claiming race Saturday at Evangeline Downs has prompted a national discussion about racehorse safety and retirement, was sound going into the race, according to his trainer, and was put down only after his condition worsened after being transported back to the barn.
Saratoga: Dave Litfin's Analysis July 25, 2013