Del Mar: Brad Free's Analysis July 25, 2013
Del Mar analysis for Thursday, July 25.
DRF StaffJul 24, 2013
Del Mar analysis for Thursday, July 25.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Penn National Gaming Inc., the owner and operator of 28 casinos and racetracks, had a net loss of $12.2 million in the second quarter of 2013, a sharp decline from net income of $66.7 million in the second quarter last year and well off the projections the company had previously estimated for the quarter.
As a means of better showcasing its inaugural $300,000 Zia Park Oaks, Zia Park has pushed back the date of the mile and a sixteenth race for 3-year-old fillies a day, to Sunday, Nov. 24.
Trainer Kevin McDermott’s belief in Lonewolf Currier has always been strong. Last week in one of two $50,000 preliminaries for the Delvin Miller Adios at The Meadows, the son of The Panderosa withstood intense pressure on his way to a 1:48 4/5 career best mile.
The sensational Bee A Magician puts her perfect 7-for-7 record this season on the line in a $35,000 Hambletonian Oaks elimination on Saturday night at The Meadowlands Racetrack.
Proud of My Roots, coming off a fourth-place finish for a $20,000 claiming price at Woodbine, surged through the stretch under jockey Jesse Campbell for a half-length victory in Tuesday’s $75,000 Rainbow Connection Stakes, a five-furlong turf race for Ontario-sired fillies and mares at Fort Erie.
Southern California trainer Carla Gaines has been suspended 30 days, beginning Aug. 1, and fined $2,500 by the California Horse Racing Board after two of her starters in 2012 tested in excess of the permitted level of testosterone.