not surprising that the organizers of this year’s Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, which opened on Monday at Keeneland, staged a presentation allowing regulatory veterinarians and their supervisors to explain the data and policies that generally lead to raceday scratches.
Delaware Park announced that it will cancel its Thursday and Friday cards this week due to extreme heat.
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Ellis Park opens with a special Fourth of July weekend celebration this Friday through Monday before settling into its regular Friday-Sunday schedule through Aug. 23.
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Waggley, who won his first two starts three weeks apart in April in Kentucky, heads a field of eight entered for Saturday's Grade 3, $225,000 Sanford Stakes for 2-year-olds going six furlongs at Saratoga.
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Phileas Fogg and Antiquarian, separated by a head in last year's Suburban Stakes, are part of a field of 11 older dirt males that were entered Sunday for Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Suburban at Saratoga.
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Chad Brown will seek a record-extending seventh victory in the Grade 1, $600,000 Belmont Oaks when he sends out Fitz Right and Just Aloof in the 1 1/8-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga, which drew a field of 10.
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Stark Contrast, among the leaders of the 3-year-old male turf division, was not entered as expected in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Belmont Derby at Saratoga, leaving the field with a seemingly wide-open group of 10.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 6/30 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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March of Time was trainer Bob Baffert's fifth winner from seven starters in six races through the first six days of the nine-day Los Alamitos meeting.
Lethal Cowboy 123 ended a four-race losing streak with an important victory as a heavy favorite in Sunday’s $142,900 Vessels Maturity for older Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos.
