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In what is expected to be her final start, the brilliant Japanese mare Namura Clair will attempt to win the first Grade 1 race of her career in her 11th attempt in Sunday’s $2.05 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen at six furlongs at Chukyo Racecourse.
The two-time winners Charlie, Danon Bourbon and Libeccio were the focus of early betting for Saturday’s $227,800 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan, the last of the four races in that country’s Kentucky Derby qualifying series.
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Nantasket Beach will be the 127-pound highweight if he goes in Sunday's headliner, an overnight starter handicap for older horses to be decided at a mile and 70 yards over the Tapeta track. The race is the penultimate leg in a mandatory Rainbow 6 sequence that figures to have approximately $2.5 million in the pool if not hit on either Friday or Saturday.
FanDuel TV, the cable network that has broadcast live horse races on a dedicated channel since 1999, will begin to phase out its horse racing studio productions this summer and cease operations as a cable channel at the end of 2027, according to an official familiar with the company’s plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Two years ago, the maiden Where's My Ring won the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes, earning a start in the Kentucky Oaks. Next Saturday, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will attempt to win the Grade 3 Gazelle with the maiden Slow Kara, who has a fourth and a second in two starts going a one-turn mile at Gulfstream Park.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 3/29 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Bravaro, coming off a disappointing fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, will be equipped with blinkers when he runs in next Saturday's Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
Trainer Paddy Gallagher has been fined $2,500 by Santa Anita stewards for violations of two rules related to veterinary examinations involving a 2-year-old who sustained an injury in a workout in December 2024 and was later euthanized.
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May Day Ready, a three-time stakes winner and millionaire, is in training with Richard Mandella at Santa Anita with the goal of resuming her career later this spring.
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Juan Hernandez and Antonio Fresu, second and fifth in the jockey standings at Santa Anita through Thursday, will ride briefly at Keeneland next month.
