In lieu of an appearance from the local star Quint’s Brew, Haileysfirstnotion and Spikezone put on a show of their own in the $125,000 New Castle Handicap on Friday at Delaware Park.
Monty Arrossa, one of the nation’s most prominent Quarter Horse trainers earlier this decade, was given a 15-year suspension and fined $567,200 after three Quarter Horses in his care tested positive for the banned medication carmoterol on five occasions in out-of-competition and post-race tests taken at Los Alamitos in October and November of 2024.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 9/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The Puma returned to the work tab for the first time since his fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Travers on Friday morning at Saratoga, breezing a very easy four furlongs in 51.63 seconds with regular rider Javier Castellano aboard.
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Secured Freedom, winner of the Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita in June who was scratched from the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby last month, is under consideration for the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on Sept. 27, trainer Tim Yakteen said on Friday.
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Jockey Joe Bravo was scheduled to undergo minor knee surgery on Friday that will keep him from riding for at least three weeks, the veteran rider said.
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What High Lateen lacks in experience his trainer, David Fawkes, feels he can make up for with pure talent when going postward one of several key contenders in Sunday's $62,500 allowance/optional-claiming feature at Gulfstream Park. The race serves as the fourth and arguably one of the more puzzling legs of a mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 sequence.
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Yes, it was a restricted sales stakes, but what the 2-year-old filly Sun Goddess did Aug. 20 at York in the Harry's Half Million still was remarkable. And it is not just that single performance that makes Sun Goddess the heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on Sunday at The Curragh.
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Making official what was widely anticipated, trainer Bill Mott said Friday that Sovereignty, the Grade 1 Whitney winner and reigning Horse of the Year, will not be entered in the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup to be run next Friday at Belmont Park.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 9/13 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
