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The $300,000 Del Mar Futurity is buried early on the Sunday's closing-day card as race 4. But while the Futurity may be squirreled away, the race favorite is front and center. Brant became instantly famous after he was purchased for $3 million. When he popped a 101 Beyer Speed Figure first time out, his reputation grew.
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Two wins in two starts, the latest a sprint stakes at Monmouth Park last month, has left high hopes surrounding the 2-year-old colt Hey Nay Nay. Is he good enough to start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar on Oct. 31? The result of Sunday's Grade 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf at a mile will provide clues.
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Albin Jimenez, the jockey suspended for one year by stewards in Ohio in late August based on a second-place finish in a race at Belterra Park, has filed an appeal of the ruling and been granted a stay, according to officials involved in the case.
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New York-based trainer Ray Handal began serving a 22-day suspension on Thursday for three violations of rules pertaining to the use of the corticosteroid dexamethasone, a regulated painkilling medication, according to records posted by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit.
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Jonathan's Way, a Grade 3-winning juvenile last year, has officially been retired from racing to join the young and growing roster at Airdrie Stud.
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Ron Winchell's Winchell Thoroughbreds bought Snow Face Princess in a digital sale, and if things go Winchell's way, he'll recoup most of the $775,000 purchase price Sunday in the $1 million Untapable Stakes.
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Trainer Noel Daley finds himself in the garden spot in the Garden State on Friday night with a list of top contenders as the Meadowlands hosts a series of New Jersey Classic events for freshmen and sophomores. Daley could have three favorites of his six finalists on the stakes-filled program, with the top 2-year-old trotting filly Emmas Mystery CCL a likely favorite in the $250,000 event carded as race five of 14 on the card.
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The breeding business comes with no guarantees. Theoretically, breeding a mare with more than $1 million in career earnings to a stallion with even better credentials should produce a foal with the capacity to race in stakes events. Reality suggests often the results don't bear fruit.
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Aside from getting a little lost on his first trip away home, Apex has done little wrong in his rookie season for trainer Marcus Melander. The son of Walner-Mission Brief captured the New Jersey Sire Stakes championship for 2-year-old male trotters last month at the Meadowlands and returns to The Big M on Friday (Sept. 5), aiming to come out on top in the $250,000 New Jersey Classic final for the freshmen boys.
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Reigning Ohio-bred horse of the year Generous Lover got back in the win column with a dominant 6 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Michael G. Mackey Memorial Angenora Stakes for female sprinters on Thursday at Thistledown.
