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Sassy C W, the winner of last month's Prairie Gold Lassie at Prairie Meadows and the Astoria in June at Saratoga, is being pointed for an upcoming stakes at Kentucky Downs, according to her trainer, Larry Rivelli.
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Colonial Downs will host eight Claiming Crown Preview races on Thursday, and no trainer is better prepared than Jamie Ness.
The $1.25 million Travers is obviously the highlight of Saturday's outstanding 14-race program at Saratoga. Although for bettors, the short field and imposing presence of division leader Sovereignty makes the race pale in comparison to the opportunities that present themselves on a challenging undercard featuring four other Grade 1 stakes.
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Delacroix, getting 10 pounds and a great ride from Ryan Moore, nipped Ombudsman by a neck in the Eclipse Stakes on July 12 at Sandown Park. The weight spread between 3-year-old Delacroix and 4-year-old Ombudsman drops marginally to eight pounds Wednesday in the Group 1 Juddmonte International at York.
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Train the Trainer has generally been regarded as one of the leading members of the New York-bred 3-year-old division. But despite being undefeated in three tries against statebred competition, Train the Trainer is expected to face a major challenge from Iron Dome when the pair meets for the first time Thursday at Saratoga in the $200,000 Albany Stakes.
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She Feels Pretty, a head winner over European invader Diamond Rain in Saturday's Grade 1 E.P. Taylor at Woodbine, will be aimed at the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
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In an effort to reverse a years-long decline in the California Thoroughbred foal crop, the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association announced three financial incentives on Sunday designed to lure mare owners to invest in breeding in the state.
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Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who has not ridden since December 2016 but is hoping to make a comeback in coming months, was briefly hospitalized on Sunday after an incident during morning workouts at Del Mar.
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Kopion, the dominant winner of the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff in May but second in her last two starts, worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds at Del Mar for a fall campaign that has yet to be finalized.
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In Indiana, where sanctioned Thoroughbred racing began in 1995, the talented 3-year-old Chicory Blaze moves from a pair of age-restricted Indiana-bred stakes scores into the $100,000 Bucchero, a turf route in which he meets older rivals.
