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Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. was selected the winner of the Mike Venezia Award, which honors the rider who displays the exemplary sportsmanship and citizenship that personified Venezia, who died from injuries suffered in a spill at Belmont Park in 1988.
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The highly touted 2-year-old Schwarzenegger's debut continues to be put on hold.
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The connections of McAfee and Bracket Buster said Friday that they are planning to enter their horses Sunday for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 23, where Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty looms a heavy favorite.
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Decadent, a 3-year-old filly trained by Kenny McPeek, will make her long-awaited stakes debut in the $200,000 Cathryn Sophia at Parx Racing on Tuesday. She may be lightly raced, but McPeek already has big plans for her after two unchallenged victories.
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Trainer George Weaver has compiled a nice roster of turf sprinters and judging by her debut performance here last month Cy Fair ranks near the top of the list, at least among his 2-year-olds. Sunday, Cy Fair looks to validate her impressive debut victory when she heads a field of eight entered in the $150,000 Bolton Landing Stakes.
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Trainer Felissa Dunn wasn't sure about sending Kentucky Outlaw to the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes last month. She's also not sure about cutting back to 6 1/2 furlongs in the PTHA President's Sprint Stakes at Parx Racing on Monday either, but the 3-year-old colt should have a strong chance with a clean break.
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The jockey Christophe Lemaire's return to France, for the Group 1 Jacques Le Marois, comes on a filly, Ascoli Piceno, who has yet to race anywhere in Europe.
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Entries for the $100,000 Satin and Lace Stakes, to be run Monday at Presque Isle Downs, were taken six days prior to the race, on a Tuesday. But as of early Friday afternoon, the field for the race was still taking shape.
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Fond of You looks like the filly to beat in the $100,000 Sorority on Sunday at Monmouth Park. She is owned by Godolphin and trained by Michael Stidham, who teamed up to win the 2019 Sorority with the top-notch runner Micheline.
