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In 13 starts, Grand Slam Smile has won seven times and has never been worse than third, a record that leaves her at the fore of a field of 11 in Sunday's $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares at Del Mar.
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A trio of classy invaders – one from California and two from Canada – bring heightened intrigue to Emerald Downs's richest race of the year, the $125,000 Longacres Mile, on Sunday.
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Outlaw Kid is made-to-order for Sunday's $150,000 Vice Regent Stakes at Woodbine. After all, the 6-year-old has won the five-furlong inner turf dash for Ontario-breds each of the last two years.
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The bettors proved to be dialed in on Thursday at Harrah's Hoosier Park as San Patricio, Kountry Tab and Swan Bi Bi, short-priced sons of Swan For All, swept all three $46,500 divisions of the third leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings.
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Beau Jangles pushed his undefeated streak to four and added his third Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series victory of the year with a dominant performance in his C$140,000 test for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Thursday (Aug. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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A Clean Deal maintained her clean record by powering to a career-best 1:50 victory in the lone C$140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday (Aug. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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New York Sire Stakes 2-year-old pacing fillies invaded Batavia Downs on Thursday (Aug. 14) evening to vie for $110,000 in purse money in two divisions, and both winners did it in gate-to-wire fashion.
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The top two fillies in North America were scheduled to meet in the June 14 Fan Hanover Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but the undefeated Chantilly had to be withdrawn, paving the way for Miki And Minnie to triumph. On Saturday, the $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial at Pocono Downs will be the site for the first meeting, with the terms now a bit different following the first defeat of Chantilly in an overnight event at Woodbine Mohawk Park on August 8.
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Each fall top owners and trainers canvas the yearling sales in pursuit of the next great trotter. It's inevitable that their paths cross and bidding wars ensue. In the end the belief is that the bluebloods with the best pedigrees and confirmation will rise the following year and become the champions.
Ron Burke achieved his 16,000th career training victory earlier this week, and based on the action at Harrah's Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, he seems to want to get to 17,000 in the shortest amount of time possible.
