Mr. Big News could try turf in Bryan Station

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mr. Big News, third in the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby, came out of his distant seventh in the Preakness last Saturday in great shape and could make his next start in an undercard stakes on Breeders’ Cup weekend (Nov. 6-7) at Keeneland, trainer Bret Calhoun said.

“We might give him a little rest, or we might look at trying the turf in the Bryan Station,” a 1 1/8-mile turf race for 3-year-olds on Nov. 6, Calhoun said. All nine prior starts for Mr. Big News, a Giant’s Causeway colt, have come over dirt.

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◗ A memorial golf tournament and outing will be held next spring or summer for Rick Leigh, the longtime Kentucky racing official who died Sunday at age 73. Leigh’s stepson, Tyler Picklesimer, said a private service will be held in the coming days.

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