South Bend being considered for Nashua Stakes
LEXINGTON, Ky. – South Bend, whose narrow allowance victory here last Saturday kept him unbeaten in two career starts, could run next in the Nov. 2 Nashua at Aqueduct, said Hunter Rankin, president of Sagamore Farm, which owns the 2-year-old Algorithms colt.
Trained by Stan Hough, South Bend also is under consideration for the Oct. 27 Street Sense and/or the Nov. 30 Kentucky Jockey Club at his home base, Churchill Downs, although Sagamore already has Necker Island as a likely starter for the one-mile Street Sense, Rankin said.
A racing/football doubleheader
With a rare visit by the Arkansas Razorbacks to Kentucky on Saturday, surely many of their fans will be voicing support for their football team this weekend at Keeneland with their trademarked shout of “Woo Pig Sooie!”
Arkansas fans – because of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. – are more familiar with horse racing than most others in the Southeastern Conference, where most schools are located in non-racing states.
Game time is set for 7:30 p.m., marking the second so-called Bluegrass sports doubleheader to include Arkansas. The first was won by Kentucky 21-20 on Oct. 18, 2008, nearly five years after their matchup in Lexington on Nov. 1, 2003, resulted in a 71-63 Arkansas win in a record-tying seven overtimes.
The second Kentucky home game during the 2019 Keeneland fall meet is set for closing day, Oct. 26, although kickoff time has yet to be announced.
◗ An unveiling of a bigger-than-life bronze statue of the legendary Secretariat will occur at 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion terrace during the 11th annual Secretariat Festival.
Commissioned by the Triangle Foundation and crafted by artist Jocelyn Russell, the statue will be moved to its permanent home in the roundabout at Old Frankfort Pike and Alexandria Drive the day after the three-day Secretariat Festival concludes Sunday.
