Laughingsaintssong, who was one of the most impressive winners during the Louisiana Cup program last Saturday at Louisiana Downs, has a fascinating pedigree. And it’s not solely because he’s from the female family of champion Chilukki.
“He’s got a Quarter Horse sibling, a half-brother who won a $1 million race,” said Allen Landry, who trains Laughignsaintssong.
Monte Man is back home at Evangeline Downs following a troubled fourth-place finish in the $50,000 Louisiana Cup Sprint on Saturday at Louisiana Downs with plans for his next race to be determined, according to trainer Ron Faucheux. The horse, who is the reigning Louisiana-bred of the Year, has the Louisiana Champions Day Sprint in December at Fair Grounds as a long range goal.
“There’s not many options in Louisiana,” Faucheux said. “We may tackle an allowance race outside the state. He has some conditions against open company and we might take advantage of that.”
Taylor’s Spirit, who is a multiple stakes winner in Louisiana and Iowa, is headed to West Virginia. Trainer Scott Gelner said the filly is being pointed for the Grade 3, $300,000 Charles Town Oaks on Sept. 21.
The seven furlong race is run around two turns on the six-furlong oval at Charles Town.
Sistercharlie and Fleeting will be looking to buck historical trends as the top two morning-line choices Saturday at Arlington Park in the Grade 1, $600,000 Beverly D.
From 29 prior runnings, no filly or mare has won the Beverly D. more than once – and only one 3-year-old, Euro Charline in 2014, has ever won.
All 10 pre-entered runners in the Grade 1 Arlington Million passed the entry box when post positions were assigned Tuesday, but at least one scratch was expected prior to the 1 1/4-mile race being run Saturday on the Arlington Park turf.
Trainer Arnaud Delacour said Wednesday that he most likely would bypass the Million with Argentine import The Great Day, who figured as one of the longer shots in the lineup.
“He probably will go to Del Mar next week instead,” said Delacour, referring to the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap on the Aug. 17 Pacific Classic undercard.
Chuck Simon is still in the horse business but is no longer a horse trainer.
In 20 years with a public stable, Simon had 2,679 starters and 359 winners, starting horses at 38 different tracks. Based exclusively in South Florida in recent years, Simon has turned to overseeing the newly created Gulfstream Horsemen’s Purchasing Association, a for-profit subsidiary of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – From all perspectives, Keep On Truckin’s runaway 7 ¾-length score in last Saturday’s $125,000 Clarendon Stakes was fast. His final time for the 5 ½ furlongs, 1:03.07, was just .37 off the synthetic track record, and his Beyer Speed Figure of 92 is the third-quickest by a 2-year-old in North America this year.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For trainer Brad Cox, there really is something about the first weekend of August.
On Aug. 4, 2012, Cox announced he had lost virtually his entire stable after being fired by Midwest Thoroughbreds.
On Aug. 3, 2013, he won his first stakes in rebuild mode when Ms Anna Destiny won at Mountaineer Park.
On the weekend of Aug. 5-6, 2017, he set a personal record by winning five stakes – three at Louisiana Downs, one at Mountaineer, and one at Saratoga.
All 10 horses pre-entered Friday in the Arlington Million passed through the race’s final entry stage Tuesday.
The connections of Captivating Moon and Bandua still were said to be weighing options after pre-entering, but both horses wound up in Saturday’s race, one of three Grade 1s on the card along with the Beverly D. and the Secretariat.
Leader of Men is headed for the Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby next month at Louisiana Downs after winning his fourth straight race at the Bossier City, La., track Saturday.
Leader of Men won the $60,000 Prelude Stakes to continue a win streak that started with a maiden special weight over the local turf course May 6. Leader of Men then won back-to-back allowance routes over older horses on the main track before earning a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 80 in the Prelude.
