DEL MAR, Calif. - The disqualification of Jamming Eddy from first to second in Wednesday’s seventh race at Del Mar led to the promotion of 17-1 Asaro to first-place and a single ticket payoff of $373,586 in the pick six.
The winning ticket was purchased for $960 at the Lake Elsinore, Calif., satellite facility, according to Del Mar officials.
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DEL MAR, Calif. - A series of quick workouts and a brilliant pedigree have led to heightened expectations for the career debut of Garth, who starts in a maiden special weight race at 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar on Saturday.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Garth will start from the rail in a field of six and is expected to be a strong favorite. Thursday morning, Baffert was optimistic that Garth will perform well, judging from the colt’s recent workouts.
“He’s been working heads up with Eight Rings,” he said.
As of Wednesday morning there were 11 horses confirmed for Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Longacres Mile. Anyportina-storm, who has dominated the local handicap division, figures to be favored in the most prestigious race at Emerald.
Trained by Blaine Wright, the 5-year-old son of City Zip is coming off a decisive front-running win in the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes on June 30. With a sharp half-mile in 48 seconds Monday, Anyportina-storm seems primed for a big performance in a race Wright very much wants to win.
SARATOGA SPECIAL, N.Y. – Homerique, a multiple graded-stakes-winning filly in the U.S. in 2019, will not race again this year, trainer Chad Brown said Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, she had a setback, a minor ankle injury, and we’ve stopped on her for the season and plan on running her as a 5-year-old next year,” Brown said.
Homerique, a 4-year-old daughter of Exchange Rate owned by Peter Brant, had been under consideration for the Beverly D. before the setback.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Seven last-out maiden winners and one horse who lost his debut by a nose make up the eight-horse field entered Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special for 2-year-olds at six furlongs.
Green Light Go, a son of Hard Spun, could go favored because his 3 1/4-length debut win on July 4 earned a field-best 84 Beyer Speed Figure. Zyramid, a son of City Zip, was a sharp 2 3/4-length winner here on July 13.
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Maximum Security, a multiple Grade 1 winner, was credited with a half-mile workout in 54 seconds Wednesday at Monmouth Park, which was basically how fast he went the last half-mile of a one-mile gallop. Afterwards, trainer Jason Servis told the Monmouth Park publicity office that he won’t decide until Aug. 19 or 20 whether to run in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on Aug. 24.
“I just want to make sure he is 100 percent,” Servis said. “He’s still not there yet.”
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – What seemed unlikely on Monday turned probable on Wednesday. It won’t be until race day whether we know definitively if Got Stormy will run in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.
Got Stormy, just one week after she won the $100,000 De La Rose Stakes here by four lengths, was supplemented to the Fourstardave on Sunday – the day weights came out – and became one of 10 entered in the one-mile race on Wednesday. Got Stormy and the mare Uni were entered against eight males, including Raging Bull, Hembree, and March to the Arch.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – When John Henry won the inaugural Arlington Million in 1981, he became the first horse – turf, dirt, or otherwise – to win a $1 million race.
When Bricks and Mortar lines up Saturday as the heavy favorite in the 37th renewal of the Arlington Million, he’ll be trying to take down his fourth seven-figure purse of 2019 alone.
DEL MAR, Calif. – A minor illness will prevent graded winner Phantom Boss from starting Saturday in the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar, trainer Jorge Periban said Wednesday morning.
California-based Phantom Boss won the Grade 3 Bashford Manor on June 29 at Churchill Downs and would have been among the favorites in the Best Pal. However, he spiked a temperature Sunday morning, one day after working a half-mile.
