Alpine Princess has graded stakes options in New York and Kentucky following her powerful win in last month’s $200,000 Remington Park Oaks.
Trainer Brad Cox said Tuesday that the filly could make her next start in either the Grade 3, $300,000 Chilukki at a mile Nov. 23 at Churchill Downs, the Grade 3, $400,000 Falls City at 1 1/8 miles Nov. 28 at Churchill, or the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely at 1 1/8 miles Nov. 30 at Aqueduct.
“Those are all races we will kind of keep an eye on,” Cox said.
The popular Silver Prospector will be going for his third straight win of the Remington Park meet on Saturday night, in a no-conditions allowance over 1 1/16 miles.
The earner of $1.6 million is part of a field of six that includes Paluxy, the 2023 winner of the Governor’s Cup, and Without a Trace, the runner-up in this year’s edition, who is coming off an allowance win at Remington.
Jockey Luan Machado appeared to misjudge the finish line in Wednesday’s eighth race at Keeneland – which utilizes two finish lines – costing his mount, Ultimate Strike, a sure win as he was ultimately nailed at the wire by Gotta Have Dreams.
Five Quarter Horse trained by Heath Taylor, including three runners from the $200,000 All American Juvenile at the Downs at Albuquerque on Sept. 2, were euthanized Wednesday after testing positive for equine infectious anemia, the California Horse Racing Board announced late Wednesday afternoon.
Taylor has lost 18 horses to EIA in the last month, 12 at Los Alamitos and six at Lone Star Park in Texas. The first positives were detected Sept. 24, according to the racing board.
No matter where racing is conducted in Northern California, trainer Manny Badilla has a consistent approach in advance of stakes – no pre-race interviews.
After a race, Badilla freely enjoys discussing results, particularly on Wednesday, three days after Lammas won his third consecutive stakes on the circuit in the $68,350 Bull Dog Stakes at the Big Fresno Fair.
The Fresno meeting ended on Monday. On Saturday, the Golden State Racing meeting begins a nine-week run in Pleasanton, a late autumn replacement for Golden Gate Fields, which closed permanently in June.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Soul of an Angel, among the leading contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, breezed three furlongs in 35.40 seconds before galloping out a half-mile in 48.20 over a fast track Tuesday at Gulfstream Park in tandem with stablemate General Ledger.
The work was the first for Soul of an Angel since she earned an automatic berth into the Filly and Mare Sprint by virtue of her impressive 3 1/4-length victory over odds-on Beth’s Dream in the Grade 3 Princess Rooney Stakes here Sept. 21.
As well as Highway Robber has performed in his last two races, a narrow defeat in the $2 million Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs and a win Friday in the Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland, trainer Brian Lynch has reason to believe the best is yet to come.
Just a 4-year-old, Highway Robber has only raced 11 times, and only in his three most recent starts has he gotten out to distances that best suit him, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 miles.
“He’s definitely found his niche,” said Lynch, who trains the Hard Spun gelding for Susan and Jim Hill.
ARCADIA, Calif. – A Breeders’ Cup sprint race may be on Forbidden Kingdom’s schedule despite not having raced since April.
On Sunday, trainer Richard Mandella said the BC Sprint at six furlongs on dirt and the BC Turf Sprint at five furlongs are “both a thought” with the 5-year-old Forbidden Kingdom.
Mandella acknowledged that Forbidden Kingdom may not be selected to race, particularly for the BC Turf Sprint, which often draws a full field.
A three-time stakes winner on dirt and turf, Forbidden Kingdom has been plagued by foot issues this year, Mandella said.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Storm the Court, upset winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita in 2019, recently returned to trainer Peter Eurton’s stable in California and may start later this fall before going to stud in California in 2025.
Storm the Court will stand at Eclipse Thoroughbred Training Center in Buellton, Calif.
