Thu, 10/17/2024 - 16:41

Pair of double-digit winners lead to Friday pick six carryover

Barbara D. Livingston
Friday’s card includes the Glen Cove and Carle Place Stakes and a pick six carryover.

The pick six at Aqueduct went unsolved for a second consecutive card resulting in a carryover of $101,783 into Friday’s card.

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 15:11

Eagles Flight back on work tab with hopes of returning for winter-spring meet

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Eagles Flight hasn't raced since an easy maiden win in May.

Eagles Flight, a 3-year-old half-brother to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, has resumed workouts for the first time since early June with the hope he can resume his career at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting that begins on Dec. 26.

Trained by John Sadler, Eagles Flight worked three furlongs in 35 seconds at Santa Anita on Thursday. On Oct. 10, the colt worked a quarter-mile in 23.20 seconds.

“He’s going to work every Thursday going into Santa Anita,” Sadler said.

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 14:55

Breeders' Cup: Fierceness tops five workers at Saratoga

Fierceness at SAR Oct 12 2024
Barbara D. Livingston
Breeders' Cup Classic contender Fierceness worked five furlongs in 1:01.69 at Saratoga on Thursday and then galloped out a strong mile.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It may have been the coldest morning of the fall in Saratoga on Thursday, but that didn’t stop five likely Breeders’ Cup horses from getting their workouts in over two surfaces.

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 14:30

Free Like a Girl likely headed to Mistletoe

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Free Like a Girl, the all-time leader in earnings for Louisiana-breds, will be pointed toward the Mistletoe at Oaklawn.

Free Like a Girl emerged from her win in the $100,000 Magnolia on Oct. 11 at Delta Downs in good order and will likely see stakes action in December at Oaklawn Park.

Trainer Chasey Deville Pomier said Tuesday that the $150,000 Mistletoe for fillies and mares at a mile Dec. 14 is a target for the mare, who is the all-time leading earner among Louisiana-breds at $1.9 million.

Last December, Free Like a Girl ran in her native Louisiana and won the Ladies Distaff on Champions Day at Fair Grounds, but that race is not on the schedule for 2024.

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 14:25

Cox has graded stakes lined up for Alpine Princess

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Trainer Brad Cox has a few graded stakes options for Alpine Princess.

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.

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 14:25

Silver Prospector tries for third straight win of the meet

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Silver Prospector will try for his third win of the meet Saturday at Remington.

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.

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 22:06

Machado appears to misjudge finish line in Keeneland nightcap

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Gotta Have Dreams, with James Graham up, edges Ultimate Strike on the wire after jockey Luan Machado appeared to misjudge the finish line.

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.

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 20:17

Five more Taylor-trained Quarter Horses euthanized due to equine infectious anemia

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.

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 15:03

Pleasanton ready for new meet highlighted by six stakes

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According to trainer Manny Badilla, Lammas will make his next start in the Mt. Diablo Stakes on Nov. 16.

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.

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 12:33

Soul of Angel tunes up for Breeders’ Cup with sharp three-furlong drill

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Soul of an Angel wins the Grade 3 Princess Rooney at Gulfstream in her most recent start.

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.