Fri, 09/20/2024 - 14:10

Brown will prep many of his Breeders' Cup hopefuls locally rather than Kentucky

Barbara D. Livingston
Chad Brown will run Hopeful winner Chancer McPatrick in the Champagne Stakes. He had also been under consideration for the Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown is going to use many upcoming stakes at Aqueduct to prepare his horses for the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar.

Recent Grade 1 winners Chancer McPatrick, Ways and Means, and Raging Sea all will make their next starts at Aqueduct while several 2-year-old turf horses will get the opportunity to earn their way locally to Breeders’ Cup events in November.

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 10:15

Dettori dislocates shoulder, riding status is day-to-day

Barbara D. Livingston
Jockey Frankie Dettori was scheduled to see an orthopedic specialist after dislocating his shoulder.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Champion jockey Frankie Dettori suffered a dislocated right shoulder as a result of an incident in the starting gate Thursday at Aqueduct.

Dettori, 53, was off his mounts Friday at Aqueduct and his status is day-to-day, according to his agent Ron Anderson, though the prospects of him riding over the weekend seemed remote. Dettori, who was named on six horses on Friday, is named on eight horses at Aqueduct on Saturday. He is also named to ride two stakes at Finger Lakes on Monday.

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 18:28

Dettori taken to hospital after starting gate spill

Barbara D. Livingston
Jockey Frankie Dettori was taken to Jamaica Hospital on Thursday after being unseated from his mount in the starting gate.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Champion jockey Frankie Dettori was taken to Jamaica Hospital on Thursday after being unseated from his mount Pretty Liza in the starting gate just prior to the start of the last race at Aqueduct.

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 18:20

Two-day, $159,463 pick six carryover awaits on Friday card

Adam Coglianese/NYRA
Friday's Belmont at the Big A card features a two-day carryover of $159,463 in the pick six.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – An upset victory by Miriam’s Fire ($43.20) in Thursday’s last race at Aqueduct resulted in a double pick six carryover of $159,463 into Friday’s card.

There was a carryover of $48,657 entering Thursday’s card after the wager went unhit Sunday. There was $194,396 wagered into the pool. The results through the first five legs of the pick six were rather formful, with the winners paying $10.60, $7.10, $10.80, $7.40, and $6.60.

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 15:10

In span of an hour, Payeras goes from ambulance to winner's circle

When Instinct D’Oro won a nondescript $20,000 claimer at Los Alamitos last Saturday, it was little more than the result of the day’s seventh race to most observers.

For winning rider Edgar Payeras, it was a welcome achievement less than an hour after being unseated and taken off the track in an ambulance.

Payeras, 30, was aboard the longshot Takamakahara in the day’s fifth race when a rival, Smiling Tony, drifted to the inside and caused Takamakahara to clip heels. Payeras escaped injury and rode the following race.

“I was very lucky,” Payeras said.

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 15:00

Fever knocks Full Serrano out of California Crown

Benoit Photo
Mixto (outside) just gets up to defeat Full Serrano in the Pacific Classic.

Full Serrano, second in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar in his American stakes debut on Aug. 31, was recently diagnosed with a temperature that will prevent the 5-year-old Argentine-bred from starting in the Grade 1 California Crown at Santa Anita on Sept. 28.

Trainer John Sadler on Thursday that Full Serrano has recovered from the brief illness and will resume racetrack exercise on Friday. The setback has led to an uncertain racing schedule for Full Serrano this fall.

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 15:02

Santa Anita to cut purses at upcoming meet

Barbara D. Livingston
The purse for a maiden race at the upcoming meet will be $54,000, down from $61,000 at last year's fall meet.

Facing a significant deficit in the purse account, Santa Anita has reduced overnight purses for its fall meeting, which runs from Sept. 27 to Oct. 27.

The reduction continues a troubling trend that has led to lower purses at two other Southern California tracks this year – Del Mar and the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred meetings.

According to the Santa Anita condition book, which details proposed races for the five-week meeting, a maiden race will be worth $54,000, down from $61,000 in the autumn of 2023.

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 14:56

Wire job in debut sets up Fibonaccis Ride for stakes on Breeders' Cup weekend

Fibonaccis Ride won her debut in a maiden race for California-bred 2-year-old fillies at Los Alamitos on Sunday, giving owner and breeder James Shenouda and trainer Cesar DeAlba the hope she will be racing in stakes very soon.

Fibonaccis Ride, who was ridden by Diego Herrera, led throughout a five-furlong race, drawing away by six lengths as the 2-1 second choice in a field of six.

The victory could lead to a start in the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies for statebreds at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Nov. 1, the first day of the Breeders’ Cup races.

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 14:43

Off third in Korea, Anarchist pointing for Breeders' Cup Sprint

Barbara D. Livingston
Anarchist's last victory came in the 2023 Pat O'Brien Stakes.

Anarchist, the multiple graded stakes winner and recent world traveler, is a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 2, trainer Doug O’Neill said on Wednesday.

Anarchist finished third by eight lengths in the $941,400 Korea Cup Sprint in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 8, the 5-year-old horse’s first trip away from North America. Anarchist recently returned to O’Neill base at Santa Anita.

“He’s on the track and he looks well,” O’Neill said. “We’ll probably try the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.”

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 13:55

Win and You're In Princess Rooney draws 10

Ryan Thompson
Beth's Dream drew the outside post in a field of 10 for Saturday's Princess Rooney.

The Grade 3, $220,000 Princess Rooney Invitational on Saturday at Gulfstream drew 10 fillies and mares led by Soul of an Angel and Beth’s Dream.

The field will meet over seven furlongs in a Win and You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

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