SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A decision on whether Grade 1 winner Dayatthespa will race in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Ballston Spa or in Sunday's $150,000 Yaddo for New York-breds will not be made until Friday evening or possibly even Saturday morning.
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Lincoln Race Course received approval from the Nebraska State Racing Commission on Thursday to conduct a live race Sept. 4 at its new location on the southwest side of Lincoln.
Formerly located north of downtown Lincoln at the former Nebraska State Fairgrounds, the track moved into its new facility near the intersection of Highway 77 and West Denton Road late last summer and has been conducting nationwide simulcasting since then.
The Claiming Crown in December remains the main long-term goal for the Peter Walder-trained Palatine Hill after the lanky gelding easily won for the fifth time in his last seven starts Thursday at Gulfstream.
Palatine Hill was claimed for $12,500 in January and remains eligible for several races in the $1 million Claiming Crown series, which will be run for the 16th time Dec. 6, opening day of the championship meet.
Changes in scenery and equipment led to a very encouraging performance for a 3-year-old filly named Georgia at Gulfstream Park on Thursday.
Making her first start since being transferred from the West Coast and into the barn of Marty Wolfson, Georgia won a first-level, one-turn optional claimer going a mile by 3 3/4 lengths, earning a 77 Beyer Speed Figure while showing marked improvement following a disappointing return to action last month over Polytrack at Del Mar. She was racing without blinkers for the first time in five career starts.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Myositis Dan is running for a cause in Saturday’s Grade 1 King’s Bishop at Saratoga.
Owner Brereton Jones named Myositis Dan after a friend who died from myositis, a disease that causes inflammation of the muscles and affects about 75,000 people in the United States.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With 14 races on Saturday’s card there are a few changes to the wagering menu.
There will be three pick-four wagers offered, starting with races 2, 9, and 11. The pick four that begins with race 9 comprises all stakes and will have a guaranteed pool of $1 million.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Due to heavy rain that hit the area on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Thursday’s Grade 1, $150,000 New York Turf Writers’ Cup Steeplechase Stakes was postponed until Monday.
It was the second time this meet that New York Racing Association officials rescheduled a steeplechase race from a Thursday to a Monday due to course condition. All five of Thursday’s scheduled turf flat races were moved to the dirt.
The New York Turf Writers’ Cup was re-drawn on Thursday and the same nine horses who were originally entered were entered again.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Masochistic, who tested positive for a tranquilizer when fifth in his career debut in March at Santa Anita and has since won consecutive starts, faces his toughest career test in an optional claimer at seven furlongs in Saturday’s fourth race.
Trained by A.C. Avila, the 4-year-old Masochistic beat maidens by 14 lengths over six furlongs May 3 at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day and won an optional claimer for California-breds here at 6 1/2 furlongs July 31.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Texas Red is a candidate for the $300,000 FrontRunner Stakes for 2-year-olds over 1 1/16 miles on Sept. 27 at Santa Anita after winning a one-mile maiden race in his third career start Wednesday.
Ridden by Kent Desormeaux for his brother, Keith, Texas Red ($8) closed from eighth in a field of 10 to win by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:37.91. Texas Red rallied on the inside to take the lead in the final furlong, pulling away from the pacesetter, Secreto Primero.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It may be more for him than the horse, but trainer Jimmy Jerkens likes to do a little more with a horse than simply gallop him two days out from a race.
So, despite miserable conditions Thursday morning at Saratoga, Jerkens had Jim Dandy Stakes winner Wicked Strong blow out three furlongs in 38.69 seconds over a sloppy Oklahoma training track in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes.