Sat, 09/28/2013 - 13:34

Charles Town: Figgins to start two on short rest in Tuesday allowance

Watch the replay of the Sept. 21 Roger Ramey Handicap, and you will see Allegheny Jack rallying over a speed-favoring, sloppy track to finish in between the victorious Fred High and the millionaire Russell Road. There was just one big problem: Allegheny Jack ran the entire 1 1/16-mile race without a rider on his back.

Sat, 09/28/2013 - 13:24

Santa Anita: Breeders' Cup decision looms for Chips All In

Shig Kikkawa
Chips All In has forced his connections to consider sending him in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint with this victory in the Eddie D on Friday.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – There is a $120,000 question facing the owners of Chips All In, the winner of Friday’s $101,750 Eddie D Stakes at Santa Anita.

That’s how much it will cost to nominate, enter, and start Chips All In in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.

Sat, 09/28/2013 - 12:46

Zia Park: Winter Book one to catch in the Chaves County Stakes

Winter Book is the speed of the $55,000 Chaves County at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M., on Monday. The question will be how far she can carry it. Winter Book will be making her two-turn debut in the one-mile race for fillies and mares, and she will be putting a 4-for-4 career record on the line.

Sat, 09/28/2013 - 12:41

Delaware Park: Chamois, Cerro to vie for favoritism in Stanton Stakes

Barbara D. Livingston
Cerro will switch to turf for Monday's Stanton Stakes at Delaware Park.

How handicappers perceive a pair of fourth-place finishes, one by Chamois in a minor stakes last month at Monmouth Park and the other by Cerro in a Grade 3 event five months ago at Keeneland, will probably determine which colt goes favored in Monday’s $50,000 Stanton Stakes for 3-year-olds on turf.

Chamois adds blinkers and cuts back from 1 1/8 miles to 1 1/16 miles after he was at the back of a four-horse photo for first in the Restoration on Aug. 17.

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 20:41

Santa Anita: Chips All In holds off Boat Trip in Eddie D

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Chips All In and Julien Leparoux outlast Boat Trip to win the Grade 3 Eddie D on opening day of the Santa Anita fall meeting.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Chips All In won his second stakes of 2013 on Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in Friday’s $101,750 Eddie D Stakes, holding off a late run from Boat Trip to prevail by a nose.

Despite Chips All In’s affection for the course, trainer Jeff Mullins said after the race that Chips All In is unlikely to run in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on the hillside course on Nov. 2. Chips All In is not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program and would need to be made eligible.

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 17:21

Emerald Downs: Cahill Road brings together Dallon's Gold, Chu and You

Reed Palmer/Emerald Downs
Chu and You, ridden by Juan Gutierrez, got her second stakes win Sunday in the $49,500 Barbara Shinpoch.

AUBURN, Wash. – Dallon’s Gold has yet to be headed or seriously challenged in two starts to date, but that could change dramatically Sunday when he tackles brilliant 2-year-old filly Chu and You in the $50,000 Cahill Road Stakes at Emerald Downs. The final sprint stakes of the meeting, the Cahill Road attracted six runners, though four of them could be reduced to spectators as Dallon’s Gold and Chu and You fight it out up front.

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 17:21

Belmont Park notes: Recepta has final Frizette breeze

Barbara D. Livingston
Recepta is headed to the Grade 1 Frizette next Saturday off this impressive maiden victory at Saratoga.

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ELMONT, N.Y. - Recepta, a 4 1/2-length debut winner at Saratoga on Sept. 1, worked five furlongs in 1:01.27 on Friday morning over the Belmont Park main track in preparation for the Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette next Saturday at Belmont.

Under jockey Junior Alvarado, Recepta went off her first quarter in 25.63 seconds and got her final quarter in 24.06. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.93 and seven furlongs in 1:30.29.

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 16:57

Belmont Park: Zito goes after another Champagne win

Barbara D. Livingston
Nick Zito won five runnings of the Champagne from 1998-2007. He saddles Grand Arrival next Saturday for this year’s running.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – He may be best known for his two victories in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, but it is the Grade 1 Champagne where trainer Nick Zito has had his most success.

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 16:36

Louisiana Downs: Average daily handle slightly up

Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La., closed out its 84-date meet Sept. 22 with an average daily handle almost identical to the corresponding season a year ago, according to figures provided by the track. Louisiana Downs this meet handled an average $1,237,185 a day on its live races, up 1 percent from $1,228,265 in 2012. 

Of the total live handle amount, an average $1,134,407 a day was bet on the track’s races off-site and another $102,778 a day ontrack. At the same meet a year ago, handle offsite averaged $1,119,836 a day, and ontrack, $108,430 a day. 

Fri, 09/27/2013 - 16:29

Belmont Park: Futurity duel could set things up for In Trouble

Barbara D. Livingston
In Trouble, an impressive maiden winner at Saratoga last month, could get an ideal trip coming from off the pace in the Futurity.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – If, as it appears on paper, a hotly contested speed duel develops in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park, the field could be In Trouble.