AUBURN, Wash. – Big Bad Brown, a leading contender for claimer of the meeting honors, will shoot for his fourth consecutive victory Saturday in the featured race at Emerald Downs. First post for the eight-race card is 2 p.m. Pacific.
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HALLANDALE BACH, Fla. – Seven months ago, Grande Shores was running in $8,000 claiming races at Tampa Bay Downs. On Saturday, Grande Shores will compete for a $100,000 purse at Gulfstream Park as one of the favorites in the one-mile Montbrook Stakes.
Grand Shores was always cut out to be a good horse. As a 2-year-old, he finished second behind Gourmet Dinner in Calder’s Dr. Fager Stakes. But shortly thereafter, he was stricken with a chronic case of colitis that nearly claimed his life.
MIAMI – The $85,000 Foolish Pleasure Stakes has traditionally been an attractive alternative for south Florida-based juveniles not eligible for the lucrative Stallion Stakes races, which have dominated the summer schedule at Calder since its inception more than 30 years ago.
Swift Warrior, a two-time Grade 3 stakes winner early this season who was beaten less than a length in a Grade 2 event two starts back, appears to hold a distinct class advantage in Saturday’s $250,000 Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association President’s Cup at Parx Racing.
The President’s Cup, scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on turf, goes as race 11 on a 12-race card and drew a field of 12 older males, including a coupled entry.
POMONA, Calif. – She was Hip No. 15 at the Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training, and she was likely to be outside trainer Bill Morey’s budget.
After all, City by the Bay previously sold for $110,000 at a yearling auction, breezed in a snappy 10.20 seconds at Barretts, and was by the popular stallion City Zip.
“I had pretty much written her off as too high,” Morey said. “She worked super, and initially we didn’t think we could get her.”
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ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of Better Lucky are hoping there’s some truth to the adage about good things coming to those who wait as their 4-year-old filly makes her first start in three months in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Noble Damsel Stakes at Belmont Park.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Stakes fields of modest size, unfortunately, were the main order of the day Thursday, with six entered in Sunday’s Woodbine Mile, seven in the Northern Dancer, and six in the Ontario Derby. But the Canadian Stakes had fared better when the entry box closed Thursday, as a field of nine fillies and mares was unveiled for the Grade 2, $300,000 turf race at 1 1/8 miles.
Singling a couple of Greg Tracy-trained standouts might be the way to play the final pick three at Northlands Park on Saturday.
Tracy has an excellent chance of winning a $35,000 optional claiming race for 3-year-olds with Proud Victor in the seventh race. Claresmiezie figures to be favored to win a $35,000 optional claiming race for fillies and mares in the eighth. Both races will be contested over 6 1/2 furlongs. Gabe’s Pride looks like the logical favorite in the ninth but he’s vulnerable and anyone playing the pick three should consider going deep in the final leg.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Bear Stable, trainer Reade Baker, and jockey Jim McAleney combined to take the 2005 Summer Stakes with Bear’s Kid, and they will team up again in the Grade 2 race Saturday at Woodbine with a promising son of Bear’s Kid, Asserting Bear.
The $200,000 Summer, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re in qualifier for the Juvenile Turf, drew 10 2-year-olds who will negotiate a mile on the grass. Two of the Summer entrants, supplements My Conquestadory and Spanish Flower, were cross-entered in Saturday’s Grade 2 Natalma for 2-year-old fillies.