Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:45

Del Mar to review Pacific Classic time

Shigeki Kikkawa
Game On Dude's Beyer Speed Figure for his Pacific Classic victory was changed from a 109 to a 113.

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DEL MAR, Calif. – Del Mar racing officials planned to meet Wednesday afternoon to review a discrepancy in the final time of the $1 million Pacific Classic last Sunday.

Race winner Game On Dude was given an official time of 2:00.69 for the 1 1/4-mile race on a Polytrack synthetic surface. But track timer Russ Hudak hand-timed the race in 1:59.96, and Trakus, a horse-tracking system used at Del Mar, recorded a final time of 1:59.26.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:44

Woodbine notes: MacRae hoping Acting Naughty behaves in Seaway Stakes

Michael Burns
Acting Naughty, who won the Whimsical Stakes in April, will run in Saturday's Grade 3 Seaway Stakes.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Acting Naughty has been a source of both joy and frustration for trainer Don MacRae.

On Saturday, Acting Naughty will look to be on MacRae’s good side when she runs in the seven-furlong Seaway Stakes, a Grade 3 race for fillies and mares that is worth $150,000.

Acting Naughty, a 4-year-old filly whom MacRae claimed for $40,000 here in September 2011, became a stakes winner when making her 2013 debut in the Grade 3 Whimsical at six furlongs and captured the seven-furlong Sweet Briar Too in her third start of the meeting.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:37

Los Alamitos: Golden State Derby winner Far Niente has improved since being gelded

Far Niente, the winner of last Sunday’s $232,900 Golden State Derby at Los Alamitos, has more career wins than his trainer, Jose Hernandez Jr.

Far Niente won for the sixth time in 10 starts in the Golden State Derby. For the 31-year-old Hernandez, Far Niente’s win was the fourth of his training career, which began earlier this year.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:09

Hastings: Kiri’s Gal looks like main speed in feature

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Kiri’s Gal looks like the one they will have to catch in a $17,500 claiming race for 3-year-old fillies that headlines the last Friday evening card at Hastings this year. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew six horses and goes as race 7 on an eight-race card that begins at 7:15 p.m. Pacific.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 14:05

Woodbine: Best Gift of All back on Polytrack for Friday allowance

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The versatile mare Best Gift of All will go back to Polytrack on Friday at Woodbine in the featured eighth race, a 1 1/16-mile allowance for Ontario-sired females.

Best Gift of All, who wintered in Florida with trainer Katerina Vassilieva, was a troubled fourth in her first appearance of the meet in an allowance on grass June  12. She subsequently beat nonwinners-of-two Ontario-sired allowance opposition traveling 1 1/16 miles on Polytrack.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 13:51

Monmouth: Long-absent Partyallnightlong returns in sprint co-feature

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Partyallnightlong will make his first start since winning the Dan Horn at the Meadowlands in May 2012 on Friday in a six-furlong sprint at Monmouth.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Eddie Broome hopes the “Party” continues Friday afternoon at Monmouth Park.

Broome has his fingers crossed as the talented but fragile Partyallnightlong launches his latest comeback. A 6-year-old, Partyallnightlong makes only his second start in the last two years in a $46,000 third-level allowance that is also open to $50,000 claimers going six furlongs.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 13:46

Louisiana Downs: Recent form makes Amozan Ruler dangerous in turf feature

BOSSIER CITY, La. – For something as modest sounding as an entry-level optional $12,500 claimer, Friday’s featured seventh race at Louisiana Downs came up awfully interesting . . . and bettable. A field of nine fillies and mares will dash five furlongs over the turf.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 13:40

NYRA sued by food truck owners over Saratoga ejection

The owners of a food truck who were ejected from the grounds of Saratoga Race Course because of a racially tinged term in the food truck’s name have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York Racing Association alleging a violation of First Amendment rights.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 13:02

Northlands Park: Brady's Tomboy risks streak in Friday optional claimer

Brady’s Tomboy is taking a substantial step up in class, but she is a very sharp horse right now and might be good enough to win her fourth straight race when she runs in a $35,000 optional claimer at Northlands Park on Friday. The one-mile race for fillies and mares drew eight horses, including the consistent 8-year-old mare Salsa Express, who also is coming off a sharp win.

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 12:20

Del Mar: Fury Kapcori can stretch his legs in El Cajon

Shigeki Kikkawa
Fury Kapcori stretches out off a sprint for Friday's one-mile El Cajon Stakes.

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DEL MAR, Calif. – Although Fury Kapcori showed promise in sprints last year, it wasn’t until he went around two turns that he displayed his best form, and that is why trainer Jerry Hollendorfer believes an improved performance is in store for the colt in the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes for 3-year-olds on Friday at Del Mar.