Piquant and Escrow Kid, one moving up in class and the other taking a steep drop, clash for the first time in Tuesday’s $53,000 feature at Parx Racing.
The seventh race, scheduled for 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track, is open to third-level allowance runners and $40,000 claimers. Three of the six entrants, including Escrow Kid, are entered for the $40,000 claiming price.
DEL MAR, Calif. – U’narack, the winner of Friday’s $200,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar, may be through with sprints for the near future.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said on Saturday that U’narack is likely to make his next start around two turns, with the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes over a mile on Aug. 30 a strong consideration.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Monday’s $100,000 Waya Stakes at Saratoga will have extra special meaning for Jim Baker, trainer of contender Beijoca.
Baker trains Beijoca for the Klein family, which last week lost one of its members when Elaine Klein, who owned horses with her husband Bertram and son Richard, died Wednesday. Her funeral was scheduled for Sunday.
Do It for Don, who has put together a four-race winning streak since late April, faces a challenge from a trio of horses dropping out of Grade 3 stakes company in Monday’s $50,000 Hard Spun Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters at Delaware Park.
Claimed from a maiden victory for $25,000 in February by trainer William Komlo on behalf of M and D Stable, Do It for Don failed when he tried to go a mile in his first start for his new connections. Since then, however, he is unbeaten in four sprints, winning by at least two lengths each time.
It’s All Here, who led throughout to upset the 1 1/16-mile Harry Jeffrey on July 17, will be looking to double up when he faces eight rival 3-year-olds in Monday’s 1 1/8-mile Manitoba Derby.
The $75,000 Manitoba Derby, the richest race of the Assiniboia Downs meeting, headlines a blockbuster card that also includes the Assiniboia Oaks, R.J. Speers, and Graduation Stakes.
It’s All Here held off 1-5 favorite Stormin Monarcho when he made his stakes debut in the Harry Jeffrey.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The $75,000 B.C. Cup Classic is the richest of the six stakes races for British Columbia-breds that will be the main focus of the strong Monday holiday card at Hastings. Nonetheless, there is more at stake for the 11 3-year-olds entered in the $50,000 Stellar’s Jay, and a good showing in the 1 1/16-mile race will propel them on a path that could end with a shot in the Grade 3, $150,000 British Columbia Derby on Sept. 9. Post time for the first of nine Monday races is 1:50 p.m. Pacific.
Ready Racer appears to be rounding into the form that saw him win the $50,000 Sun Sprint Championship last year and ultimately be named the 2012 sprinter of the year in Alberta. He was a sharp winner of a $25,000 claiming race July 5 and figures to be a solid favorite when he runs in an optional $35,000 claiming race that will serve as Monday’s feature at Northlands Park.
The six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up drew seven horses and goes as race 7 on an eight race card that begins at 1 p.m. Mountain.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Wilo Kat will be a short price when he shoots for his first stakes win in the $75,000 B.C. Cup Classic at Hastings on Monday. The 1 1/8-mile Classic for 3-year-olds and up drew nine horses and headlines a strong card that features full and competitive fields in each of the six stakes races restricted to British Columbia-breds.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Lost in the hoopla surrounding the July 7 Queen’s Plate was a sharp-looking allowance score by Phil’s Dream, who makes his stakes debut Monday at Woodbine in the 6 1/2-furlong Shepperton.
The Shepperton is one of two $125,000 Ontario-sired stakes on the civic holiday card, along with the Eternal Search, a 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-old fillies.
While the Manitoba Derby will be the main course at Assiniboia Downs on Monday, a trio of other stakes races will be tantalizing appetizers on the eight-race program.
First up will be the $30,000 R.J. Speers, a 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and upward that goes as the third race and features a rematch between Pleasant Closing and Gotatigerbythetail.
The $30,000 Graduation, a 5 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-olds, goes as race 4, and the field of eight includes six last-out winners.
