OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Trainer Chad Brown may have two runners for the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes in second-time out winner Domestic Product and the debut-winning Sierra Leone.
Domestic Product, a son of Practical Joke, won a 1 1/8-mile maiden race at Aqueduct on Oct. 27. The race came with blinkers added and about 12 weeks after he finished sixth on debut going six furlongs. Domestic Product earned a 75 Beyer Speed Figure for his maiden win.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Dornoch, the half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Mage who won a maiden race at Keeneland last month, is back in New York and targeting the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct on Dec. 2.
Dornoch, trained by Danny Gargan, worked a half-mile in 49.74 seconds last Friday over the Belmont Park training track.
“He looked like he was walking and he still went in 49-and-three,” Gargan said. “He’s still green and figuring it out. He’s going to get better.”
The head of a group that intends to buy Turf Paradise in Phoenix told the Arizona Racing Commission on Thursday that live racing could start as early as Jan. 13 but that the opening date may have to be delayed depending on paperwork revolving around licensing and complying with national regulations.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Echo Zulu continues to recover at a Southern California vet clinic from fractured sesamoids sustained in a workout Oct. 13 at Santa Anita.
Echo Zulu, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2021, is expected to remain at the clinic for several weeks, according to Scott Blasi, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen.
“She continues to impress us always,” Blasi said in the Santa Anita stables on Sunday.
“She’ll be around here for a while. Every day you get further away is a good day.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., the nation’s clear leader in wins and earnings this year, has been suspended three days for causing interference in his winning ride on Goodnight Olive in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita.
In a ruling published by stewards Grant Baker, Luis Jauregui, and Kim Sawyer on Sunday, Ortiz was cited for failing to maintain a straight course and causing interference in the stretch of the seven-furlong race. Goodnight Olive was not disqualified from the victory.
ARCADIA, Calif. –It was a long Breeders’ Cup weekend for California-based stables. Very long.
On Friday and Saturday, 33 horses based in the state started in Breeders’ Cup races, with Muth (Juvenile) and National Treasure (Dirt Mile) as the only top three finishers.
Muth and National Treasure are trained by Bob Baffert, who had nine runners in Breeders’ Cup races.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Tamara, the beaten favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Friday at Santa Anita, will miss two months of training after being diagnosed with a cracked splint bone, trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday.
The injury was diagnosed Saturday.
“She’ll need a couple of months off,” Mandella said. “It’s not bad. She was off a little bit.”
The pick-6 was not hit for a second consecutive card Friday at Aqueduct, resulting in a carryover of $114,441 into Saturday’s 10-race card.
The sequence was permeated by double-digit priced winners including Solib ($16.60), The Paddock Pastor ($21.20), Main Event ($21), and Ez Roll ($10.40). Air Show ($9.80) and Crupi ($4.40) were the other winners in the sequence.
The consolation payout for 5 of 6 returned $691.50.
Del Mar begins a 13-day autumn meeting on Friday with a three-day weekend that includes three stakes. The season runs through Dec. 3.
Friday’s program is led by the $75,000 Let It Ride Stakes, a restricted race for 3-year-olds at a mile on turf. The $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes, a restricted race for fillies and mares at a mile on turf, is the main race on Saturday. Sunday’s feature is the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes for statebred fillies and mares at seven furlongs.
Jockey Frankie Dettori has been given a three-day suspension for causing interference that led to the disqualification of his mount from first to eighth-place in the fifth race at Santa Anita on Oct. 28.
Dettori was cited for his ride on Circle of Trust, who altered course on the turn without clearance. The suspension begins Sunday and covers racing on Nov. 25-26.
