HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Falling Sky had the misfortune of hooking Verrazano last out in the Tampa Bay Derby, finishing third to the horse pegged as the current Kentucky Derby favorite after remaining undefeated last Saturday with his win in the Wood Memorial.
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Delaware Park and its horsemen have agreed on a plan to cut 19 dates from its 2013 schedule and reduce the track’s stakes purses by more than half a million dollars, according to representatives of both sides.
Under a two-year contract that has an option for an additional year, Delaware Park and the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association agreed on a 2013 schedule from May 18 to Oct. 7, running Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Last year, the track ran 94 racing dates, with six canceled race cards for weather.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Uncaptured has been listed as a 7-2 morning-line favorite after being assigned post 7 among a full gate of 14 3-year-olds for the Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes, the annual Keeneland showcase that will be run Saturday for the 89th time.
Uncaptured, with Miguel Mena to ride, is the slight program choice in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race over Java’s War (post 4, Julien Leparoux, 4-1) and Rydilluc (post 13, Edgar Prado, 4-1). In all, 15 were entered, with Divine Ambition a lone also-eligible.
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Point of Entry, the turf standout trained by Shug McGaughey, had his first work since moving north from Florida, breezing a half-mile Monday in 48.20 seconds over the Keeneland Polytrack.
McGaughey is pointing Point of Entry to the next major race in the older-horse turf division, the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard. Point of Entry, an earner of more than $2 million, defeated Animal Kingdom in winning his only start this year, the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap on Feb. 9.
Gathering headed up
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Trainer Ken McPeek said he is “seriously considering” the filly Pure Fun for a run against 3-year-old males here at Keeneland on April 20 in the Coolmore Lexington Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile Polytrack race that offers 20 points to the winner on the new eligibility system being used for the Derby.
McPeek noted correctly that Derby points can be used by a filly toward the Kentucky Oaks, whereas points earned in races restricted to fillies cannot be used toward the Derby.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Buoyed by a record-setting Florida Derby Day card and a closing-day Rainbow 6 pool in excess of $7 million, Gulfstream Park once again set marks for both total and ontrack handle during the recently concluded 2012-13 meet.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – If Verrazano is the consensus favorite for the May 4 Kentucky Derby, then shouldn’t Java’s War be taken pretty seriously, too?
When Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, opens for its 17th Thoroughbred spring meet Thursday evening, offtrack fans may not see much difference from past meets. The horsemen competing at Lone Star are largely unchanged. Overnight purses are flat at approximately $130,000 per day, and the stakes program is roughly equivalent to last year’s, minus a couple stakes for Texas-sired 2-year-olds.
But the experience for ontrack fans and horsemen should be noticeably improved.