Platinum Song could get an ideal pace setup Sunday, when she seeks the second stakes win of her career in the $55,000 Permian Basin at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M. A six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies, the Permian Basin will share a card with the $55,000 Governor’s Cup.
Platinum Song won the $75,000 fillies division of the Texas Stallion Stakes from off the pace in July at Lone Star Park, and with several speed horses set to run in the Permian Basin, she could get a similar trip Sunday.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – What figures to be a lively pace could benefit Glenco Kid when he makes his first start at Hastings in the $75,000 Ascot Graduation on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds drew nine horses and headlines the 10-race closing-day card, which includes the $75,000 Fantasy for 2-year-old fillies.
[bc_video_id:265413:]ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Siyouma, fresh off a victory in the Grade 1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket on Sept. 29, looms the one to beat in the field of 13 for Sunday’s Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine.
The $1 million E.P. Taylor, a 1 1/4-mile turf race, has attracted a diverse field, with fillies and mares from France, England, Ireland, Germany, New York, and California joining the local contingent.
The winner will earn a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Dancinginherdreams has won around two turns on dirt and on turf. But when trainer Bill Mott assesses the filly, he thinks her best game might be around one turn.
Sunday, Mott will get another indication if he is right when Dancinginherdreams faces eight opponents in the $80,000 Classy Mirage Stakes, a 6 1/2-furlong dirt race at Belmont Park.
Sunday’s $75,000 Bull Dog Handicap at the Big Fresno Fair ended up with only five entrants. Despite the small turnout, the 1 1/8-mile race for older runners brings together four stakes winners, including a pair of graded stakes winners.
Races with small fields often turn out to be tactically run, and Control Seeker could end up controlling a race that does not have much speed.
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Big Band Sound will cut back to six furlongs Sunday at Woodbine in the $500,000 Nearctic, one of three excellent supporting stakes on the Canadian International card. As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, the winner of the Grade 1 Nearctic receives a fees-paid berth into the Grade 1 BC Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario − Joshua Tree fell short in his defense of the Canadian International last year, but he should have the edge in his return Sunday, when he heads a quality European contingent in the 75th running of the race at Woodbine.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – James Street was a game winner of the 1 1/16-mile allowance prep for the Durham Cup and will be looking to duplicate that success in the main event here Sunday.
The Grade 3, $150,000 Durham Cup, a 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race for 3-year-olds and upward, is being run on the Canadian International Day card for the first time and attracted a field of six.
