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.
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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.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Three weeks after winning the $50,000 Pomona Derby at Fairplex Park, Shadow Runner returns in an optional claimer over a mile on turf at Santa Anita on Sunday.
It may seem like a drop in class, especially since Shadow Runner is entered to be claimed for $80,000 in the one-mile turf race, but Sunday’s race for 3-year-olds is also worth $50,000 and may be an ideal spot for a 3-year-old who was an inexpensive purchase during the summer.
“We gave $27,500 for him,” trainer Mike Machowsky said. “It was a good purchase.”
FORT ERIE, Ontario – The horse population at Fort Erie continues to thin out in these final days of the 2012 season, which could be the last race meet at this 115-year-old track.
The 2013 season and future years were put in serious jeopardy for this track and others in Ontario last spring following the provincial government’s decision to cancel racetrack slots program partnership agreements. The lack of slots money threatens the viability of some racetracks, both Thoroughbred and Standardbred.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Helped considerably by the huge 36-1 payoff on Moonwalk in the Jessamine Stakes on Thursday, Keeneland's 50-cent pick five, which is offered daily on the last five races, was hit for a whopping $266,430.20 following a one-day carryover that sparked considerable interest in the bet. Only one winning ticket was sold.
The winning combination was 4-6-12-4-7, and the winning odds were 10-1, 9-1, 3-1, 36-1, and 7-1. Consolation tickets (4 of 5) paid $562.35.
After a carryover of $65,279 into the day, another $331,163 in fresh money was bet into the pick five.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - As if Dale Romans didn't have enough starters for the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, he now has another in Moonwalk, who earned an expenses-paid berth into the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf after the filly pulled a 36-1 stunner Thursday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland.
Always near the front with Corey Lanerie aboard, Moonwalk dug in late to prevail in a blanket finish in the Jessamine, a 1 1/16-mile turf race with a Win and You're In designation.
[bc_video_id:265349:]MIAMI – Gourmet Dinner last ran in the Grade 1 Woodward, and Csaba is exiting the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby. They will compete for considerably less money when they return to their Calder roots for Saturday’s $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap. The Grade 3 Spend a Buck will be decided at 1 1/16 miles.
The Spend a Buck is the only graded stakes on a card that includes the My Dear Girl and In Reality divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes, the $75,000 Frances A. Genter Stakes, and the $75,000 Tropical Park Derby
[bc_video_id:265348:]STICKNEY, Ill. – There are races where the betting public can’t make up its mind because there’s a scarcity of qualified contenders. And then there are races – like Saturday’s Hawthorne Derby – that confound bettors because too many horses look like they can win.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Jersey Town, upset winner of the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap here Sept. 29, began preparations for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile by working a half-mile in 50.52 seconds Thursday morning over Belmont Park’s main track.
With exercise rider Simon Harris in the irons, Jersey Town went his first quarter in 25.83 and his second quarter in 24.69.
“That’s all I wanted,” said trainer Barclay Tagg, who watched the breeze atop his stable pony positioned at the wire. “He came out of the race really good, better than he went into it.”