LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Yet another Lasix snafu occurred on the Kentucky racing circuit Wednesday at when Outofsiteoutofmind had to be scratched from the fourth race at Churchill Downs after being given two injections at the receiving barn, apparently by the same veterinarian employed by the Kentucky state veterinarian’s office.
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Nipissing, tuning up for Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes, breezed three furlongs in 35.80 here Wednesday morning with her regular rider Steven Bahen in the irons.
A Chiefswood Stable homebred, Nipissing would be looking to run her record to 4 for 4 after becoming a stakes winner last time out in the Oct. 28 Princess Elizabeth, a 1 1/16-mile race for Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies.
Captain Genius set a pressured pace while off the rail under Deshawn Parker and after being moved to the four path in upper stretch drew off to win the $85.000 Mountaineer Park Sophomore Sprint on Tuesday night.
Trained by Joe Woodard for owner Billy Hays, Captain Genuis put away Warrioroftheroses and Jasizzle coming into the stretch on his way to an 8 1/2-length win in ridden-out fashion.
Jasizzle hung on for second in the eight-horse field of 3-year-olds, finishing 2 1/2 lengths in front of Fleet Eagle in third.
2014-15 Racing Dates
November 21 - March 29
Post Times
1:25 p.m. CT (daily)
Exceptions:
12 p.m. CT: Dec. 13 (Louisiana Champions Day), Dec. 20 (Santa Super Saturday), Feb. 1 (Super Bowl Sunday), Feb. 17 (Mardi Gras Day)
12:30 p.m. CT: Jan. 17 (Road to the Derby Kickoff Day), Feb. 21 (Louisiana Derby Preview Day), Mar. 28. (Louisiana Derby Day)
5:00 p.m. CT: Dec. 26, Jan. 16, Feb. 27, Mar. 20 (Other Starlight Racing nights)
Central Banker could start as fourth or fifth choice in the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot on Saturday despite having defeated an eventual Breeders’ Cup winner.
Central Banker will be seeking his third win from five starts in the Jackpot. His maiden score came in his turf debut at Saratoga when he edged Hightail, who went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint. Hightail is also expected for the Jackpot, a 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds.
STICKNEY, Ill. – No new cases of equine herpesvirus have been reported for 18 days at Hawthorne Race Course, and the track appears to be on the way out of a de facto quarantine imposed by the State of Illinois on Oct. 26. But the outbreak of the virus, known as EHV-1, is affecting the movement of horses to winter quarters at tracks like Fair Grounds in New Orleans, which opens its meet Nov. 22. Close to 100 horses from at least six trainers cannot depart Hawthorne for Fair Grounds until the Illinois Department of Agriculture lifts a ban on horses leaving the Chicago-area track.
Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on Tuesday announced plans to open the track’s infield to fans on Louisiana Derby Day, March 30.
A release from the track said that the Fair Grounds infield hasn’t been accessible to the public during a race day since the 1930s. Patrons will cross from the apron to the infield – going over the main track and the turf course – on temporary bridges borrowed from Pimlico Race Course.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Midnight Ballet, who successfully stretched out around two turns to win the Sharp Cat Stakes on Sunday, could come back in the Grade 1, $500,000 Hollywood Starlet on Dec. 8, trainer Tom Proctor said.
For her to run in the Starlet, though, Midnight Ballet will have to be supplemented to the race for $10,000, and it costs another $10,000 to start. She was not nominated to the race.
Midnight Ballet has earned her way, though. First prize in the Sharp Cat was $60,000.
After a delay brought about by last week’s nor’easter, Kid Kate and Mildly Offensive are set to renew hostilities in Thursday’s $75,000 Pentelis overnight stakes, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint that was snowed out Nov. 8.
Relocated to Saratoga after finishing off the board in the A Gleam Stakes on Hollywood Park’s Cushion Track, Mildly Offensive withstood a duel through torrid fractions in the Big Bambu Stakes first out for Todd Pletcher. “Those were some fast fractions – that’s kind of her game,” he said.