The Evangeline Downs board of stewards Wednesday issued two more rulings for dermorphin positives in Thoroughbreds who raced at the Opelousas, La., track in May. Trainers Anthony Agilar and Kyi Lormand were both suspended six months and had their cases referred to the Louisiana Racing Commission for further action, said Larry Munster, assistant executive director for the commission.
AUBURN, Wash. – Wasserman, one of the most popular horses in Northwest racing history, headlines the feature race Saturday at Emerald Downs. The first race goes at 2 p.m. Pacific, and the main event, a $20,000 claimer at one mile, is the eighth of nine races.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The winners of the last two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, Regally Ready and Chamberlain Bridge, face off Saturday at Arlington in the $100,000 Arlington Sprint, and both have questions to answer.
OCEANPORT, N.J. – Isn’t it a bit odd to see Flat Out headlining the Grade 2, $200,000 Monmouth Cup on the United Nations undercard on Saturday at Monmouth Park?
After all, the handicap star spent last summer here with trainer Scooter Dickey and never once ran at Monmouth while scoring wins in the Suburban Handicap and Jockey Club Gold Cup, both at Belmont Park.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Rudy Rodriguez believes his speedy New York-bred filly Agave Kiss can rate. And perhaps one day he will get the chance to find out.
It’s highly unlikely that day will be Saturday, when the undefeated Agave Kiss aims for her seventh straight success in the Grade 3, $150,000 Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont Park.
Agave Kiss drew the rail for the Victory Ride, which basically forces jockey Ramon Dominguez to send his filly to the front. Agave Kiss has been in front at every point of call in her six races, all at the Victory Ride distance of six furlongs.
[bc_video_id:256474:]INGLEWOOD, Calif. – All Star Heart closed more than four lengths in the final quarter-mile of the Redondo Beach Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on June 10, reaching the front with a half-length to spare.
Asked earlier this week if the style of the victory surprised him, trainer Ron McAnally had a quick response. “Not at all,” he said.
McAnally is equally bullish about All Star Heart’s next appearance, in Saturday’s $150,000 Royal Heroine Stakes for fillies and mares on turf.
[bc_video_id:256472:]MIAMI – If Saturday’s $150,000 Azalea Stakes has a familiar look, it should. Five of the nine 3-year-old fillies slated to contest the Grade 3 dash on the Summit of Speed card are coming out of the Leave Me Alone overnight stakes here four weeks earlier, including Another Romance and Citizen Advocate, who finished first and second.
MIAMI – Owner Shivananda Parbhoo did not submit Trinniberg’s entry for Calder’s Summit of Speed program until just minutes before the races were drawn Monday. But once he did, the nation’s premier 3-year-old sprinter suddenly became the key to not one, but two of the four graded stakes on Saturday’s card.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Can a horse win too well?
Game On Dude was vastly superior to three rivals in the Grade 2 Californian Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on June 2, winning by 7 1/4 lengths as the pacesetter in his first start since a 12th in the Dubai World Cup in March.
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The win has left the 5-year-old gelding the 124-pound topweight for Saturday’s $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup over 1 1/4 miles.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Coyote Legend will be after his eighth stakes win on Saturday when he takes on the comebacking Texas-bred Horse of the Year, Skip a Smile, in the $50,000 Assault at Lone Star Park. The race is one of four restricted stakes worth a combined $300,000 on the Stars of Texas Day program.
Coyote Legend might have a tactical advantage in the Assault, a one-mile stakes for 3-year-olds and up bred in Texas. He appears to have more natural speed than most of his rivals in the seven-horse field, and also drew well in post 5.
