ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Regally Ready re-established himself as one of the leading turf sprinters on the continent with a front-running score in Sunday’s Grade 1, $511,600 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine.
By capturing the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In event, Regally Ready received a fees-paid berth into the Grade 2 BC Turf Sprint on Nov. 5 at Churchill.
Tin Top Cat won her eighth career stakes race in her Remington Park debut on Saturday night, when she closed fast to take a three-way photo over Leopard Rock and favorite Texas Country Doll in the $50,000 Flashy Lady.
The six-furlong race for fillies and mares continued the string of stakes Remington is running this weekend in the build-up to the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sunday.
Sisterhood continued the incredible run of stakes success her owners, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, have had this month when she won her maiden in Saturday night’s $75,000 La Senorita at Retama Park. She edged Mi Locasta and Keewatin Ice in a three-way photo to give the Ramseys their latest October stakes score behind the Grade 1 Alcibiades with Stephanie’s Kitten, the Grade 2 Thoroughbred Club of America with Holiday for Kitten, and the Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup with Headache.
Jockey Eddie Castro will be out of action a minimum of three months after sustaining a hairline fracture of his back in a spill Saturday at Belmont Park.
Castro, 26, will not require surgery, but he will have to wear a back brace for period of time. Castro was expected to be released from North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., on Tuesday.
Doctors at North Shore told Mike Gonzalez, Castro's agent, that Castro could be out three to six months. Gonzalez said he hoped to learn more when he and Castro talk to doctors on Tuesday before Castro is discharged.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Uncle Mo appears on the fast track to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
In his first workout since a dynamic victory in the Grade 2 Kelso Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 1, Uncle Mo heated up a cool autumn Sunday morning with a five-furlong workout in 58.42 seconds over the Belmont Park training track. Jockey John Velazquez was aboard for the move, which came at 7:45 a.m., over a freshly watered and harrowed track.
Jockey Gabriel Saez was released Saturday night from the University of Kentucky Medical Center after being thrown from his mount, Irish Exchange, in the 10th and last race Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
Russell Road disappointed his many backers who made him the 1-10 favorite in last year’s West Virginia Breeders’ Classic by finishing fourth. But he made amends for that flop Saturday night with a powerful performance in the 25th running of the richest race for West Virginia-breds at Charles Town.
Jockey Luis Perez, riding Russell Road for just the second time, guided the 5-year-old to a two-length victory in the $500,000 Classic, a race that he also won as a 3-year-old in 2009.
ARCADIA, Calif.- In the days leading up to Saturday’s $150,000 Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita, trainer Mike Pender said that his longshot Ultimate Eagle had “a bolt of confidence” from two consecutive wins at Del Mar
Saturday afternoon, Ultimate Eagle backed up Pender’s impressions.
Leading throughout the Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby, Ultimate Eagle ($70.40) held off a late threat from the French invader Venomous to win his stakes debut under jockey Martin Pedroza.
STICKNEY, Ill. – The Mid-America Triple, Arlington’s loosely linked series of 3-year-old turf stakes, Willcox Inn couldn’t pull off, but Saturday at Hawthorne, Willcox Inn won for the third time in what might – even more loosely – be termed the Chicago Quadruple, easily capturing the Hawthorne Derby.
Coupled stablemates Softly Lit and Embracing Hearts ran one-two in Saturday’s $75,000 Selima Stakes, completing a sweep of Laurel Park’s two fall turf stakes for 2-year-olds for trainer Dane Kobiskie and owner PTK LLC
The six-furlong Selima, Laurel’s oldest stakes race, was the feature attraction as the track celebrated its centennial. Laurel Park debuted on Oct. 2, 1911 under the auspices of the Laurel Four Corners County Fair.
