Golden Gate Fields general manager Robert Hartman, who said last month that he would leave his position after the current meet ends Oct. 2, has been named chief executive officer of the American Contract Bridge League.
Hartman, who is a bridge life master, has served as Golden Gate’s general manager for six years. Prior to that, he was an associate athletic director at the University of California.
“It was more the opportunity to take on new challenges,” Hartman said of his decision to leave.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Dave Cotey is rolling the dice with Riding the River.
Cotey, who purchased Riding the River for $3,500 at the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale of 2008, will be looking to add a lucrative chapter to the rags-to-riches story in Sunday’s $1 million Woodbine Mile.
WOODBINE MILE: Watch the post-position draw live on DRF.com Thursday at noon ET »
A dispute between Dr. Bryce Peckham, the chief racing veterinarian in Kentucky, and the massive stable run by owner Billy Hays and trainer Joe Woodard led to multiple scratches at Turfway Park last week amid the possibility that Hays and Woodard may continue an indefinite boycott of the circuit.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The four-horse European contingent for Sunday’s Woodbine Mile card arrived on a flight from Amsterdam on Tuesday evening and were finally bedded down at about 11:30 p.m.
Side Glance, Dance and Dance, and Forte dei Marmi all are here for the $1 million Woodbine Mile, one of two Grade 1 turf races on the card.
WOODBINE MILE: Watch the post-position draw live on DRF.com this Thursday at noon ET »
Wigmore Hall is invading for the $500,000 Northern Dancer at 1 1/2 miles.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Ashlee Brnjas, who trains exclusively for Colebrook Farm, had an unforgettable last week, during which she won with three of 10 starters and got married to boot.
Brnjas sends out Big Bold Dog in Friday’s seventh race at Woodbine. Big Bold Dog should be among the favorites in the Ontario-sired allowance route for nonwinners of three lifetime.
Arlington-based Caleb’s Posse, winner of the Amsterdam and King’s Bishop stakes – beating 2-year-old champ Uncle Mo in the latter – will make his next start Oct. 1 at Hoosier Park in the $500,000 Indiana Derby, trainer Donnie von Hemel said Tuesday.
Rocket Twentyone, the filly who won the Arlington-Washington Lassie on Saturday, also is likely to head to Keeneland for her next start, the Oct. 7 Alibiades Stakes, trainer Tom Howard said Tuesday.
“She came back out of her race real well,” said Howard. “We’re leaning toward the race at Keeneland.”
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Arlington-Washington Futurity, one of two Grade 3 stakes for 2-year-olds here Saturday, was an engaging race. And if you liked it the first time around, tune in for a replay Oct. 8 at Keeneland. That’s the date of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity, and that’s the spot where the top three from the Arlington-Washington Futurity – Shared Property, Take Charge Indy, and Motor City – are likely to next race.
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Populist Politics keeps stepping up his game, and following his big third-place finish in last weekend’s Super Derby, he could get another shot at graded competition next month. Trainer Tom Amoss said earlier this week that Populist Politics is now under consideration for the Grade 2, $500,000 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park on Oct. 1.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Going into last month’s Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. thought Rail Trip was ready to join the ranks of the elite in the handicap division. After watching Rail Trip finish a well-beaten seventh to Tizway, Dutrow didn’t know what to think.
So, instead of pressing on in graded stakes company, Dutrow has decided to take a step back with Rail Trip, entering him in Thursday’s $60,000 Pot O’ Luck Stakes, which serves as the featured event on Belmont Park’s nine-race card.
