ARCADIA, Calif. - Dr. Schivel, a three-time stakes winner who was second by a nose in the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar, is scheduled to undergo a battery of physical tests this week to determine whether he resumes training or continues a vacation.
Dr. Schivel has not started since he finished third in the Group 1 Golden Shaheen in Dubai in March. He was turned out in early summer.
The undefeated and untested Tyler’s Tribe emerged from his easy win in the $100,000 Iowa Cradle on Saturday night at Prairie Meadows in good order and will likely make his next start in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, trainer Tim Martin said Monday.
Tyler’s Tribe also has been under consideration for the $2 million BC Juvenile at 1 1/16 miles on the same Nov. 4 card at Keeneland. Martin on Monday did not rule out the possibility of pre-entering the horse in both spots on Oct. 24.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Howbeit and Whatmakesammyrun gave veteran California trainer Mark Glatt a career milestone afternoon at Santa Anita on Saturday, the first time he has won two graded stakes on the same day.
The two may not run again on the same day in the near future.
On Sunday, Glatt was reluctant to plan Breeders’ Cup starts at Keeneland on Nov. 5 for the pair, both surprise winners of Grade 2 stakes.
Zandon, runner-up to Taiba in the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby, will be pointed to the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Dec. 3, trainer Chad Brown said Saturday.
Brown’s initial feeling coming out of the Pennsylvania Derby was to put Zandon away and freshen him for a 4-year-old campaign. But upon further review, and in consultation with owner Jeff Drown, the decision was made to try cutting Zandon back to the one-turn mile.
Raging Sea will scratch from Sunday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct and instead will run in the Grade 1, $500,000 Alcibiades next Friday at Keeneland, trainer Chad Brown said Saturday.
Brown said the combination of a likely wet track in New York on Sunday and the presence of several quality speed horses in the Frizette, a one-turn mile, made him call an audible.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- Thomas Shelby scratched from Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Aqueduct and will point to next Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Vosburgh Stakes here, owner/trainer David Jacobson said Saturday.
Jacobson said he entered the Woodward to take a look and may have run if something the connections of Life Is Good had scratched, owing to the wet track.
Jacobson acquired Thomas Shelby earlier this summer and won an allowance race with the 6-year-old gelding in his first and only start for him.
ARCADIA, Calif. – It was only a five-furlong workout by a horse whose next start is still five weeks away, but as trainer John Sadler said Saturday morning at his Santa Anita barn, “It’s standard stuff with an exceptional horse.”
Flightline worked five furlongs after the 6:30 a.m. break Saturday at Santa Anita, where he cruised 1:00.40 under exercise rider/assistant trainer Juan Leyva.
One Timer, a 4 1/4-length winner of the $525,750 Franklin-Simpson Stakes on Sept. 10 at Kentucky Downs, is getting a 45-day break in Florida and won’t contest the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, trainer Larry Rivelli said earlier this week.
One Timer was beaten only two lengths when ninth last fall in the BC Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar, but Rivelli said the 3-year-old is better at distances longer than the BC Turf Sprint’s 5 1/2 furlongs, and Rivelli isn’t eager to tackle the likes of Golden Pal in the Breeders’ Cup.
