Pleasantly Blessed gave trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Luis Quinonez a sweep of the weekend stakes at Remington Park on Saturday night, when she closed for a three-quarter-length win in the $50,000 Ricks Memorial. Asmussen and Quinonez had teamed together on Friday night to take the $100,000 DeBartolo Memorial with Skip a Smile.
Shoot It’s War was scratched from Friday night’s $100,000 DeBartolo Memorial Handicap at Remington Park, and will headline the Monday feature at the track. He goes in a second-level optional $35,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles on turf. The race will go as the ninth on a program that has a special post of 1:30 p.m. Central.
Shoot It’s War will be seeking his second straight win following a nose score in an optional $25,000 claiming race at Canterbury Park on Aug. 6. Quincy Hamilton has the mount for trainer Mike Biehler.
Can’touchthisgal has stepped up her game since she began racing on turf back in May, and on Monday at Louisiana Downs she could get her first win on the surface. Can’touchthisgal will start as a top choice in the seventh race, a first-level optional $12,000 claimer for Louisiana-bred fillies and mares. To be run at about 1 1/16 miles, it is one of four turf races on a special holiday program Monday.
Bach’s Homebrew may rate a slight edge in a talent-filled five-horse field for the $10,000 Labor Day Stakes at the Columbus Races on Monday.
Honkytonk Stomp equaled the track record for a half-mile at Fonner Park this past spring and will represent just one of the strong speed horses in the field. He will have to contend with the talented 3-year-old Song of Humor, a winner of seven straight races this year.
Bach’s Homebrew has won five stakes this year and is a certified closer, as is Omaha Stakes runner-up Tenth Power.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy. In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information. Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy. In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information. Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy. In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information. Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
Saturday's results:
DEL MAR, Calif. - A five-wide trip on Weemissfrankie through the turn of Saturday’s $250,000 Del Mar Debutante did not concern jockey Rafael Bejarano. For the last half of the race, Bejarano was convinced he was aboard the winner - and he was right.
Jacky Martin, who is one of the most accomplished jockeys in Quarter Horse racing as a seven-time winner of the All American Futurity, has been diagnosed as paralyzed below the neck following examinations Saturday at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. The rider, 56, had sustained three neck fractures in a spill Friday at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.
