ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Owners Tom and Bonnie Hamilton, trainer Darrin Miller, and jockey Jermaine Bridgmohan all visited Woodbine for the first time last Sunday. And all concerned left the better for the experience after Havelock captured the Grade 2, $204,400 Play the King over seven furlongs of turf.
Havelock, a homebred Maryland-bred 4-year-old, races for the Hamiltons under their Silverton Hill colors.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The steady Old Blue Eyes deserves top billing in Wednesday’s Woodbine opener, an Ontario-sired allowance for nonwinners of three. The six-furlong sprint was originally scheduled for last Wednesday, but it was on the portion of the card that was canceled due to a spectacular lightning storm.
Seeyouonbroadway held her own when she tried the top older fillies and mares at Northlands Park in the $50,000 Madamoiselle on Aug. 1. She could be tough to handle when she runs in a $30,000 claiming race for fillies and mares that headlines Wednesday’s nine-race card. The one-mile feature drew seven horses and goes as the eighth race.
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.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Acclamation, who in recent months had emerged as the top turf horse in California, can now be regarded as the best horse, period, on the West Coast following his gutsy victory over favored Twirling Candy in the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic before 29,267 on Sunday at Del Mar.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer Bob Baffert spent most of August admiring The Factor as the colt prepared for a comeback after a four-month break.
“I’d forgotten how good he was until the last few times I worked him from the gate,” Baffert said.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Havelock prevailed in a four-horse win photo of longshots in Sunday’s Grade 2, $204,400 Play the King Stakes, a prep for next month’s Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.
DEL MAR, Calif. - The race strategy for Celtic New Year in Sunday’s $200,000 Del Mar Handicap was to try to lead throughout the turf marathon over 1 3/8 miles on turf.
It could not have gone any differently, and in the end could not have worked out any better for owner Michael Jawl, trainer John Sadler, and jockey Victor Espinoza – with long-term ramifications this fall.
