Canterbury Park shippers could carry the day in the supporting stakes at Assiniboia Downs on Monday with Tourmaline looming the choice of five in the $50,000 Assiniboia Oaks and Cowboy Luke looking like the horse to beat in the $25,000 Graduation.
The Assiniboia Oaks, a 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, will go as the third race and the Graduation, a 5 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-olds, as the sixth on a nine-race card capped by the Manitoba Derby.
El Grayling, purchased privately following his last start at Woodbine, has been made the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Monday’s $75,000 Manitoba Derby at Assiniboia Downs.
The Manitoba Derby, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds which attracted a field of nine, is the showpiece of the Assiniboia meeting and will go as the ninth and final race on a holiday card which also includes the $50,000 Assiniboia Oaks for 3-year-old fillies and the $25,000 Graduation for 2-year-olds.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine track announcer Dan Loiselle could have a challenging call on holiday Monday, when Wild About Marie meets Wildcat Marie in the $150,000 Royal North Stakes, a Grade 3 turf sprint for fillies and mares.
The versatile Wild About Marie is 3 for 4 on the grass. Her Kentucky-based trainer, Jeff Thornbury, said the six-furlong distance of the Royal North should be a good fit for her.
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.
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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. - Bourbon Bay won for the first time on a synthetic track, and scored his first stakes win since January, in Friday's $125,000 Cougar II Handicap at Del Mar.
With the victory in the Grade 3 race, Bourbon Bay ($6.40) earned a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Marathon in November, but trainer Neil Drysdale said Bourbon Bay was likely to return to turf racing.
On turf in the last 18 months, Bourbon Bay has won four graded stakes.
Parx shipper Inspired, the second longest shot on the board, got loose on the lead and barely hung on to score a 16-1 upset in Friday night’s Jenny Wade Handicap for fillies and mares at Penn National.
The Jenny Wade was one of four $100,000 stakes on a 10-race card that served as an appetizer for Saturday night’s $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup. A special daily double linking the two turf sprints was offered.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher doesn't really need any additional help to win stakes races, but he got some when his Turbo Compressor was surprisingly allowed to set a pedestrian pace en route to a 2 3/4-length victory over the 3-2 Raison d'Etat in Friday's Curlin Stakes at rainy Saratoga.
Metropolitan Handicap winner Tizway completed preparations for his start in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap by working five furlongs in 1:00.34 over the Oklahoma training track Friday morning.
Under exercise rider Andreas Catalan, Tizway went in splits of 12.84 seconds, 24.76, 36.52, and got his last quarter in 23.88 seconds. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.54.
