MIAMI – Are the leaders of the 3-year-old filly turf division better than their older counterparts stabled in south Florida this summer? That question will be answered Saturday, weather permitting, when most of the top members of both groups converge at Calder in the $55,000 Ms Brookski Stakes scheduled for 7 1/2 furlongs on the grass.
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Zenyatta zipped five furlongs in 1:00.20 at Hollywood Park on Thursday, her second workout since she extended her unbeaten streak to 18 races in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 7.
Regular rider Mike Smith was aboard Zenyatta for Thursday’s workout, which was the fastest of 11 recorded works at the distance.
“She was ready to do something,” Smith said. “She was on her toes. I just let her go along.”
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Indian Apple Is managed to upset champion Tribal Belle when they met last in the July 1 Sweet Briar Too Stakes, and they will clash again over seven furlongs Saturday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Seaway Stakes.
Indian Apple Is was victorious second time out this year, in a third-level allowance/optional claimer. She tried a route of ground for the first time May 29, in a 1 1/16-mile allowance, and wound up fourth behind Tasty Temptation.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Todd Pletcher says the success or failure of Quality Road in Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward Stakes won’t impact how he views the sensational summer he has enjoyed at Saratoga. Still, anything less than a victory by Quality Road in the $750,000 Woodward would have to be viewed not only as a tremendous upset but a major disappointment.
Gulfstream Park in Florida plans to install lights at the track prior to the opening of the 2011 meet in early January, despite a law that prohibits Thoroughbred tracks from running a race after 7 p.m., the chief executive of Gulfstream’s parent company, MI Developments, said Thursday.
Dennis Mills said that MI Developments is in the midst of taking bids on the project, which would allow Gulfstream to hold night-racing cards if the law prohibiting night-time Thoroughbred racing is changed. No Thoroughbred track in the state currently has lights.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Iwillgotothemoon was an impressive winner when making his turf debut at 6 1/2 furlongs here at Woodbine for trainer Steve Attard. On Sunday, Iwillgotothemoon will be returning to that surface for the $125,000 Vice Regent, a one-mile race for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds.
“I’d never worked him, or trained him, on grass,” said Attard. “I just ran him on it, and he loved it.”
Trainer John Hancock will be alongside the Ohio River as usual Saturday, but not at his lifelong stomping grounds of Ellis Park. Instead, Hancock will have made the 3 1/2-hour drive upstream from Henderson, Ky., to run a pair of contenders in the Bassinet Stakes at River Downs, which lies on the banks of the Ohio just east of downtown Cincinnati.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - There were four winning tickets sold on Wednesday’s pick six at Saratoga, each worth $377,883. The consolation payout (5 of 6) was $983.
Two of the winning tickets were sold through AmericaTAB, an account wagering service in Ohio, one in New Jersey, and one at Connecticut OTB.
The day began with a carryover of $443,274 after the wager went unhit Sunday and Monday. An additional $1,925,068 was bet into the pool on Wednesday.