The Oceanport and the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell will be televised on ABC at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Shifty Time figures to be a short price when she stretches out to a mile in the $50,000 Northlands Oaks Handicap at Northlands Park on Monday. The $50,000 feature for 3-year-old fillies drew nine horses.
Under trainer Greg Tracy, Shifty Time was voted the champion 2-year-old filly in Alberta last year. All of Tracy’s horses were transferred to leading trainer Robertino Diodoro on Friday. Diodoro and the stewards at Northlands wouldn’t comment on the reason for the transfer. The stewards did say a ruling on Tracy was pending.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Southern California invaders Unzip Me and Minute Limit are among a seven-horse field in the Grade 3, $150,000 Royal North Stakes, a six-furlong turf sprint for fillies and mares on holiday Monday at Woodbine.
The speedy Unzip Me commenced a five-race win streak in an allowance in December, and then captured a second-level allowance before capturing her first stakes going about 6 1/2 furlongs down the hill at Santa Anita in the restricted Irish O’Brien.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Spaghetti Mouse is clearly the star of the show on B.C. Cup Day at Hastings on Monday. After all, he is the all-time leading money-winning British Columbia-bred with more than $919,000 in earnings and he has been a fan favorite at Hastings since he won the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby in 2005.
An 8-year-old, Spaghetti Mouse seems to be as good as ever, and should get the perfect trip in the $50,000 B.C. Cup Classic that drew five horses and goes as race 5 on a 10-race card that begins at 1:40 p.m. Pacific.
Chief Counsel, coming off a first-level allowance win at Woodbine in his first start for the prominent team of owner Peter Redekop and trainer Terry Jordan, will be strictly the one to beat in Monday’s $75,000 Manitoba Derby at Assiniboia Downs.
The 1 1/8-mile Manitoba Derby, an open race for 3-year-olds, attracted a field of seven and anchors a strong card which includes the $50,000 Assiniboia Oaks and the $30,000 Graduation Stakes.
Canadian Ballet, a three-time stakes winner last season but 0 for 2 so far this year, held off Out Post by a neck to win Friday night’s $100,000 Jennie Wade Handicap at Penn National Race Course.
It was the first winner locally for New York-based trainer Linda Rice, who began her career at Penn National as an exercise rider and assistant trainer to her father, Clyde Rice, before going out on her own in 1987.
Love Ridge, dropping from facing older horses in open company to face fellow Pennsylvania-bred 3-year-old fillies for the first time, used her early speed to dominate Friday’s $75,000 Roanoke Stakes at Philadelphia Park.
Ridden by Jose Ferrer for trainer Dee Curry, Love Ridge broke on top in the six-furlong sprint and cruised to an 8 1/4-length victory over Lovabull Me, the 6-5 favorite. It was another 1 1/2 lengths back to Hygh Jacque. The winning time was 1:10.91.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - My Dinah needed every inch of the Saratoga stretch to run down Meese Rocks and win Friday’s $70,000 Fleet Indian Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares by a head. It was 2 1/2 lengths back to Eager Emma in third.
The win broke a 13-race losing streak for My Dinah, dating back to 13 months. It was the seventh victory from 36 starts for My Dinah and pushed her career earnings to $412,594. My Dinah is owned by Akindale Farm and trained by Kathleen Feron.
Dance to the Star will move back to two turns for the $35,000 Mount Elbert Handicap at Arapahoe Park on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile race is for 3-year-olds and up bred in Colorado, and it drew a large field of 11.
Dance to the Star was the winner the last time he ran around two turns, in the $33,000 Colorado Thoroughbred Breeder Association at Derby last year at Arapahoe. In his most recent start, he was fourth in the $30,000 Front Range at seven furlongs at Arapahoe on July 4.