Rumor Control and Positive Prospect, a pair of fillies who have primarily campaigned on turf this season, could play prominent roles in a dirt sprint for fillies and mares that serves as the Tuesday feature at Philadelphia Park.
The 3-year-old filly Rumor Control, who has run well in Kentucky and New York, figures to be part of a contested battle for the early lead, which could provide an ideal setup for Positive Prospect in the six-furlong eighth race, a second-level allowance worth $47,000.
The longshot Aurora Lights rallied along the inside to take the Grade 3, over 4-5 favorite Milwaukee Appeal at Woodbine on Saturday.
Grade 1 winner Hooh Why set a moderate pace in the 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-old fillies, with the other four runners in close proximity.
FLORENCE, Ky. - Wet and potentially hazardous conditions with the racecourse at Kentucky Downs led the Franklin, Ky., track to cancel its six Saturday races, wreaking havoc with the wagering format of a combined 16-race card with Turfway Park on the second-biggest day of the year at Turfway.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Travers first- and third-place finishers Summer Bird and Quality Road completed preparations for their rematch in next Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup here by putting in five-furlong workouts Saturday morning over Belmont Park's main track.
Neither horse was asked for much by their riders in their final breezes as Summer Bird went five furlongs in 1:02.37, working by himself under regular rider Kent Desormeaux, while Quality Road, working in company with stablemate Denver, covered the same distance in 1:01.65 under regular jockey John Velazquez.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Jockey Pedro Alvarado is out for the rest of the year after breaking both of his collarbones and a rib at Hastings on Friday night. He was injured when Bear Den, a horse he rode to a second-place finish in the sixth race, collapsed from an apparent heart attack while pulling up on the clubhouse turn after the race.
Going Ballistic, who recaptured his best form earlier this month when he won the $150,000 Governor's Cup at Remington Park, is being pointed for the Grade 2, $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup on Saturday, said his trainer, Donnie Von Hemel.
The mile and a quarter handicap will be run at Hawthorne Race Course.
Run Louis Run, making her stakes debut in her sixth lifetime start, ran down pacesetter My Sister Margaret in deep stretch to prevail by a half-length in Friday night's $51,500 Ruth Funkhouser Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.
The seven-furlong Funkhouser,, restricted to West Virginia-bred 3-year-old fillies, served as the local prep for the $140,000 West Virginia Division of Tourism, a seven-furlong race that is part of the $2 million West Virginia Breeders Classic program on Oct. 17.
Hoosier Park canceled its last seven races on Friday afternoon's planned 10-race card because of unsafe track conditions as rainstorms continued to move through the Indianapolis area. Hoosier also canceled the last nine races of its scheduled 13-race Thursday night because of rain and track conditions.
Turf Paradise has named Mike Chamberlain its new announcer for its upcoming 54th meet, which opens Friday. Chamberlain replaces Frank Mirahmadi, who called the races last year after the death of Luke Kruytbosch. Mirahmadi resigned to take on an expanded role with the TVG Network.
"I first became aware of Michael's considerable talent when I lived in Texas, and I'm a big fan," said the track's president and general manager, Eugene Joyce. "We are excited to have him on board."
