Apprentice rider Michael Straight possibly has been left paralyzed in his lower body after being seriously injured when his mount fell in the eighth and final race Wednesday at Arlington Park.
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DEL MAR, Calif. - Del Mar has a two-day pick six carryover of $777,352 for Thursday's eight-race program after a string of upsets occurred on Wednesday.
Wins by Skyrush ($25.20) and Saint Chocolate ($32) in the final two races on Wednesday secured the carryover.
Thursday's eight-race program begins at 2 p.m. Pacific, with the pick six beginning with the third race at approximately 3:02 p.m.
The pick six sequence features three main-track sprints, two routes on turf, and a 1 1/16-mile claiming race.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Rachel, Rachel, Rachel, It's all anyone wants to talk about at trainer Steve Asmussen's barn. It's like an edition of "Friends." People want to get pictures of Rachel. People want to espy her in her stall. People want to talk to Asmussen about her.
On Wednesday morning, someone asked Asmussen about Kensei.
"You mean Rodney Dangerfield?" he replied, laughing. "He is overshadowed, to say the least. He has not had as many photo ops. His social calendar is pending."
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - He was on the short list of 3-year-olds most feared by horsemen in the spring, before foot issues forced Quality Road to miss the Triple Crown series. Now, with Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes fast approaching, Quality Road is once again striking fear into the hearts of his opponents.
Despite having run just one 6 1/2-furlong race in five months, Quality Road enters the 140th Travers Stakes, run at 1 1/4 miles, as perhaps the horse to beat and the probable favorite in a likely eight-horse field.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Skyrush, an Argentine import making his U.S. debut, pulled an upset in Wednesday's $89,930 Harry F. Brubaker Stakes at Del Mar. Tiago, third in the 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic, finished last of six in his first start since February.
Skyrush ($25.20) ran 1 1/16 miles on turf in 1:40.77 under jockey Martin Pedroza. Skyrush rallied from fifth in the final quarter-mile to win by a neck over 13-1 Racketeer. Tiz West finished third.
AUBURN, Wash. - Emerald Downs has weathered the economic downturn reasonably well, track president Ron Crockett said Wednesday, with betting handle on Emerald races through the first 71 racing days declining 2.5 percent from the corresponding period in 2008.
Betting on out-of-state races from Emerald and in-state satellite facilities was off 16.4 percent from a year ago, however, contributing to an overall wagering decline of 7.8 percent, Crockett said.
Vince Gabbert has been named executive assistant to track president Nick Nicholson at the Keeneland Association in Lexington, Ky.
Gabbert, 33, resigned as deputy chief of staff to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to accept the job, which will entail a broad range of administrative and operational responsibilities. Gabbert will leave his government job on October 1.
A dispute between Turfway Park management and Kentucky horsemen over purses is brewing as the fall meet nears at the Florence, Ky., track.
Rick Hiles, president of the Kentucky division of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said Wednesday that Turfway is seeking a purse decrease from horsemen of about $700,000, or 5 percent of annual purse payments of roughly $14 million. Horsemen are balking at that proposal, and in the meantime, there is no working contract in place as the Turfway fall meet (Sept. 9-Oct. 8) approaches.
AUBURN, Wash. - Owners Sue and Tim Spooner got a big thrill on Longacres Mile weekend when their Greenback Forest won her racing debut. A well-bred 2-year-old filly, Greenback Forest set a pressured pace and held off a strong closing bid to win by a head, running six furlongs in 1:10.40.