OPELOUSAS, La. - Ide Like a Double ($7.60) unleashed a powerful run through the stretch Saturday night under regular rider Kerwin Clark to capture the featured $50,000 Oak Hall Stakes. State Power rallied in the drive to finish second, followed by Brooks 'n Down and Ide Ball.
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DEL MAR, Calif. - The challenges that face California racing will not be settled over the next seven weeks.
A weak economy has led to fewer racing dates, unresolved synthetic-surface issues continue, and the future is vague for two Los Angeles-area tracks. Hollywood Park eventually will close for property development, and Santa Anita will be sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
Maryland's highest court ruled on Monday that it lacks the jurisdiction to hear arguments over whether the state erred in rejecting a bid by Magna Entertainment Corp. for slot machines at its Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County.
Instead, the Court of Appeals ruled that Magna could seek a judgment on the issue in court only after it has exhausted all of its appeals through Maryland's administrative agencies, including a review by the State Board of Contract Appeals of any decision by the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission.
Running a three-week fair meet at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif., was more than just a summer-fairs experiment. It could be a precursor to a meet there during the spring.
With Bay Meadows closed and Golden Gate the only major track left running in Northern California, Pleasanton is looking to pick up race dates next year.
Rick Pickering, the CEO of the Alameda County Fair, was scheduled to meet with the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday and the California Horse Racing Board at its Thursday meeting at Del Mar to discuss possible dates for 2010.
DEL MAR, Calif. - "Seinfeld" had the "Summer of George." Del Mar might just have the summer of John.
John Sadler is going to hit the ground running at Del Mar. With Whatsthescript in the Grade 1, $350,000 Eddie Read Handicap on Saturday, Dawn Before Dawn and Royal Taat in the $85,000 Osunitas Handicap on Sunday, and horses like Black Mamba, Noble Court, Oil Man, and the exciting 2-year-old colt Hurricane Ike ready for upcoming stakes either here or at Arlington Park, Sadler looks primed to continue solidifying his position as one of the pre-eminent trainers on the West Coast.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Papa Clem got back to work Monday, breezing for the first time since finishing third in the July 11 Long Branch Stakes. He was clocked in 1:12.60 for six furlongs at Monmouth Park.
"I wanted a good work in him," trainer Gary Stute said from Del Mar. "It was just exactly what I wanted."
In the Long Branch, Papa Clem stumbled at the break and came back with minor nicks and cuts in his first start since finishing sixth in the Preakness.
After the Long Branch, Stute left Papa Clem at Monmouth, even though the colt's next start could be elsewhere.
DEL MAR, Calif. - The choice for trainer Neil Drysdale was to take Artiste Royal to the Arlington Million on Aug. 8 or stay here at Del Mar for the Grade 1, $350,000 Eddie Read Handicap on Saturday. The Million is worth a lot more money. It's also shaping up as a far deeper race. So after Artiste Royal worked a sharp six furlongs on the Del Mar turf on Monday morning, Drysdale pretty much got the answer he needed.
"The chances are pretty good we'll stay here," Drysdale said. "The race in Chicago looks like it's coming up pretty tough. I thought his breeze was very good."
DEL MAR, Calif. - From 1996-2002, if you weren't named Bob Baffert, you did not train the winner of the Del Mar Futurity. Baffert had a hammerlock on the race, winning it a record seven straight times with the likes of Silver Charm and Forest Camp. After a mild drought, he won it again last year with Midshipman, who went on to become the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old colt of 2008. Based on the quality of 2-year-olds Baffert has this summer at Del Mar, eight Del Mar Futurities might not be enough.
Baffert is loaded.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Fatal Bullet, Canada's Horse of the Year and top sprinter in 2008, returned with a vengeance here in Sunday's $151,350 Bold Venture.
Making his first start since finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, Fatal Bullet was off a touch slowly but quickly established command and led throughout the 6 1/2-furlong Bold Venture.