Beulah Park has canceled its live race card for Saturday, citing the inability to get an agreement with horsemen over their approval of transmission of the track's simulcast signal.
The cancellation is the second in a row for Beulah, which also called off its Friday card because of the dispute.
LEXINGTON, Ky. With the 25th Breeders Cup being the talk of racetracks everywhere, racegoers and horsemen at Keeneland have been wondering whether the championships might really come here someday.
That possibility, once slim-to-none, was given a huge boost in early August when Keeneland officials announced that they had hired a world-class architectural firm, HOK Sport, to evaluate the facility and grounds for a possible renovation.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Vyliena figures to be a big price when she runs in the $100,000 Fantasy Stakes next Saturday. Her trainer, Nancy Betts, rarely runs a horse out of line, however, and she really likes the way Vyliena is coming up to the race.
"It's a tough spot, but she's pretty tough herself," said Betts. "I wouldn't keep her in here and waste Jimmy's time and my own time if I didn't think she wasn't going to put in a huge effort."
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Acoma entered Friday's Grade 3, $150,000 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes as the only filly without a start on turf, but her inexperience never showed in her performance.
Handling the grass as easily as she had dirt and Polytrack, Acoma rallied from midpack to post a half-length victory over Tight Precision before a crowd of 18,469 at Keeneland on Friday.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - There's a new bug in town, and her name is Krista Carignan.
And while Carignan had failed to find the range with her first eight mounts at Woodbine, she did score with her first of three starters at Fort Erie last Tuesday, and it should be only a short matter of time before she finds the charmed circle here.
"This track is beautiful, and everybody has been really nice to me here," said Carignan. "I really liked Fort Erie, too. It felt pretty good, winning that race the other day."
ELMONT, N.Y. - There is even more enticement to Saturday's New York Showcase Day card at Belmont as there will be a pick-six carryover of $121,721 entering the day.
The pick six will encompass six of the seven stakes restricted to New York-breds, all of which have double-digit fields. The final four races comprise a pick four with a guaranteed pool of $400,000.
The pick-six went unhit Thursday for a second straight day, creating the six-figure carryover. There had been a $30,248 carryover entering Friday's card after nobody hit the wager on Wednesday.
NEW BOSTON, Mich. - The Michigan Sire Stakes, which started in 1985 as a pair of juvenile stakes for the progeny of Michigan stallions, returns to the Detroit metropolitan area for the first time since Detroit Race Course closed in 1998 when Pinnacle Race Course hosts the series on Saturday.
The six races, with projected purses of $120,000 each, will be run as the third through eighth races on a card that starts at 1:35 p.m. Eastern. The Sire Stakes were held at the now closed Great Lakes Downs in western Michigan from 1999 through 2007.