ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Herman Brown and jockey John Egan, the men behind Canadian International invader Mourilyan, are visiting this country for the first time.
And the two would like nothing better than to make their trip an unforgettable one with an upset victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $2 million feature for 3-year-olds and up.
Mourilyan, an Irish-bred 4-year-old colt, has won 4 of 10 starts but has been a fringe performer to date in Group 1 company.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The $250,000 California Cup Classic on Sunday will be the seasonal highlight for one of the eight runners entered. Collectively, the group has not accomplished much this year.
The field of eight has one 2008 stakes winner - Cheroot, the winner of the Daytona Handicap in February who is on a five-race losing streak. Several runners are seeking a first stakes win.
Bold Chieftain, the defending champion, has been entered in the $175,000 California Cup Mile on turf on the same program, which is entirely dedicated to California-bred horses.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer Cindy Krasner is having quite a year.
Going into this weekend, Krasner has won six stakes at the Hastings meet, including the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby with Krazy Koffee. Prior to this year, the most stakes she had won in a single season was four.
Krasner has a good chance of increasing her stakes totals with P. S. Good N Ready, who will be odds-on to win the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity on Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs will use five race-callers for one week apiece at its upcoming five-week fall meet in an attempt to determine which one will become the full-time caller in time for the 135th Kentucky Derby next May, officials with the track announced Thursday.
MIAMI Saturdays $55,000 The Kaiser Stakes at Calder is carded at five furlongs on the grass. But with half the 12 horses entered for the main event winless on turf, one fact becomes fairly obvious: There is rain in the forecast for south Florida once again this weekend.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs will use five race-callers for one week apiece at its upcoming five-week fall meet in an attempt to determine which one will become the full-time caller in time for the 135th Kentucky Derby next May, officials with the track announced Thursday.
EDMONTON, Alberta Quincy Welch is set to reclaim the Northlands riding title he relinquished to Rickey Walcott last season and may well add to his insurmountable lead on the penultimate day of the 61-day stand aboard Lasting Lake in Saturdays eighth race.
The nominal feature for fillies and mares has attracted a field of nine entered for claiming prices of $17,500 and will be run over 6 1/2 furlongs.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia P. S. Good N Ready will be a very short price to win the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity at Hastings on Saturday. The 6 1/2-furlong feature for 2-year-old fillies foaled in Canada drew seven horses and goes as the seventh race.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Doctor Dino, who has been competitive in top company while journeying far and wide over the last few seasons, has been made the 2-1 favorite for Saturday's Grade 1 Canadian International here at Woodbine.
A field of 10 for the $2 million Canadian International, a 1 1/2-mile turf race for 3-year-olds and upward, was announced at a ceremonial draw here Wednesday.