Two Emmys, who finished second last season in the richest turf race at Fair Grounds, the Muniz Memorial, and who upset Domestic Spending in the Grade 1 Mister D. Stakes this past August, is a possible runner Dec. 26 at Fair Grounds in the Buddy Diliberto Memorial Stakes.
Pappacap found favored Corniche too much to handle in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, though he finished a strong second at Del Mar capping a successful 2-year-old season.
Pappacap went from California to Casse Farm in Florida following his Breeders’ Cup runner-up performance, and trainer Mark Casse said Thursday that plans call for Pappacap to begin his 3-year-old campaign in New Orleans in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 22.
STICKNEY, Ill. -- Fort Prado, a 20-year-old Illinois-bred millionaire, had to be put down earlier this week due to complications from laminitis, a painful condition that afflicts the hooves and can be irreparable in advanced stages.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Flightline is not the only 2-for-2 Tapit colt training for the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. But whether Triple Tap actually runs in the Malibu is another matter entirely.
Sired by Tapit and a sibling to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Triple Tap scored a sparkling allowance win on Nov. 5 at Del Mar, six furlongs in 1:08.44 to earn a 97 Beyer Speed Figure. Triple Tap is bred and owned by Summer Wind Equine of Jane Lyon, who prefers not racing her horses against one another.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Recent throat surgery has done wonders for lightly raced Missy P., who is likely to launch her comeback in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old sprint fillies on Dec. 26, opening day of the Santa Anita winter meet.
“I could change my mind and go in” an allowance race, trainer Richard Mandella said. “But the way she’s training, I’m going to go ahead and try” the La Brea.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Gamine, third as the odds-on favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, remains stabled at Santa Anita and could stay in training next year at age 5, trainer Bob Baffert said.
“I have until February to decide,” Baffert said. “As long as she stays sound, and she is sound, she could” campaign in 2022.
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ARCADIA, Calif. – Ce Ce, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, has resumed a semi-regular work pattern at Santa Anita while trainer Michael McCarthy and owner-breeder Bo Hirsch consider a comeback target for the 5-year-old.
“She came out of the race breathing fire,” McCarthy said. “She’s doing super, we’ll keep all our options open.”
Ce Ce is working approximately once every 10 days, including a half-mile drill Dec. 4. Upcoming options for Ce Ce include the seven-furlong, Grade 2, $200,000 Inside Information on Jan. 29 at Gulfstream Park.
ARCADIA, Calif. – United, the veteran Grade 2 winner scratched from the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar due to a suspensory injury, will return to campaign next year at age 7, trainer Richard Mandella said this week at Santa Anita.
“He injured a suspensory, but he didn’t tear it, he just strained it,” Mandella said. “He’ll get a couple months off, and we’ll start him back, but he’ll be back.”
Gerald Bennett became just the 14th trainer in North American racing history to win 4,000 races when D’craziness pulled clear to win the last race Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.
“When you really stop and think about it for a minute, it’s a big accomplishment,” Bennett told Tampa publicity afterward. “A lot of dedication went into this.”
Trainer Peter Miller was fined $5,000 by Los Alamitos stewards on Sunday after one of his runners tested positive for the prohibited analgesic phenylbutazone during a workout at the San Luis Rey Downs training center in September.
The positive was found in a post-workout sample taken from Mr. Dougie Fresh, and was Miller’s third infraction for a prohibited drug substance in the last year.
Phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, cannot be administered in advance of a race or workout following rule changes enacted by the California Horse Racing Board in 2020.
