Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Remington: Zee Oh Six returns

Zee Oh Six put together a memorable campaign last year at Remington Park, where he won four of five starts, including three stakes races. Saturday night, he will return to the track to make his season debut in the $50,000 Silver Goblin.

A 6 1/2-furlong race for Oklahoma-breds, the Silver Goblin also includes stakes winners Herecomesthemannow and George Taylor.

Zee Oh Six closed his 2005 season with a win over open company in the $40,000 Governor's Cup at Remington on Nov. 26. He shows a series of strong works for Saturday's race.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Morey after another quick return on $80K

SAN MATEO, Calif. - With the 3-year-old filly Multiple, trainer Billy Morey is repeating a pattern that he just had success with. Morey claimed Multiple for $80,000 at Del Mar on July 27, and she will make her first start for him in Saturday's Bay Meadows Fair feature, a first-level allowance race for fillies and mares at 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Rival fillies will seek cleaner trips in rematch

AUBURN, Wash. - Sophie's Trophy and Chestnut Lady will have a rematch Saturday, when they head a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Washington Breeders' Cup Oaks at 1 1/8 miles.

In their first meeting, Sophie's Trophy prevailed by a neck over Chestnut Lady in the Irish Day Handicap on June 25, finishing one mile in 1:36.40. Both fillies had trouble in that race - Sophie's Trophy broke slowly and Chestnut Lady was blocked on the second turn - and handicappers must determine who was more disadvantaged.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Is favorite ready to run her best?

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Spirit to Spare will try and keep her unblemished record at 6 1/2 furlongs intact when she takes on four other fillies and mares in the $50,000 Cover Girl Handicap at Hastings Saturday.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Atlantic Chinook looks strong

The Sales Stakes, restricted to horses who went through the ring at the Alberta yearling sale last summer, will be featured on Saturday's program at Northlands Park in Edmonton.

The 6 1/2-furlong Sales Stakes, with one division for fillies and the other for colts and geldings, will go as the last two races on the nine-race card and each offers a guaranteed purse of $60,000.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Park Avenue Ball on a roll

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Park Avenue Ball wins the Skip Away with a 110 Beyer Speed Figure, tops lifetime among the eight runners in Saturday's Philip Iselin BC Stakes.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Park Avenue Ball, fresh from a career-best victory, tops a field of eight Saturday in the Grade 3, $250,000 Philip H. Iselin Breeders' Cup Stakes, the top dirt race for older horses at Monmouth Park.

Park Avenue Ball won Monmouth's Skip Away Stakes, the Iselin prep, by a commanding five lengths on July 23.

A 4-year-old New Jersey-bred colt, Park Avenue Ball earned a 110 Beyer Speed Figure that day, the best career number of any horse in the Iselin.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Company up front for Flying Glitter

At first glance, Flying Glitter looks like the proverbial good thing in the $100,000 Ellis Park Breeders' Cup Turf on Saturday.

And she might very well be a good thing. After all, Flying Glitter has racked up nearly $600,000 in earnings from 15 career starts, and with three stakes victories, including two in graded events, she holds an apparent class edge over her 11 rivals in the 1 1/16-mile turf race at the Henderson, Ky., track.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Questions surround Oaks fillies

CHICAGO - The three fillies who figure to be favored Saturday in the $100,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Oaks all have questions to answer. How will Baghdaria bounce back from a 35-length drubbing in New York? With Coolwind, the issue is whether she can show her best in a two-turn race. And who knows what to make of Cryptoquip, who drilled Ohio-breds in a $100,000 stakes race at River Downs, only to have her victory erased when the race was declared no-contest because of a starting-gate malfunction.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Miss Concerto on the right track in Belle Mahone

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Miss Concerto was in fine fettle going into the 1 1/16-mile Ontario Matron, her last start, on July 28 at Woodbine.

But there was one question mark regarding Miss Concerto: The Ontario Matron was to be only her third start around two turns, and her earlier attempts, at Oaklawn Park in the winter of 2004, were unproductive.

"I really wasn't sure, but her owners said 'Let's give it a shot,' " said Sid Attard, who trains Miss Concerto for Lou and Carlo Tucci.

Thu, 08/17/2006 - 00:00

Turf sprint has cast of pros

MIAMI - There was a time not too long ago when turf sprinters had a hard time banging out a decent living on the south Florida circuit. Five-furlong grass races were almost unheard-of at Gulfstream Park and rarely carded even across town at Calder until late in the season.