Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Age no obstacle for horse or trainer

FORT ERIE, Ontario - It was a shining day for a couple of seniors at Fort Erie on Tuesday.

Major Zee, 13, won a quarter-mile sprint for his second win of the year, and trainer Jack Wilson, 86, saddled his fourth winner at the meet.

For Major Zee, bred by the late Steve Stavro, it was his 20th victory in 77 career starts. The $9,900 he earned in the $10,000 claimer raised his earnings to $370,008.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Futurity a roll of the dice

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - Two $5,000 divisions of the Saskatchewan Futurity, one for each sex, highlight Saturday's card here at Marquis Downs. These six-furlong events for 2-year-olds are restricted to horses that were Canadian-foaled out of mares that were Canadian-owned at the time. Given that no baby races have been run here this season and all entrants are first-time starters, anything could happen.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

A Classic Life a big favorite in Boeing

AUBURN, Wash. - A Classic Life will be a strong favorite to post her third straight win Saturday, when she takes on five other fillies and mares in the $40,000 Boeing Handicap at 1 1/16 miles.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Distance should suit 'Pursuit'

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Golden Pursuit could be tough to handle in the feature race at Hastings Saturday, a 1 1/16-mile, $20,000 claiming race which drew eight older horses.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Quiet Cash a tough foe for 'Rain'

EDMONTON, Alberta - Alabama Rain makes his first appearance here at Northlands Park since capturing last year's Canadian Derby when he takes on just four rivals in Saturday's City of Edmonton Championship. The 1 1/16-mile City of Edmonton closes out the annual summer exhibition and will be headed by Quiet Cash, a winner of two stakes this year at Hastings.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Favorites perfect at Delaware

Two-time stakes winner Urban Guy faces a challenge from horse-for-the-course Master of Disaster in Saturday's $54,000 Oh Say Stakes at Delaware Park.

The six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds drew a field of 10, including a three-horse coupled entry.

Urban Guy, trained by Tim Ritchey, won the Mountain Valley at Oaklawn Park in February and the Fran "Jock" LaBelle Memorial at Delaware in early May. He returns to his home track, where he is 3 for 3, after being well beaten in the Grade 3 Hirsch Jacobs at Pimlico and the Ziggys Boy at Belmont Park.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Colonial: Live pedigree play

Dreaming of Anna will be favored off her impressive maiden win in Chicago, but pedigree players looking for value in the $60,000 Tippett for 2-year-old fillies at Colonial Downs would be wise to take a long look at Changeisgonnacome.

Although she is one of four maidens in a 13-horse field going 5 1/2 furlongs on turf, Changeisgonnacome has a license to outrun her 10-1 morning-line odds.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

'Queenie' in ideal spot to rebound

Newly crowned New England horse of the year Ask Queenie will try to snap a two-race losing streak by racing against fellow Massachusetts-bred fillies and mares in Saturday's $40,000 First Episode Stakes at Suffolk Downs.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Pa. Day winners and seconds back for more

Many of the statebred horses who ran well on last year's Pennsylvania's Day at the Races card will be back for an encore Saturday afternoon at Philadelphia Park.

Five of the six stakes, worth $50,000 apiece, that will showcase some of the top Pennsylvania-breds in training contain runners that either won or finished second a year ago.

The race with the biggest field, and the most intriguing betting race, is the Mrs. Penny, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for fillies and mares that goes as race 9 on the 10-race program.

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 00:00

Seven fillies enter turf sprint off a win

MIAMI - The Georgia Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Juvenile Filly Turf Dash drew a full field of 12 to go five furlongs on the turf, weather permitting, at Calder on Saturday. And there won't be a Georgia-bred in the house.