AUBURN, Wash. - Corvallis Dee seems nicely placed to rekindle his career in Thursday's Emerald Downs feature, a 1 1/16-mile race for $17,500 claimers that has lured a field of 10.
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DEL MAR, Calif. - Bordonaro has won four straight races to rank as the nation's leading sprinter. Carthage has won five straight races, including a victory over last year's champion sprinter, Lost in the Fog. Both are in top form right now as they prepare for the Grade 1, $300,000 Bing Crosby Handicap on Sunday at Del Mar, but trainer Ted West believes he has a chance to upset them with Premium Saltine, who scored an overpowering victory in his West Coast debut on June 14 at Hollywood Park.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Patrick Biancone has called an audible regarding two of his top female turf horses, opting to run Lady of Venice in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Diana Stakes at Saratoga while sending Gorella to the Grade 1 Beverly D. at Arlington on Aug. 12.
High Strike Zone went over the $500,000 mark in earnings last Saturday at Louisiana Downs, winning the $75,000 Ark-La-Tex Handicap for the second straight year. His next target is the $150,000 Evangeline Mile at his Evangeline Downs base on Aug. 12, according to his trainer, Amos Laborde.
High Strike Zone pushed his earnings to $539,760 with a front-running win in the Ark-La-Tex. He set a quick pace and went on to a clear win the 1 1/16-mile race, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 96.
Trainer Ricardo Perez is happy to be returning to the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa. He's even happier that he's bringing Loyal Bounty with him.
Perez had a great meeting here in 2005 with two wins, a pair of seconds, and a third from eight starters. His return on investment was a hefty $6.75.
Loyal Bounty, claimed by Perez for $8,000 on May 7, drew the outside post in a full field of 10 fillies and mares in Thursday's feature, a $40,000 starter race at one mile on the turf.
AUBURN, Wash. - Trainer Howard Belvoir kept a remarkable streak alive on Saturday when he saddled Immigration to win the six-furlong Emerald Express Stakes, the first stakes of the season for 2-year-old males.
It was the fourth straight year that Belvoir had sent out the winner of the Emerald Express. He won the race with Sundance Circle in 2003, with Seattles Best Joe in 2004, and with Tusko T last year, when he also saddled runner-up Courting Seattle.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Welcome to Santa Rosa!
You might feel that way on Thursday at Del Mar. With Jeff Bonde, Greg Gilchrist, Jerry Hollendorfer, and Terry Knight all represented in the day's featured seventh race, Del Mar is being invaded by northern California-based trainers.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Overseeing 4,500 slot machines at Aqueduct may be the primary reason there are as many as 16 entities formulating bids for the franchise to run Thoroughbred racing in New York. For the rest of the story, pay attention to the next six weeks.
Saratoga, the premier meet on the Thoroughbred racing calendar, opens the gates on Wednesday for its 138th season. From the backstretch, to the jockeys' quarters to the owner's boxes to the betting windows, Saratoga is the place where the elite meet to race, gamble, and party.