ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Arch Hall, the leading older router at Woodbine, should be the prohibitive favorite in Saturday's $125,000 Steady Growth Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile test for Ontario-sired runners. Arch Hall is one of many Melnyk Racing Stable-owned offspring of the late Archers Bay, who captured the 1998 Queen's Plate for Eugene Melnyk.
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FORT ERIE, Ontario - While juggling three occupations Bruce Anderson has been thriving as a trainer this year.
Anderson, also a blacksmith and rodeo rider, has scored 4 times from 10 starts this year. He is 1 for 3 at Woodbine and 3 for 7 at Fort Erie.
Anderson, and his wife, Francine Villeneuve, Canada's all-time leading female jockey, prepare their runners on their Florida farm during the winter. To further conditioning, they occasionally run a horse at Tampa Bay Downs, where Anderson has been a longtime farrier. He does the same trade at the Fort Erie meet.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Monashee, who was the 2005 local horse of the year, figures to be very tough to handle when she makes her second start of the year in the Strawberry Morn Stakes at Hastings Saturday. Slewpast looks like the main threat in the 1 1/16-mile feature, which drew seven fillies and mares.
Trained by Tracy McCarthy, Monashee stretches out following a strong second-place finish to
CALGARY, Alberta - Wild Bender is 2 for 2 at the 1 1/16-mile distance of Saturday's Duchess of York and should go postward as the favorite here at Stampede Park. The Duchess of York offers a purse of $50,000 plus $20,000 in bonus money for Alberta-breds.
AUBURN, Wash. - Diamond Dollars, who was nominated to take on older fillies and mares in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Washington State Legislators Handicap, will instead meet her peers in Saturday's best race at Emerald Downs. Diamond Dollars will face five other 3-year-old fillies in a one-mile test to be run under $40,000 optional claiming conditions.
"I have no doubt that she would have run very well against the older horses, but I'm anxious to see if she can route," said trainer Bill Tollett. "I have a pretty good idea that she can."
ELMONT, N.Y. - Had Barbaro won the Preakness Stakes following the Kentucky Derby, he would have been attempting to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 in the on Saturday at Belmont Park.
Instead, he continues to recuperate at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., where he underwent extensive surgery May 21 to repair his shattered right hind leg.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Since being elevated to a Grade 1 in 2001, the Prioress Stakes has become the goal for every trainer with a talented 3-year-old filly sprinter. The Prioress, to be run on July 8, is the goal for the fillies set to run in Friday's $65,000 Queen of Song Stakes at Belmont Park.
A field of 10 was entered for the six-furlong Queen of Song, but trainer Todd Pletcher said he plans to scratch India. Five of the nine remaining fillies are stakes winners, but the most intriguing runner in the field could be one who hasn't won a stakes, Khalila.
ELMONT, N.Y. - With a winning race over the course and a field seemingly loaded with speed, the late-running may rate a slight edge in an extremely deep edition of the $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes on Friday at Belmont Park.
A full field of 12 was entered for the Grade 3 Hill Prince, scheduled for one mile on the Widener Turf Course. Three more horses, including Belmont Stakes entrant Platinum Couple, were entered in the event the race is moved to the dirt.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Leaving Nick Zito out of your exotic wagers in the Belmont Stakes can be hazardous to your bankroll.
In the last three Belmonts in which he has participated, Zito has finished in the top four with five of the six horses he has saddled. Last year, Zito ran second and fourth with Andromeda's Hero and Indy Storm. In 2004, Zito won the race with Birdstone and finished third with Royal Assault. In 2001, Zito's A P Valentine finished second behind Point Given. Of Zito's recent Belmont horses, only A P Valentine (5-1) was lower than 10-1 on the odds board.