VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Halo Steven looks like the one to beat in the $50,000 Jim Coleman Province Stakes at Hastings Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile feature drew nine horses and goes as the eighth race.
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CALGARY, Alberta - The rain subsided, the course was once again fast, and there was an audible sigh of relief from the race office and other quarters once race secretary Russ Armstrong put his stamp of approval on Sunday's program here at Stampede Park. Short fields of less than stellar quality plagued the meeting in the last month.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Everything seems to favor Carthage going into Sunday's Grade 3, $125,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint.
He is at the top of his game with four straight wins, including three in stakes - all with Beyers of 105 or higher. He comes off a victory over reigning Eclipse sprint champion Lost in the Fog and gets to run on his home track, where he is 3 for 5 with a second.
also won the battle of the draw in the five-horse field, getting the outside post where he can use his speed to best advantage.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The feature race at Hollywood Park on Thursday was an optional claimer for fillies on turf. Jockey Alex Solis rode Charming N Lovable to victory, closing with a wide rally in the final furlong.
For Solis, it was the last of two mounts on a quiet weekday. But it was a winner and it came at an ideal time, on the first day of June.
Solis, 42, is trying hard to forget the events of May, a month that started with so much promise.
The purse of the Oklahoma Derby has been increased from $150,000 to $250,000 for this year's running on Oct. 20, largely because of the success of a gaming casino that opened last fall at Remington Park in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma Derby is one of 29 stakes worth a sum of more than $2 million scheduled for the Thoroughbred meet that runs Aug. 4 through Nov. 28.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Sweet Talker's return to Grade 1 competition could come this summer in the $500,000 Diana at Saratoga. But before that July 29 race, she will be pointed for one of two stakes following her victory Monday in the Grade 3, $200,000 WinStar Distaff at Lone Star Park.
Trainer Graham Motion said Sweet Talker is under consideration for the Grade 3, $200,000 All Along Breeders' Cup at Colonial Downs on June 24, and the Grade 3, $750,000 CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park on July 1.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Sunday's second-level allowance feature at Louisiana Downs is bound to have some stakes repercussions later in the summer, particularly for those 3-year-olds among the eight Louisiana-bred fillies and mares in the field.
The ultimate goal for several 3-year-old fillies in Sunday's mile and 70-yard race is the Louisiana Breeders' Oaks, part of a 12-race card for statebreds on Aug. 19.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Through the years, standout handicap horses have journeyed from all over the map to compete in the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
But unless Buzzards Bay ships from Southern California - and trainer Ron Ellis said Friday that he is "60-40 against" coming - then arguably the top two contenders for the Grade 1 Foster will ship from a destination that could hardly be termed exotic: the Trackside training center, located just a few miles from Churchill.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - In a strong vote of confidence, Deja Entendu jumps from a maiden victory into the $60,000 Little Silver Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Sunday at Monmouth Park.
"Do you run against older horses in a first-level allowance or do you take on 3-year-old fillies in the stakes?" said trainer Kelly Breen.