Tri Uimet and Dooze are unquestionably two of the best Ohio-bred 3-year-olds around. Which of the two is better will be decided at River Downs in the $50,000 Green Carpet Stakes.
Both Tri Uimet and Dooze enter the Green Carpet off two dominating sprint wins. Tri Uimet captured a pair of allowances at Thistledown by a combined margin of more than 12 lengths, while Dooze's two wins at Beulah Park, including the Noonan Stakes, were by a combined margin of more than 21 lengths.
Stalwartly, a half-brother to 2002 champion sprinter Orientate, should get a favorable pace setup in the $40,000 Nevill/Kyocera for 3-year-olds at Lone Star Park near Dallas.
The six-furlong race, restricted to those who have not won a stakes in 2006, drew an evenly matched field of eight.
Random Gold is in the best form of his career, and he will make his stakes debut against Venomous in the $50,000 Kings Court at Louisiana Downs.
The six-furlong race drew seven sprinters, including Grand Bank and That Tat, who finished eighth in a turf sprint stakes at Lone Star last Sunday.
There should be no shortage of speed when a field of six fillies and mares match up at six furlongs for the $15,000 Bluegrass Handicap at the Lincoln State Fair in Nebraska.
Up 'n Blumin, Missy Can Do, and Nikki Nine, all stakes winners over the track, will meet for the first time.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Ben Cecil has been an infrequent visitor to Woodbine over the years, with just three starters here and none since 1999 until this season.
But now Woodbine is on the verge of playing an important role in the California-based Cecil's operation, and on Saturday he will send out his second stakes starter of the meeting when Hallowed Dream goes in the $300,000 Nassau.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - One of the eight 3-year-olds in the field will become a stakes winner Saturday in the $40,000 Golden Boy at six furlongs here at Assiniboia Downs.
Paxton Ridge was claimed from his debut victory last May for $35,000 by trainer Sid Martin for owners Whieldon Thoroughbreds. Paxton Ridge finished fourth in the Ladnesian Stakes, also at Hastings, in his only other start at 2.
In his only start this season, Paxton Ridge defeated first-level allowance company here May 12, earning a respectable Beyer Speed Figure of 69.
FORT ERIE, Ontario - For eight consecutive years, Bruno Schickedanz, a Toronto businessman, finished atop the Fort Erie owner standings.
The streak ended last year when the Stronach Stable made a runaway of the race with 38 victories. Schickedanz, with 14, checked in a distant fourth.
Tuesday afternoon, Schickedanz was once again in familiar territory. His horse Winning Headline won the opener, and Gaelic Terms took the nominal feature by almost seven lengths. The two victories put Schickedanz two ahead of the Six Brothers Stable, which has five wins.
ELMONT, N.Y. - A forecast for thunderstorms could wreak havoc on the grass races on Friday's card, but the two best races in terms of quality are on the main track. In each case, a Bobby Frankel-trained horse looks like the one to beat.
In race 3, a $100,000 optional claimer with classified allowance conditions at 1 1/16 miles, Frankel sends out Rathor, who won twice from seven starts in England and looks for his third straight win since being imported to the United States and switched to dirt.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Since she beat maidens in her career debut at Del Mar in 2004, Haka Girl has failed to return to the winner's circle in six tries. In a career plagued by layoffs, she has found trouble in a few starts and was once beaten a head in a minor sprint stakes on turf.
Friday at Hollywood Park, may have found a spot to secure her second career win. A 4-year-old, she is the lone filly in a field of eight in a $51,000 allowance race at 1 1/16 miles. But with the exception of the lightly raced Mr. Wolverine, Haka Girl does not face a strong field.