One race may provide affirmation. The other, clarification. Turf Paradise's two divisions of the $35,000 Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association Fall Sales Stakes over six furlongs brought out large fields of 2-year-olds who had been consigned to the breeders association's 2004 fall sales. The filly division (race 7), brings out 11, headed by Queen Razyana, smashing winner of an allowance race here Oct. 1, while the colt-and-gelding division (race 8) features a full field of 12 still sorting themselves out.
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SAN MATEO, Calif. - Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has been looking forward to Saturday for some time.
It's the day that his talented 2-year-old Cause to Believe, a $30,000 bargain purchase at an Ocala, Fla., sale in March, tries two turns for the first time, when he takes on six rivals in the $65,000-added Bay Meadows Juvenile at a mile.
As Hollendorfer said, "We've waited to stretch him out."
Charming Socialite made his mark sprinting on dirt, but his turf route form is imposing these days. Saturday night, he looks like the one to catch and beat in the $40,000 No Le Hace, which will close out the meet at Retama Park.
The No Le Hace will be run over 7 1/2 furlongs on turf, and the conditions suit Charming Socialite. In one of his two starts at the distance, he won an overnight stakes at Lone Star Park in June, defeating stakes winners Agrivating General and Goosey Moose.
Jazzy Okie will be making her first start at Remington Park in the $40,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial for 2-year-old fillies, but she is working like she owns the Oklahoma City track. In the last two weeks, Jazzy Okie has worked consecutive bullets, both four-furlong moves in 46.80 seconds at Remington.
Manovan, who won his debut by 6 1/2 lengths last month, is the one to beat in the $10,000 colts and geldings division of the KTA Futurity at The Woodlands in Kansas City, Kan. The 5 1/2-furlong race is restricted to the offspring of eligible stallions.
Manovan won his maiden against Kansas-breds at The Woodlands on Sept. 27, when he raced close to the pace throughout. Trainer Joe Thomas has given the mount to Armando Martinez.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Frank Passero has three for the money here in Saturday's $125,000 Bull Page Stakes.
The Bull Page, a six-furlong race for Ontario-sired 2-year-old colts and geldings, attracted a field of 10, including the Passero-trained trio of Believer's War, Trail Fox, and Foxy Money. They will race as separate betting interests.
All three are homebred geldings owned by the Colebrook Farm of John Brnjas, for whom Passero is private trainer.
FORT ERIE, Ontario - The 2005 Fort Erie meet will end will a flair on Nov. 1.
The Tour de Fort, at two miles and 70 yards, is the longest race run in Ontario and a tradition on the meet's final weekend. And this year it will be run on that day for a purse of $30,000, up from $10,000, according to racing secretary Tom Gostlin.
"And Cheldon, a sponsor, will present trophies to the winning owner, trainer, and jockey," said Gostlin of a company that does trophy engraving. "Next year, it will likely become a part of the Cup races."
CHICAGO - The Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup for 3-year-old fillies on grass is run Saturday at Keeneland, about a 6 1/2-hour drive south from Hawthorne Race Course. The ungraded, $150,000 Hawthorne Oaks is a nice enough spot, but it clearly takes a back seat.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer David Forster is no stranger when it comes to the Grade 3 Ballerina Breeders' Cup, which runs this Saturday at Hastings. Forster has won the race four times. His first win came in 1993 with Pilgrim's Treasure, and, beginning in 1998, he won the Ballerina three years in a row with Magic Code.
Forster started the 2005 season with four stakes-winning 4-year-old fillies: Overact, Gold Accent, Summer Symphony, and Socorro County. He is down to two, Summer Symphony and Socorro County, and they will be trying to upset Raylene in the Ballerina.