INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Following a decision by Hollywood Park stewards Saturday to clear racehorse owner Marty Wygod of wrongdoing regarding his actions before Sweet Catomine ran in the Santa Anita Derby, the California Horse Racing Board announced it intends to review its investigation procedures.
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Churchill Downs announced details Monday of its tests for illegal alkalizing agents, which will be conducted on every horse entered in its races during the spring meet starting Saturday, including the Kentucky Derby and Oaks.
The tests, which are designed to detect excessive levels of carbon dioxide in the blood, will be run on blood samples drawn from horses at a specific Churchill barn 45 minutes prior to a race, although horses entered in the Derby or Oaks will have blood drawn at their stalls.
Ed Allred, the owner of Los Alamitos Race Track in Southern California, has pulled out of an agreement to redevelop the track in the hopes of running Thoroughbred race dates should Churchill Downs sell nearby Hollywood Park, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Shug McGaughey won't be running a longshot in the Kentucky Derby. Instead, he'll be running one of the favorites in Saturday's Grade 3 Withers Stakes.
Though Survivalist worked much better Monday morning than he did a week ago, McGaughey said he believes it is better to wait before running Survivalist against the best 3-year-olds in the country again.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - There should be no shortage of options for bettors in the featured eighth race Wednesday night at Lone Star Park. A case can easily be made for most of the nine horses in the one-mile turf allowance, which carries an optional claiming price of $50,000.
Oncearoundtwice and Cajole are appealing because both have recency edges over three talented comebackers: April's Lucky Boy, Kool Humor, and Forest Landing. Also in the field is Val's Approval, who exits the $200,000 Connally Breeders' Cup Turf at Sam Houston, and stakes winner Spirit Gulch.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - The trainers of eight of the nine horses nominated must have gasped when they saw the list of eligibles for Saturday's $58,000-added Gregson Foundation Sprint for 3-year-olds at Bay Meadows.
With just those eight, the six-furlong race would be a pretty competitive affair. There was, however, a ninth nomination - Lost in the Fog, the undefeated sprint sensation.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - If racing fans could vote on such things, surely the winner for Most Eye-Catching Run at the Keeneland spring meet would be a filly named Angara.
It was the seventh race on the April 16 Blue Grass Stakes card, and after the field of filly-mare turf runners turned into the stretch, the race was up for grabs, with four or five horses battling for the lead inside the eighth pole.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A massive one-day pick six carryover of $555,240 is the highlight of Wednesday's eight-race program at Hollywood Park.
The pick six was not conquered on Sunday during the California Gold Rush program, following losses by several favorites and an upset win by Robador ($48.60) in the Snow Chief Stakes.
Wednesday's pick six covers the third through eighth races. While those races have an average of just under eight horses per race, several of them are very competitive.
CALGARY, Alberta - Northtown Will, stakes placed last year at 2, makes his 2005 debut against six 3-year-old rivals in the $18,000 Lindsay Family Feature, which runs as the seventh race here Wednesday evening.
Trained by Red Smith, Northtown Will comes into the optional $32,000 claimer off some very fast drills and will be the betting and sentimental favorite in the six-furlong sprint, named in honor of the late Frank Lindsay, a major owner in the Smith shed row for two decades.