ARCADIA, Calif. – In the nearly seven years since he went out on his own with just a single horse, trainer Michael McCarthy has built up one of the strongest barns on the West Coast. And though he’s won plenty of significant races, including the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup with City of Light, his current group might be his deepest yet.
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Weston, the winner of the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar in August, may start in the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Nov. 15.
On Sunday at Santa Anita, Weston worked six furlongs in 1:12.20. Trainer and co-owner Ryan Hanson said Weston has trained steadily in recent weeks and in individual workouts, often running each furlong in approximately 12 seconds.
“He clips around there and does it easily,” Hanson said. “He’s doing it continuously and that’s what I like. He does it week to week.”
Del Mar-based jockeys who ride in Breeders' Cup races at Keeneland on Friday and Saturday will be required to undergo coronavirus testing at a San Diego-area hospital before being allowed to resume riding next weekend.
Track president Josh Rubinstein said over the weekend that the track has arranged for rapid tests with Scripps Hospital in La Jolla. Riders will be tested shortly after flying back to California and will be informed of the results within two hours. They will be permitted to ride at Del Mar on Saturday or Sunday, if tests are negative, Rubinstein said.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Mark Casse has ambitious plans for Ride a Comet’s next start, the Grade 2 Kennedy Road on Nov. 21, when the Grade 2 winner figures to meet Woodbine’s standout sprinters Pink Lloyd and Silent Poet in what could be the race of the meet.
ELMONT, N.Y. - On a morning when Chad Brown worked 68 horses, there was one in-company breeze that stood out to the four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer. And it had nothing to do with the final time of the breeze.
As Rushing Fall and Sistercharlie broke into their gallop before they would work a half-mile over Belmont Park’s inner turf course, Brown, watching from the box seats on the second floor, said, “This is it, last breeze for us. Time flies.”
Keeneland
Weather: Sunny
Temp.: 57
Track: Fast
Turf: Soft
LEXINGTON, Ky. - It was pretty much the Bill Mott and Steve Asmussen show over the main track at Keeneland on Sunday, with the two Hall of Fame trainers emptying their barns of Breeders’ Cup contenders, who worked under clear, cool skies while fighting a pretty strong crosswind.
Trainer Brad Cox said Sunday that the mare Beau Recall wouldn’t be entered Monday in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Beau Recall, most recently a fine second in the First Lady Stakes at Keeneland, was part of the main body of the Mile when pre-entries were released last week, and her defection allows Casa Creed, who was the first pre-entered horse not selected into the race, to get into the Mile. Trainer Bill Mott said Sunday that Casa Creed would be entered.
Cox said Beau Recall is being pointed to the Matriarch Stakes rather than the BC Mile.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Improbable is a predictable colt in morning workouts. Chances are he is going to produce a quick time.
Improbable worked six furlongs in 1:11.40 on Sunday at Santa Anita in his final major exercise before the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on Saturday. The winner of three consecutive Grade 1 races since early June, Improbable is scheduled to be flown to Kentucky early Tuesday.
Keeneland
Weather: Sunny
Temp. 33
Main track: Fast
Turf: Good
Lexington, Ky. - The skies were clear and cold, but the action on the racetrack was hot and heavy, with nearly 30 potential Breeders’ Cup starters getting in their final works on a crisp Saturday morning at Keeneland.