VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Aim for the Wire figures to be a short-priced favorite in the $50,000 Fantasy Stakes at Hastings Saturday. The 1 1/16-miles feature drew eight horses and is the only middle-distance stakes for 2-year-old fillies at the meet.
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Dyna Da Wyna, showing newfound early speed, drew off after setting all the pace to post a victory Thursday in the $84,450 Clark County Stakes over the Keeneland turf.
Ridden by Pat Day, Dyna Da Wyna returned $5 as a slight favorite after finishing 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Speedy Sonata, who dueled outside the winner for virtually the entire 5 1/2-furlong distance. Black Escort finished third, another 4 1/2 lengths back in a field of 10 fillies and mares, while Whenthedoveflies, the 8-5 second choice, faded to eighth.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Turning ex-claimers into stakes runners is becoming a habit for owners Jeff Mariani and Dallas Van Kempen.
Last year, they claimed Moscow Burning for $25,000. She has subsequently won three stakes and is pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Lone Star Park next Saturday.
Sunday at Santa Anita, Mariani and Van Kempen plan to start the ex-claimer Word Girl in the minor $75,000 Anoakia Stakes for 2-year-old fillies over six furlongs.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Trainer Robbie Baze won last Saturday's Inaugural Handicap with quality, sending out the field's most accomplished runner in Slewicide Cruise. For this Saturday's Diane Kem Handicap, he will try quantity.
Baze intends to saddle two entrants in the Diane Kem, a six-furlong race for fillies and mares with a purse of $10,000. His contingent will be made up of the 3-year-old Breakin My Heart and the 4-year-old Charlie's Charmer.
"I'd prefer not to run them against each other, but I'm afraid this might be their only chance to run for a while," said Baze.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - After coming so close in the 2002 British Columbia Derby, the 2003 Premiers, and more recently the S.W. Randall Plate, Blowin in the Wind finally won a stakes race. Like most of his races, it was a close finish, but this time he was on the right end of the photo when he beat Illusive Force by a neck in the Grade 3, 1 3/8-mile Premiers last Sunday at Hastings.
Blowin in the Wind was bred in Kentucky by his owner and trainer David Forster.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sabiango, winner of the Kentucky Cup Turf in his last start, arrived at Woodbine Thursday morning for Sunday's $1.5 million Canadian International.
Sabiango, trained by Tim Yakteen, arrived on a flight from California via Kentucky along with Dimitrova, who will go in Sunday's E.P. Taylor Stakes, and Crystal Castle, who will start in Sunday's Neactic Handicap.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Marwood, fourth in the Hillsborough on the grass in her last start, looks ready to rebound in her return to the main track in Saturday's $55,000-added Golden Poppy Handicap at Bay Meadows.
Six fillies and mares signed up for the one-mile event, including Marwood's stablemate Gonetorule.
Marwood is unbeaten in two main-track stakes starts, although her victory in the Luther Burbank at Santa Rosa came after stablemate Hippogator was disqualified for interfering with her in the stretch.
PHOENIX - Muir Beach has looked better than ever winning her last four dirt races, including a big victory in Turf Paradise's Phoenix Handicap on Oct. 2. But she'll need all that form and maybe more as some new shooters come in to test her in Saturday's $40,000 Ahwatukee Express. The six-furlong event for fillies and mares has lured a field of seven, and quality runs deep.
MIAMI, Fla. - Put together a full field of 14 2-year-olds, nearly half of whom have never been around two turns, send them 1 1/16 miles, and what do you get? The $400,000 In Reality Stakes, as well as the best betting race on Saturday's 15-race Festival of The Sun program at Calder.
The In Reality is as wide open as it gets. The race was so hard to gauge that track linemaker Chuck Streva made Cin Cin the morning-line favorite at odds of 7-2, followed by New York invader Closing Argument at 5-1.