OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Jockey Julie Krone, the winningest female rider in history, will be at Aqueduct on Saturday to ride Banyu Dewi in the Grade 2, $150,000 Long Island Handicap. It marks her first appearance in New York since Nov. 6, 1998. Her last win in New York came on Oct. 30, 1998.
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MIAMI - The focus of attention and much of the wagering in Saturday's $150,000 Jack Price Juvenile will be on undefeated 2-year-olds Sir Oscar and Wynn Dot Comma. But from a handicapping standpoint, the seven-furlong dash is more than just a two-horse race.
The Jack Price and its filly counterpart, the $150,000 Joe O'Farrell Juvenile Fillies, will feature some of the most promising youngsters to race here in years. Along with the two unbeaten colts, the Jack Price also drew stakes winner Stolen Time, the much-improved Cheetah Speed, the speedy Ice Wynnd Fire, and four others.
MIAMI - Trainer Todd Pletcher will bring the bulk of his powerful stable to Florida when the Palm Meadows training center opens the day after Thanksgiving. But he has shipped three of his better horses down a little early to participate in Saturday's Florida Million program at Calder, including Smok'n Frolic, who easily outclasses her field in the $200,000 Elmer Heubeck Distaff Handicap.
In addition to the 1 1/16-mile Heubeck, for fillies and mares, Pletcher has Pick'em in the $150,000 Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap and Music's Storm in the $150,000 Bonnie Heath Turf Cup.
STICKNEY, Ill. - Northwest winds gusted through Chicago at close to 30 miles per hour Thursday afternoon - and the weather seemed mild.
It was, compared with Wednesday, when Hawthorne managed to conduct seven of nine scheduled races under unbelievably windy conditions. The wind swept east on Thursday, canceling races all over the East Coast. Wednesday, with sustained winds over 40 miles per hour and gusts approaching 60, Hawthorne almost made it through an entire card.
As recently as August, Sonic West was racing at Ellis Park in an allowance race restricted to nonwinners of two. In October, Pay the Preacher was preparing to make his first start in more than a year - on the turf.
It seems unlikely, then, that either Sonic West or Pay the Preacher would be running in a dirt stakes race worth $100,000. In fact, they are two of the prime contenders in Saturday night's Mountaineer Mile at Mountaineer Race Track.
Unlike the Tri-State Futurity three weeks ago, Saturday night's West Virginia Futurity at Charles Town drew enough entries to be split into two divisions worth $25,000 apiece.
Unfortunately for horseplayers, the two best horses on paper won't be facing each other, so neither division shapes up as a good betting race.
The field for the $100,000 Gold Cup for Louisiana-breds at Delta Downs on Saturday night is like a grab bag. The full field includes top statebred sprinters Donna's Mailbag and Zarb's Luck; White Star, a leading older horse; and top Louisiana-bred 3-year-olds Spritely Walker and Witt Ante.
Aside from the rich purse, part of the race's allure is its distance. At one mile, the race catches a cross-section of horses, including sprinters who might be willing to stretch out over a six-furlong track like Delta.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - D. Wayne Lukas is homeless no more.
Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer who for nearly two decades has lived in Louisville hotels during most of any given year, has purchased a home in the prestigious Lake Forest neighborhood some 15 miles east of downtown.
ANDERSON, Ind. - Indiana-bred Pass Rush will meet several familiar rivals when he returns to his home state for Saturday's $100,000-added Michael G. Schaefer Mile.
Waiting to spoil his homecoming is last year's Schaefer winner, Crafty Shaw, who defeated Pass Rush by a neck in a Churchill Downs allowance race Nov. 4, and Cappuchino, a two-length winner over Pass Rush in the Grade 3 Ack Ack Handicap at Churchill on Oct. 26.