Del Mar has made significant cuts to stakes purses for its upcoming summer meeting, most notably reducing the value of the Grade 1 Pacific Classic from $1 million to $500,000.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – The Grade 1 Carter Handicap, moved from Aqueduct to the Belmont meet and scheduled for June 6, has been designated a Win and You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on Nov. 7 at Keeneland.
The Carter, run at seven furlongs, was originally scheduled for April 4 at Aqueduct, but was postponed when that track’s spring meet was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – When last seen in New York, Sadler’s Joy won the Grade 3 Red Smith Stakes at Aqueduct, ending a 10-race losing streak.
The 7-year-old Sadler’s Joy, winner of the Grade 1 Sword Dancer in 2017, is back in New York where next Thursday he will run in the $80,000 Tiller Stakes at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Belmont Park.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Though Rushing Fall certainly has a résumé that would make her extremely valuable as a broodmare, owner Bob Edwards said it was a simple decision to bring the four-time Grade 1-winning mare back for a 5-year-old campaign.
“Because horse racing’s fun,” Edwards said Thursday from Florida. “Had I known we were going to have a pandemic it might have been a different story, but I love racing. That’s why we kept her.”
Del Mar will open a week earlier than originally scheduled and race three days a week – without spectators – through the summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, the track announced in a statement early Thursday.
Opening day has been moved forward to July 10 from July 18, and racing will be held on a Friday-through-Sunday basis instead of the original plan of racing largely on a Wednesday-through-Sunday basis. The season will conclude on Labor Day, Sept. 7.
Wed, 05/27/2020 - 17:37
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario said in a Wednesday release that an outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) on the Woodbine backstretch appears to be contained.
“The mitigation strategies that have been put in place appear to be working, and the retesting efforts will confirm this status,” the release said. “The AGCO is continuing to monitor the situation closely, and new significant developments will be reported in upcoming notices.”
The positive cases have been limited to Barn 12, and a single horse in Barn 10.
The Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa and Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale will not host race meetings this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic and have asked the California Horse Racing Board to move those racing dates to Golden Gate Fields, according to discussion at a racing board dates committee teleconference meeting Wednesday.
Fairmount Park in southern Illinois is set to resume racing spectator-free following a break of more than two months necessitated by governmental restrictions enacted during March as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hawthorne Racecourse just outside Chicago also announced Wednesday it was set to resume its interrupted Standardbred meet next week.
WHO’S HOT
The impressive victory by Maxfield in the Matt Winn last Saturday at Churchill Downs caused his odds to tumble to 6-1 from last week’s 15-1 on the line set by Marty McGee of Daily Racing Form for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5. That makes him the current fourth choice, behind Nadal, Tiz the Law, and Charlatan. The lone newcomer to the top 20 is Dr Post, who replaces Major Fed. Dr Post is scheduled to make his graded stakes debut in the Belmont Stakes on June 20. He is 50-1 on McGee’s line.