Churchill Downs has once again delayed the opening of its stable area at both its Louisville track and its nearby training center, the track announced Tuesday.
The stables areas are now scheduled to open April 28, but Kevin Flanery, the track’s president, cautioned that the scheduling remains a “fluid situation” due to widespread disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Mylady Curlin, runner-up in the Grade 2 Azeri on March 14 at Oaklawn, has been retired, trainer Brad Cox said Monday. She has been sent to a farm in Lexington, Ky.
Cox said Mylady Curlin came out of a March 29 work with a physical setback and the decision was made to retire the mare, who has won four stakes races led by the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap last November at Churchill Downs.
Mia Mischief, winner of last year’s Grade 1 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs, is scheduled to make her next start in the $125,000 Carousel at Oaklawn, trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday.
The Carousel, for fillies and mares at six furlongs, has been pushed back to April 25.
Mia Mischief won her 5-year-old debut March 20 in a local allowance. It was intended as her stepping-stone to this year’s Humana Distaff, said Asmussen, but that race is being rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Trainers Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox could have multiple starters in the $200,000 Oaklawn Stakes on Saturday.
Asmussen said Monday that Basin, Gold Street, and Shoplifted are all on deck for the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park, while Cox said he had two possible runners in Shared Sense and Something Natural.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option, once again was favored when Pool 4 of the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday following the customary three-day betting window.
The field closed at 3-1 and was followed by Charlatan (5-1), Tiz the Law (5-1), Maxfield (9-1), Nadal (9-1), Authentic (10-1), and Honor A. P. (15-1). The lowest $2 exacta will-pay was Tiz the Law over the field (22-24), worth $62.
Charlatan, Honor A. P., and Nadal, three of the nation’s leading 3-year-olds, were given workouts at Santa Anita on Sunday.
With the coronavirus outbreak temporarily disrupting racing at Santa Anita, and at many other venues nationwide, it is unclear where the trio will appear next, although the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on May 2 is a possibility.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - King Guillermo and Attachment Rate, 3-year-olds with possible designs on the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on May 2, topped a very busy work tab Saturday morning at Gulfstream Park.
From a champion to Grade 1 winners to a graded stakes winner who had an eventful trip to the other side of the world last month, there were several notable workouts at Santa Anita on Saturday.
The track is not operating after it was ordered closed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on March 27 because of the coronavirus outbreak. While track officials are hoping for a quick resolution with government officials, there is no timetable for a resumption of racing.
Ever Dangerous kicked off his career in style Thursday at Gulfstream Park, winning a 1 1/16-mile turf race by four lengths at odds of 14-1 for trainer George Weaver and owners Randy Hill and Dean and Patti Reeves.
Ever Dangerous is a son of Kitten’s Joy out of a Rahy mare, The Rahy Angel. His third dam produced Grade 1 stakes winners Dimitrova and Mutafaweq.
Jockeys have to make split-second decisions all the time. Dylan Davis made one last month that has him continuing to ride while many of his New York brethren are stuck at home.
For the last two weeks, Davis, a regular on the New York Racing Association circuit, has been riding at Gulfstream Park. On Thursday, he picked up his first victory there when he guided the 3-year-old filly Envoutante to an impressive 6 1/2-length maiden victory.
