ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Unbeaten 2-year-old Rum Splasher probably will miss Monday's Simcoe Stakes because of a bruised foot, according to trainer Sean Hall.
Rum Splasher made quite an impression when he came from left field to upset favored Expected Hour in the open Colin Stakes. The 19-1 score came just a week after his front-running maiden victory for a $50,000 claiming price on July 7.
AUBURN, Wash. - Fleet Pacific, who was to have sought a record 10th stakes win at Emerald Downs in Monday's $60,000 Belle Roberts Handicap, was instead retired and sent home to owners Mike and Marie Bradley's farm on Vashon Island last Saturday.
"The owners decided they didn't want to run her back in two weeks," said trainer Steve Bullock. "They also wanted her to retire on a winning note."
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Hallowed Dreams, who suffered just the second defeat of her 25-race career Sunday when she finished third in the $50,000 Monique Rene Handicap at Louisiana Downs, was under a close veterinary watch Tuesday morning at her Evangeline Downs base after twice displaying symptoms of heat stroke after the race, said Selina Bremermann, assistant to trainer Lloyd Romero.
"We believe she overheated during the race," said Bremermann.
DEL MAR, Calif. - No one hit the pick six on Monday at Del Mar, so there is a carryover of $120,587 into Wednesday's races. The pick six runs from races three through eight. Here are some things to consider in those races:
3rd race - THE PRICE SPIRIT had a brutal trip last time, now moves back to turf, over which he broke his maiden. DECARCHY, a half-brother to Chester House and Honest Lady, makes his North American debut for red-hot Bobby Frankel barn.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Christophe Clement will have the luxury of choosing between two key contenders, Philantha and Picture Palace, in Wednesday's $44,000 feature, a preliminary allowance for fillies and mares at a mile and a sixteenth on the inner turf course at Saratoga.
Clement said he will run only one of his two fillies and will not decide which until assessing the past performances of the field.
Welcome to monsoon season. After a fairly dry summer, Chicago has been soaked with storm after storm during the last 10 days, conditions that have wreaked havoc with Arlington's turf racing schedule. Only once in the last six racing days has the turf course been in decent enough shape for racing, and with rain in the local forecast Monday, another washout is possible Wednesday, when two grass races are carded.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Eight is not enough.
Eight horses were entered in Wednesday's $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes, for 2-year-old California-bred fillies at Del Mar, but there was supposed to be a ninth. Confusion over an entry resulted in one of the potential top choices - Icantgoforthat - being left out of the race, making the assignment that much easier for Whitewinesipper, who might qualify for trainer Cliff Sise as the one who didn't get away.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Nymphenburg, an impressive winner of the Aug. 6 Victoriana Stakes, should take the bulk of the betting action in Wednesday's Woodbine headliner, a $100,000 optional claimer on the grass.
The one-mile race has attracted five other fillies and mares - Cozy Up Doc, Knight Dancer, Love a Ruckus, Cascada Alta, and Mema's Turning Red.
EDMONTON, Alberta - Fancy As made a bold move in the stretch to overtake Stage Classic in last Saturday's $150,000 Canadian Derby here, leaving him undefeated in 11 starts in Alberta.
As expected, Harbour Ice and the favored Ontario import Stage Classic set the early pace with Fancy As stalking through the first mile of the Grade 3, 1 3/8-mile race.
As the field approached the final turn, jockey Richard Hamel asked Fancy As to move, and the two favorites battled down the stretch, much the same as in the Aug. 6 Manitoba Derby. But this time Fancy As caught Stage Classic.
