ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Numerous Times, undefeated in five career starts for The Committee Stable and trainer Sid Attard, had his final major tune-up for the Grade 1 Atto Mile at Woodbine on Sunday morning.
Numerous Times, a 4-year-old, will be making his stakes debut in Sunday's $1 million Atto Mile, a turf race for 3-year-olds and up.
With jockey Patrick Husbands aboard, Numerous Times worked six furlongs in 1:14.60 over a firm turf training course.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sea Dog and Jarret's Odyssey, who ran first and second while coupled in a recent $32,000 event, will both step up in price in Wednesday's second race at Woodbine.
A field of 13, including main-track-only entrant Premier's Turn, has been assembled for the $40,000 claimer, which will be run at six furlongs on the grass.
FLORENCE, Ky. - Say that they're posturing. Officials at Turfway Park don't care; they only want to be heard. Badly wounded by the relentless siphoning of what once were their own gambling dollars, Turfway opens its 22-day fall meet Wednesday evening with cries for help amid what clearly has become an unsavory situation.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Dollar Bill, who was frustrated by rough trips throughout the Triple Crown campaign, will not race again this season.
Trainer Dallas Stewart said Monday that Dollar Bill has a small fragment in his left ankle and would be out of training for the next 45-60 days.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Pretty 'n Smart, who has been stakes-placed twice in Southern California, looks like the one to beat when she meets seven other 3-year-old fillies in the $32,000 allowance feature at Bay Meadows Wednesday.
Pretty 'n Smart, a daughter of Beau Genius, finished seventh in the San Clemente Handicap at Del Mar in her most recent start July 29, but that was not only a Grade 2 but also her first try at a mile.
Changing surfaces with ease, Chausson Poire rallied strongly from off the pace to capture Sunday's Lyrique Handicap. Autobesarah finished second, followed by Lady Virginia in the $50,000 headliner for 3-year-old fillies that was moved to a sloppy main track from the soggy Sawyer Turf Course.
In her first start back from a five-month layoff, Darlin Dixie held off favorite Mumtaz by a half-length to pull a mild upset in the $50,000 Ricks Memorial Handicap at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Sunday. It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Runaway Magic.
COLUMBUS, Neb. - Cash Cruise won her first race of the year Sunday when she rallied from well off the pace to win the $8,185 Bill Callihan Handicap by a neck over Statsie's Charmer.
Sweet Fantastic, favored at 7-5, and Irish Flyer established a quick early pace as the pair dueled through fractions of 22.40 seconds and 46.40. Sweet Fantastic, coming off a two-month layoff, kicked clear on the far turn to open up a four-length lead leaving the eighth pole. But the final sixteenth proved too much as she shortened stride and faded to fifth.
NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Scioto Bootski kept her lifetime record unblemished as she stepped into the stakes division and posted a 2 3/4-length win over her eight 3-year-old Ohio-bred rivals in the $40,000 Ohio Debutante Handicap at Thistledown.
Eye Slew the City finished second, three-quarters of a length in front of Ashwood C C, the 3-2 favorite.