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November 24, 2014 4:57 PM
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Always B Miki underwent surgery for a P-1 (long pastern) fracture of his left hind on Monday morning. Dr. Patty Hogan performed the surgery on the 3-year-old colt who was scratched lame from the Breeders Crown after exhibiting lameness while in the post parade and scoring down before the race. "Dr. Hogan used four screws to repair the fracture and said she was very optimistic about the colt returning to the races at 100 percent of his ability," said Mitchel Skolnick, who shares ownership of the colt. "We have every reason to be optimistic, and we're thankful that whatever caused him to suffer the injury, that it showed up before he raced."
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November 24, 2014 11:07 AM
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When Easter Gift finished a solid third to eventual 3-year-old champion Will Take Charge and Game On Dude in last year's Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Health Care (gr. I), trainer Chad Brown was hoping that big things could be on the horizon.
A year later, Brown feels the same way about Easter Gift and Robert V. LaPenta's 5-year-old son of Hard Spun will travel from New York for another Clark Handicap bid Nov. 28. But the months between his Churchill Downs visits have not been what Brown had hoped.
Easter Gift earned his spot in the 2014 Clark with a sharp Belmont Park allowance win Oct. 12, his first win in only three outings this year. He rallied strongly under Joel Rosario to win that 1 1/16-mile allowance by a head. Among the horses he ran past that day was Constitution, the 3-year-old winner of the Besilu Stables Florida Derby (gr. I) who is also expected to compete in the Clark.
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November 18, 2014 12:46 PM
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Three-time O'Brien Award winning driver Randy Waples has told Standardbred Canada (SC) that he will be taking a short break from the race bike, effective immediately. Waples did not drive at Woodbine on Monday, and he told SC he planned on being off for at least two weeks. Waples is taking the brief hiatus to rest up and overcome a few minor ailments he has been battling. "I've just been run down as of late and have been fighting some small issues as well as some battles with the flu,” said Waples, who was crowned Canada's top driver in 1998, 2001 and 2010.
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November 10, 2014 3:08 PM
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Not often is there an opportunity to bet on a 200,000-to-1 shot, but such will be the case Tuesday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. At least figuratively. White Bliss, the rare white harness racing horse, makes his career debut in Race 11 at Pocono Downs. The race is scheduled for 9:30 p.m., approximately. Ake Svanstedt, who trains White Bliss, will drive the 2-year-old colt pacer in the race for maiden 2, 3 and 4 year olds. White Bliss will start from post four and is 4-1 on the morning line.
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November 10, 2014 3:08 PM
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Kelly Rubley, who has been an assistant to trainers Barclay Tagg and Jimmy Toner, plans to establish KMR Racing Stable this winter.
Rubley, who presently trains for Justin Nicholson's Ninety North Racing Stable and AJ Suited Racing Stable, and Anne Poulson's Hare Forest Farm, is based at the Fair Hill Training Center, relocating to Florida during the winter months.
The Pulaski, N.Y., native began training a small string independent of Toner in April and to date has five wins and five placings from 17 starters, with earnings of $181,993. Rubley recorded her first career win with St. Albans Boy at Pimlico Race Course in April.
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November 10, 2014 2:55 PM
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The Senator Ken Maddy Stakes, taken off the turf and run on the main track atSanta Anita Park Nov. 1, will not have its original grade III designation reinstated, according to the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Originally scheduled at 6 1/2 furlongs over the downhill turf course, the race won by Amaranth was moved to the main track to protect the turf course for the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup World Championship races after overnight rains fell Oct. 31.
In accord with AGSC policy, the race was automatically downgraded to Listed status and was conducted as a Listed stakes race. After reviewing the off-the-turf renewal, the AGSC determined that the original grade III status will not be reinstated for this renewal.
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November 10, 2014 10:20 AM
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Improving East Hall turned the tables on nemesis Wildcat Red when he came from off the pace to score in the $100,000Millions Classic Preview Nov. 8 atGulfstream Park West, the featured event on a seven-stakes card (VIDEO).
East Hall had lost to Wildcat Red four times in South Florida this year. But under energetic handling by Luis Saez, the 3-year-old son of Graeme Hall had the measure of the 6-5 favorite to win by two lengths at the former Calder Race Course.
Winner of the $500,000 Indiana Derby (gr. II) in his most recent start Oct. 4, East Hall has captured three of his past four outings for trainer Bill Kaplan and owners H. Jack Hendricks and Roger Justice. The chestnut gelding took the listed Ohio Derby in July.
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November 10, 2014 10:19 AM
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Even as mid-autumn temperatures struggle to get into the 40-degree range, Kevin Switzer Jr. continues to hold the hottest hand at Scarborough Downs and on the Saturday (Nov. 8) matinee program the man in blue and black steered five winners down victory lane.
The five-bagger brings his Maine-leading tally to 345 wins on the season and inches the 27-year-old teamster to within 22 scores of his 1,500th career victory lap.
In other developments at the Downs, conditioner Bo Sowers vaulted to the top spot in the trainer standings on Saturday as he sent four winners to post from his prolific roster. Currently, Sowers stands three wins ahead of last year's champion, the perennially powerful Randy Bickmore.
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November 10, 2014 10:18 AM
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Terravista won a gathering of elite speedsters in the Darley Classic (Aus-I) Nov. 8 at Flemington, powering up fast and late to defeat favorite Chautaugua and Lankan Rupee, the world's top-rated sprinter.
At the start, Lankan Rupee and Buffering vied for the lead in a tightly bunched field, with Chautaugua at the rail waiting for an opening. Lankan Rupee edged ahead after the 300-meter mark and Chautaugua worked through rivals and into contention. Driving between horses, Terravista was moving fastest of all and overtook Lankan Rupee toward the finish to win by a neck from Chautaugua, who went to second in the final strides. Lankan Rupee hung around for third, three-quarters a length back, followed by Buffering another 1 3/4 lengths back in the 13-horse field.
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November 10, 2014 10:17 AM
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Racing returned to Del Mar Nov. 7 for the first fall racing season in almost 50 years as the track's new "Bing Crosby Season" got off to a sparkling start.
An old-school Hollywood vibe was in order and San Diegans came out to be part of the fun. Many in the opening day crowd of 11,513 were dressed to their Hollywood nines. Crosby, the track's founder, would have felt right at home among the faithful, which included more than 100 people who entered the track's "Vintage Hollywood Fashion Contest." Celebrity look-alikes abounded.
"Just the flavor of the day was a winner in my book," said Joe Harper, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club president and CEO. "It was an enthusiastic crowd, a happy crowd.
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November 10, 2014 10:15 AM
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Idling in eighth by nine lengths at the half, Beach Memories launched an amazing bid that carried him to victory by a widening 5-1/4 lengths in Friday's $20,000 winners over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. In his most recent starts, Beach Memories had taken on some of the best in the sport — including Bettor's Edge, Sweet Lou, Clear Vision and Foiled Again — so Mike Wilder knew the Somebeachsomewhere-Allamerican Memoir gelding would have plenty of pace when asked. He blew by his stablemate, Santa Fe Beachboy, to score in 1:51. When Santa Fe Beachboy kept his nose ahead of Major Belle for show, it gave trainer Brian Brown an exacta sweep.
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November 10, 2014 10:11 AM
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A pair of freshman pacers fresh from the recent Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund $100,000 finals head separate $10,200 divisions for young horses on Sunday, Nov.9 at Dover Downs. Post time is 5:30 p.m. Seeboomook Katahdin, a winner of three races with two seconds in six career starts in a $10,200 2,3,4 and 5-year-old pace. Allan Davis, leading driver at the recently completed Harrington Raceway meet, will pilot the Garnet O'Marrow bred and owned altered son of standout stallion Riggins. Phil and Jeff Beauchamp's Major Mayhem and driver Roger Plante is the one to beat. David Hamm's homebred Lengthoftime with Vic Kirby drew the rail. Gloria Myers and Carter Racing's Pinehaven Art with Eddie Davis Jr. in the bike, Kevin West's Mr. Bricks, driven by Tony Morgan; Jeff Clark and Vern Foster's Art Retreat, handled by Ross Wolfenden; Hickory Again racing for owner-trainer Arty Foster with Mike Rossi, and Jonathan Roberts pilots Encore Stable's Heaven Is For Real to complete the lineup.
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November 10, 2014 10:11 AM
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Friday's (Nov. 7) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Yonkers Raceway, The Meadows, Batavia Downs and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
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November 24, 2014 11:56 AM
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After seven months of competitions in the C.K.G Billings amateur driving series the $25,000 Gold Cup and $15,000 Silver Cup Championships were contested at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon, November 23 with “Mighty Matt” Zuccarello victorious in the Gold with Rebel Strike while Kelly “Sky” Walker copped the Silver with Rush N Supreme. Both events were on the betting card and each was contested at a distance of 1-1/4 miles, which has been the regular feature in the Billings Series finales.
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November 18, 2014 12:46 PM
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Entering this year, no 4-year-old female trotter had ever won a race with a time quicker than 1:51.4. This season, five 4-year-old mares went faster in victorious miles and another one equaled 1:51.4.
On Friday night, four of those six horses compete in the $250,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot at the Meadowlands.
Mistery Woman, who is the current world-record-holder for a 4-year-old female trotter thanks to her 1:51 triumph in the Allerage Farms Mare Trot at The Red Mile, is joined by fellow fleet-footed “fours” Classic Martine and Bee A Magician, both with marks of 1:51.1, and Handover Belle, who has won in 1:51.4.
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November 18, 2014 12:45 PM
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Entering this year, no 4-year-old female trotter had ever won a race with a time quicker than 1:51.4. This season, five 4-year-old mares went faster in victorious miles and another one equaled 1:51.4. On Friday night, four of those six horses compete in the $250,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot at the Meadowlands. Mistery Woman, who is the current world-record-holder for a 4-year-old female trotter thanks to her 1:51 triumph in the Allerage Farms Mare Trot at The Red Mile, is joined by fellow fleet-footed "fours” Classic Martine and Bee A Magician, both with marks of 1:51.1, and Handover Belle, who has won in 1:51.4.
It could produce a wide open, not to mention quick, Breeders Crown event, particularly when 5-year-old D'Orsay, who was one of the previous world-record-holding 4-year-olds, Ma Chere Hall, Charmed Life and Intense America are added to the equation.
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November 10, 2014 3:08 PM
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A trio of sophomore filly pacers, Color’s A Virgin, Sayitall BB and Weeper, a pair of mare pacers, Yagonnakissmeornot and Venus Delight, and 3-year-old colt pacer Always B Miki were supplemented to their respective Breeders Crown divisions by the noon deadline on Monday (Nov. 10).
The $5.4 million Breeders Crown events will be contested on Friday (Nov. 21) and Saturday (Nov. 22) at The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J.
With the 3-year-old colt pace division still seeking a leader, Always B Miki (Always A Virgin-Artstopper) will try to seize the top spot with a victory in the Breeders Crown. The cost to supplement to the 3-year-old colt pace is $62,500.
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November 10, 2014 2:55 PM
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Eight drivers with the most points in the preliminary legs of the North American Amateur Drivers Association’s fall trotting series lined up behind the mobile starting gate at Yonkers Raceway on Nov. 6 and they competed for the $14,000 purse that was offered in the series finale.
Although there was plenty of action in the early going, Bob Krivelin and his trotter Current Crisis followed cover after the half and then swung three-deep on the final turn and cruised to an easy six length triumph in a time of 2:00.1.
When the gate sprung Bob Hechkoff gunned Get Packin to the lead and they played hardball with Paul Minore who was up behind Wygant Prince. After a :28.2 first stanza both trotters raced head-to-head by the half in :58.3 and at that point trailing horses moved to the second tier. Get Packin continued to lead as Wygant Prince began to fade and Wygant Prince’s tiring forced the second tier trailers to go three wide. That group was led by Hannah Miller and Rev It Now, followed by Current Crisis and Jimmer, with Bob Davis at the lines.
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November 10, 2014 10:20 AM
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Snogarps Gard’s European trotting star Commander Crowe committed to the $500,000 Breeders Crown Trot by the noon deadline on Friday, Nov. 7.
The Wihlborg family accepted an invitation for their popular chestnut champion to the race, scheduled for Sat., Nov. 22, at the Meadowlands back in October, but still had to officially enter ahead of the supplemental deadline, which is noon, Monday, Nov. 10, and the eligible entry deadline- 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, all due at The Meadowlands race office.
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November 10, 2014 10:19 AM
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Well positioned just behind the leaders early, Villandry swung out for the drive and drew off to victory in the $114,000River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) over a very firm Churchill Downs turf course Nov. 8 (VIDEO).
Gainesway Stable's Kentucky homebred tallied his first stakes win over a field of 11 older runners, overtaking 9-10 favorite Silver Max in the stretch and cruising to victory by 2 3/4 lengths. Villandry was ridden out in the final sixteenth by Julien Leparoux after opening a 1 1/2-length advantage.
Charlie LoPresti trains the 5-year-old son of Mr. Greeley who was cutting back in distance to nine furlongs after finishing a good third in the Sycamore (gr. IIIT) at 1 1/2 miles at Keeneland Oct. 16. The winning time for Villandry, sent off at odds of 4-1, was 1:48.54.
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November 10, 2014 10:19 AM
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With the benefit of a perfect ground-saving trip under John Velazquez, Aigue Marine rallied up the rail to catch favored Danza Cavallo in the $200,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) on yielding turf Nov. 8 at Aqueduct Racetrack (VIDEO).
Sent off as the 13-2 third choice in the field of 12, Aigue Marine won the Long Island for the first time after finishing third in 2012 and sixth last year as the favorite. She surged late to prevail by a neck over French import Danza Cavallo.
The 5-year-old daughter of Galileo earned her second grade III victory this year to go along with the Robert G. Dick Memorial from Delaware Park July 5.
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November 10, 2014 10:17 AM
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Juddmonte Farms' front-running Epicuris skipped over the heavy turf at Saint-Cloud Nov. 8 and won the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Fr-I) with consummate ease. Thierry Thulliez guided the 2-year-old Rail Link colt to the front from the gate and he comfortably posted a 2 1/2-length triumph from German-based Palang, who chased in vain from three-eighths of a mile out. The 9-10 favorite in the six-horse field, Epicuris was timed in 2:17.41 for 1 1/4 miles.
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November 10, 2014 10:16 AM
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Can’t Best My Art prevailed in the $15,000 Friday Night Lights Series final at Northfield Park on Friday (Nov. 7). She is trained by Doug Hinklin for the NRS Stables LLC of Thornville, Ohio. Ronnie Wrenn Jr. drove her to victory.
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November 10, 2014 10:11 AM
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Yonkers Raceway's $35,000 featured Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace was won by odds-on favorite Venus Delight (Jason Bartlett, $3.70). Assigned outside her six foes, Venus Delight, a stone closer who had run out of racetrack in her last couple, showed some rare early foot. She left into a four-hole as Robin Cruiser (Jordan Stratton) worked around Scandalous Hanover (Brian Sears). Cheap early fractions (:28, :58.2) did not figure to help "Venus,” as she began her second move with Campanile (Tyler Buter) second-up. Robin Cruiser maintained her lead in and out of the 1:26.3 three-quarters, up a half-length turning for home. In what turned out to a match race through the lane, Venus Delight stuck her tongue out on the money, whipping "Robin” by a nose in 1:54.4. Campanile, Scandalous Hanover and Southwind Trini (Jim Marohn Jr.) completed the cashers.
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November 10, 2014 10:11 AM
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In a qualifying race prior to the Friday (Nov. 7) live program at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, Lost For Words set a 2-year-old track record of 1:53.1 in a prep race for his next scheduled start in the Breeders Crown eliminations.
Leading driver Chris Page backed off the gate with the Brian Brown-trainee before pulling from sixth at the quarter pole reached in :28. The smooth sailing son of Well Said - Thou Shalt Not extended his lead at every remaining call reaching the half in :57, the three quarters in 1:26 and finishing 22 lengths ahead in 1:53.1.
“He’s a very, very nice colt,” said Page of the $194,036 winner who captured divisions of the Standardbred Stakes at Delaware, Ohio, and the Bluegrass and Allerage Stakes at Lexington in the last month. “I wish him and David (expected regular driver David Miller) all the luck in the world next week.”
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