Del Mar Stable Notes Aug. 31st 2017

DMTC-NEWS GUILLOT AIMS TO WORK LONG SHOT VOODOO IN DEBUTANTE Trainer Eric Guillot sat on a bale of hay near where his two fillies for upcoming stakes were stabled and lamented the No. 1 post for Gabrielleelizabeth in Saturday’s Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante in a way that...
Posted On 01 Sep 2017
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Thursday, August 31

By Bailey Gallison —- STATE-BREDS SQUARE UP IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS STAKES The inaugural running of the $65,000 Arlington Heights Overnight Stakes on Sept. 2 for drew a field of six state-bred 3-year-olds to contest seven furlongs on the main track at Arlington International...
Posted On 31 Aug 2017
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At The Post Live Season Finale Features HOF Jerry Bailey & Big Guest Lineup

By Marina Bui —- BIG GUEST LINEUP Featuring JERRY BAILEY, RANDY MOSS, TODD SCHRUPP, Jeremiah Englehart & TONY ALLEVATO on AT THE POST LIVE SEASON FINALE Presented by NYRA Bets Thursday, August 31 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET What: Nationally televised NYRA...
Posted On 31 Aug 2017
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Saratoga Thursday: 100K P. G. Johnson Stakes

By Rick Francis —- Race 9), 1ˆ Mile. (Inner Turf) P. G. Johnson S. G. JOHNSON S.. Purse $100,000 INNER TURF FOR FILLIES TWO YEARS OLD. Post Time: ( 5:40)/ 4:40/ 3:40/ 2:40 ADVANCED FORECAST: Chance Rain Showers, High 73 Low 46 Mentality (1), Ward/Santana; gate-to-wire debut...
Posted On 31 Aug 2017
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Pure Silver looks to come up golden in G1 Spinaway

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Pure Silver will attempt to stay undefeated, facing a talented field of juvenile fillies in the 126th running of the Grade 1, $350,000 Spinaway on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The winner...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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Saratoga: Gun Runner tops field of five in G1 Woodward

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward will mark a year and six days since Gun Runner ran third behind Arrogate’s devastating 13 ½-length winning performance in the 2016 Travers. Since then, the 4-year-old son of Candy...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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Del Mar Stable Notes Aug 30, 2017

DMTC-NEWS —- EIGHT ENTERED IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I $300,000 DEL MAR DEBUTANTE A field of eight was entered Wednesday in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Debutante, the race that determines the 2-year-old filly champion and is the penultimate of six Grade I events of the summer...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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Lady Aurelia to Train at Keeneland for Next Start in Breeders’ Cup

By Amy Owens —- Lady Aurelia to Train at Keeneland for Next Start in Breeders’ Cup Wesley Ward Recounts Filly’s Narrow Loss in Coolmore Nunthorpe LEXINGTON, KY (Aug. 28, 2017) – Keeneland-based trainer Wesley Ward said this morning that European champion Lady Aurelia would...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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Gun Runner Remains in First Position in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll; receives 33 out of 39 first-place votes

By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Position in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 33 out of 39 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, August 28, 2017) – True to form, the old adage ‘grave yard of favorites’ reared its ugly head at Saratoga...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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West Coast invades Saratoga to give Baffert second straight G1 Travers

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – West Coast led every step of the way and drew off to a confident 3 ¼-length victory gives Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his second straight win in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers presented by NYRA Bets before an...
Posted On 26 Aug 2017
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