Del Mar Stable Notes August 24, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 28 PAT O’BRIEN FIELD IN FLUX WITH STAR SCRATCHES CONTEMPLATED Reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Roy H and Ransom the Moon, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Bing Crosby Stakes, are potential scratches from Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 P...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Saturday Selections: Grade I Jerkens, Personal Ensign

By Rick Francis —- Race 6) Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes 3yo 7 Furlongs Post Time 2:23 EDT 1) Promises Fulfilled, (Romans/Saez); dominated the Grade 3 Amsterdam in last, will fire again. o 8) Firenze Fire, (Servis/Ortiz, I); his G3 Dwyer victory last out proved the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- Brown’s 1-2 punch of Good Magic and Gronkowski ready to tackle Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Abel Tasman looks to leave her mark in G1 Personal Ensign Travers victory would ‘check all the boxes’ for Tenfold owner Winchell Catholic Boy goes...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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149th Travers Stakes: Good Magic, “Good Enough”

By Rick Francis —- Race 11) 149th Grade 1 Travers Stakes 3yo 1&1/4 Miles Post Time 5:44 EDT Good Magic (9), Brown/Ortiz, J; Curlin colt finally found his stride last out drawing clear of six rivals in the G1 Haskell. 2017’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes

By Ryan Martin —- Mentally Maturing Moonlit Garden Gives Davis First Stakes Win · Hotshot Anna Probable for Grade II Presque Isle Downs Masters MENTALLY MATURING MOONLIT GARDEN GIVES DAVIS FIRST STAKES WIN Moonlit Garden has been somewhat of a work in progress for trainer...
Posted On 24 Aug 2018
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Gulfstream: Sweetontheladies Looking to Score in Saturday’s Benny The Bull

By David Joseph —- Sweetontheladies Looking to Score in Saturday’s Benny The Bull Race Attracts Mr. Jordan, Splash Rules HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sweetontheladies returns to action at Gulfstream Park in the $75,000 Benny The Bull Saturday after adding ‘Grade 1 stakes-placed’...
Posted On 23 Aug 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes August 23, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 27 VAN DYKE CONTINUES ON A ROLL TO AGENT’S QUIET DELIGHT Brad Pegram has been a jockey agent for 20 years. He’s booked mounts for Danny Sorenson, Frank Alvarado, Kent Desormeaux, David Flores, Martin Garcia and currently Mike Smith and Drayden...
Posted On 23 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 8/23

NYRA RELEASE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes O’Brien trainees Mendelssohn, Seahenge gallop over Saratoga main track for first time since arriving from Ireland Jim Dandy winner Tenfold takes ‘home track advantage’ into G1 Travers Catholic Boy looks to make...
Posted On 23 Aug 2018
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Fact Sheet: 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million RUNHAPPY Travers

NYRA —- Fact Sheet: 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million RUNHAPPY Travers AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE ON Saturday, August 25, 2018 ADMISSION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Admission gates open at 7 a.m. on Travers Day, with a special first post time of 11:35 a.m. Parking gates...
Posted On 23 Aug 2018
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Awesome Slew cuts back to familiar distance in Saturday’s G1 Forego

By Brian Bohl —- Francesca Le Donne Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Mark Casse will be looking to make history on Travers Day, but even as Wonder Gadot attempts to become the first filly in 103 years to win the Mid-Summer Derby, another of his contenders looks...
Posted On 23 Aug 2018
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