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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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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Saratoga Race Course Notes August 25th 2017

NYRA RELEASE —- Baffert hopes for another banner day in New York Sadler’s Joy looking for good trip in G1 Sword Dancer Songbird’s connections sing her praises Travers Day can complete strong meet for McLaughlin ‘Grown up’ Gunnevera gunning for G1...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Friday, August 25, 2017

By John Heims —- EAGLE SOARS INTO ISELIN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GRADED STAKES SCORE Eagle returns to graded stakes company in search of another Grade 3 victory when he visits Monmouth Park for the first time against four rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Phillip H. Iselin Stakes...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Saratoga Stakes Picks – Grade 1’s Forego and Sword Dancer

Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer Race 9) 7 furlongs, Forego G1, $600,000 for three-year-olds and up Post Time: ( 4:12)/ 3:12/ 2:12/ 1:12) Sleepwalkin’ Dude (1), Jacobson/Bravo; millionaire winner now seven years old; small piece is likely topside finish for him. Ross (2),...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Del Mar Stable Notes: Danzing Candy Suffers Injury, To Be Retired

DMTC NEWS —- Danzing Candy, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, suffered a career-ending fracture to an ankle Friday morning during a routine gallop on the eve of the race. “Just took a bad step,” owner Ted Aroney, said by...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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