Horse Racing: NY, Iowa and Virginia release 2025 racing schedules, July 4 at Saratoga; Oaklawn (AR) and Aqueduct (NY) headline upcoming weekend

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New York also announced that the Saratoga Derby and Fourstardave will be contested Sunday and not Saturday.

To summarize Saratoga will be dark on Friday, active the next two days.

 

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As of last check, Monmouth (NJ) will conduct racing Friday.

 

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Harrah's Philadelphia has canceled.

Monmouth (NJ) is racing as of now.

Gulf may do a $10 million handle today the way things are going. Summertime in Miami, come on down!

 

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Saratoga's Harness division will run as scheduled at 5 pm

 

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That is the way to start a day. Belterra (OH) is the lone T-bred track operating on the national stage. The exacta paid over $500 to some fortunate bettors; $50 in the middle for the place horse.

It looks like Gulf (FL) and Woodbine (ON) have removed turf racing for today.

Belterra is flying solo.

 

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Ruidoso (NM) opened with a 1-to-9 shot winning followed in exotics by 51-to-1 and 99-to-1. Can't do much better than that for chalky tri bettors. The return was $334.

 

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Jockeys Vernon Bush (62) and Perry Ouzts (70) have won races at Belterra (OH) today. Average age: 66.

 

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Saratoga Harness cards;

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1822017310888186357

Saratoga Saturday. Races 6 and 10 will be moved to Sunday....

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	7 F	Dirt	7	12:35 PM ET
2	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 1/2 F	Dirt	7	1:07 PM ET
3	$60,000	Claiming	6 F	Dirt	7	1:40 PM ET
4	$50,000	Claiming	1 1/16 M	Turf	12	2:13 PM ET
5	$35,000	Claiming	6 1/2 F	Dirt	8	2:46 PM ET
6	$600,000	Saratoga Derby Invitational S.	1 3/16 M	Turf	8	3:20 PM ET
7	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 1/16 M	Turf	12	3:54 PM ET
8	$200,000	Saratoga Special S.	6 1/2 F	Dirt	9	4:29 PM ET
9	$300,000	Troy S.	5 1/2 F	Turf	13	5:04 PM ET
10	$500,000	FanDuel Fourstardave H.	1 M	Turf	7	5:43 PM ET
11	$40,000	Starter Allowance	6 F	Dirt	7	6:17 PM ET
12	$150,000	Galway S.	5 1/2 F	Turf	13	6:50 PM ET

and Sunday's card will have those two additional races complete the raceday.

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$70,000	Starter Allowance	6 1/2 F	Dirt	5	1:10 PM ET
2	$90,000	Claiming	6 1/2 F	Dirt	6	1:42 PM ET
3	$75,000	Claiming	6 F	Dirt	6	2:15 PM ET
4	$40,000	Maiden Claiming	6 F	Dirt	9	2:48 PM ET
5	$50,000	Maiden Claiming	1 1/16 M	Turf	16	3:21 PM ET
6	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	7 F	Dirt	8	3:53 PM ET
7	$35,000	Claiming	6 1/2 F	Dirt	9	4:28 PM ET
8	$150,000	Mahony S.	5 1/2 F	Turf	11	5:05 PM ET
9	$45,000	Claiming	7 F	Dirt	10	5:42 PM ET
10	$500,000	FanDuel Fourstardave H.	1 M	Turf	7	6:16 PM ET
11	$600,000	Saratoga Derby Invitational S.	1 3/16 M	Turf	8	6:49 PM ET

 

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Winningest jockeys to date at the Saratoga meet:

Rank	Jockey Name	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Total $	Win %	Top 3	Top 3 %
2	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	139	30	16	19	$2,617,707	22%	65	47%
1	Flavien Prat	115	24	19	10	$2,735,420	21%	53	46%
3	Tyler Gaffalione	116	21	14	24	$1,889,506	18%	59	51%
5	Manuel Franco	102	15	19	14	$1,484,043	15%	48	47%
7	Dylan Davis	78	15	5	12	$1,169,625	19%	32	41%
6	Jose L. Ortiz	92	14	11	15	$1,400,967	15%	40	43%
4	Junior Alvarado	65	12	9	7	$1,771,446	18%	28	43%
8	John R. Velazquez	61	8	6	7	$1,022,817	13%	21	34%
9	Luis Saez	103	8	13	16	$1,017,114	8%	37	36%
11	Javier Castellano	81	8	9	4	$740,202	10%	21	26%
12	Jose Lezcano	60	8	10	8	$724,044	13%	26	43%

 

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Karl Broberg has retired from racing. He had 500+ wins back in 2018 and 2019 when he led North America by sizeable margins. This year's standings...

Rank	Trainer Name	Starts	Starters	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings	Per Start	Win %	WPS / Start	WPS / Starter
1	Steven M. Asmussen	1,494	488	253	222	199	$17,326,535	$11,597​	17%	45%	1.4
11	Jamie Ness	863	232	208	145	144	$6,322,514	$7,326​	24%	58%	2.1
8	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	664	231	166	112	80	$9,019,512	$13,584​	25%	54%	1.5
7	Mark E. Casse	715	276	138	88	100	$9,370,083	$13,105​	19%	46%	1.2
2	Chad C. Brown	561	241	135	99	79	$16,552,043	$29,505​	24%	56%	1.3
3	Brad H. Cox	517	224	132	108	76	$16,072,268	$31,088​	26%	61%	1.4
6	Michael J. Maker	771	274	126	109	97	$9,918,872	$12,865​	16%	43%	1.2
42	Anthony Farrior	538	182	126	119	67	$2,402,668	$4,466​	23%	58%	1.7
4	Todd A. Pletcher	536	221	104	83	64	$11,769,280	$21,958​	19%	47%	1.1
45	Karl Broberg	524	157	101	87	60	$2,237,202	$4,269​	19%	47%	1.6

 

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Off the turf at Saratoga today (Saratoga).

 

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Frankie Dettori was replaced on three mounts at Woodbine by Emma Jayne Wilson.

Moira is scratched from the Canadian Stakes at Woodbine. 8-to-5 favorite.

 

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

• Frankie Dettori and Jose Ortiz were both scheduled to ride at Woodbine today but neither did. Perhaps it was travel related. Both are listed on mounts at Colonial (VA) and Saratoga (NY) tomorrow in dual-entries.

Saratoga (New York):

• Handle: Roughly $17 million.
• Card: Racing was off-the-turf and two turf graded stakes were moved to Sunday as part of a contingency plan.
• Race 12: Halina's Forte (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Phil Bauer) won with a very powerful ride by the leading jockey at the meet and as the track caller stated "cleverly put on the rail." No margin for error.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822392348355039445

• Race 9: Surveillance (Tyler Gaffalione/Wayne Potts) won the $300,000 Grade 3 Troy Stakes. Potts hasn't tried too many graded stakes at NYRA to my memory in recent years. Big win for his barn. UPDATE: it is the second time Potts won this race and appears to be his second lifetime graded stakes win at any track. If so, very interesting.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822374292421554680

• Race 8: Showcase (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Todd Pletcher) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Saratoga Special. The 2-year-old Uncle Mo colt is undefeated in two starts and his future appears bright.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822367240223863098

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1822364559128293379

• Irad Ortiz, Jr, on a roll, and Luis Saez, cold earlier in the meet, both win three times. Ortiz rode the card today and combined with a natural hat trick to end the prior racing day, he enters Sunday on a 13 6-10 roll. He possesses has a sizeable gap as the leading rider at the meet, nine more victories than his closest challenger.
• Phil Bauer 8 4-1-0 (50%) and Albert Stall 7 4-1-0 (57%), both won today and continue to put up stellar numbers with small stables.

Thistledown (Ohio):

• "Best of Ohio": Big day for Ohio breds with five $100,000 purses.
• Timothy Hamm, trainer, was 11 4-0-0 and won four of five races he entered. He won three stakes.
• Race 8: Silent Rule (Brandon Tapara/Jay Bernardini) won by more than 11 lengths in a resounding debut performance.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Race 4: Silver Trinket (Eric Camacho/Brittany Russell) is deserved of a do-over. Something odd occurred in the stretch for the first-time starter and while not to blame the jock, he was given a rare chance to ride in 2022 by the trainer and awarded her with a 3 3-0-0 record that year. He was idle since then and has just five rides since the start of 2017. But today, perhaps an equipment malfunction or a jockey misstep but that horse needs another look.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Carlos David, who won yesterday with his two starters, began this day with three winners in succession. Not many trainers win five-in-a-row at one track.

Del Mar (California):

• Race 5: Nooni (Juan Hernandez/Bob Baffert) won the Grade 3 $150,000 Sorrento Stakes in a reduced field of four 2-year-old fillies. Nooni, bred in Florida, cost $1.8 million at auction. Nooni is undefeated in two lifetime starts.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822410755976949955

• Race 8: Anisette (Umberto Rispoli/Leonard Powell) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap sent off the prohibitive favorite. She is now 10 6-3-0 lifetime including 7 5-2-0 since coming to America from Great Britain.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822432825779572995

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Woodbine (Ontario):

• Race 10: It seemed the wait was interminable following a DQ but those who profited likely didn't care: the $.20 super paid over $23,000. Imagine having that for $1. The $1 Pick 5 paid over $24,000. The $1 Pick 6, however, paid out to those who won four legs ($666).
• Race 9: Full Count Felicia (Rafael Hernandez/Kevin Attard) won the Grade 2 $200,000 Canadian Stakes in gate-wire style and opened it up with ease.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1822392710223012169

 

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This should be a Sunday filled with superlatives.
Excellent card at Ellis today with many stakes including the Groupie Doll Stakes named after multiple graded stakes winner Groupie Doll.

 

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final report from Topsham as Skowhegan takes over the Maine harness scene;

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Expect an announcement today from the Governor of Virginia that Colonial Downs will increase its race dates to 45 for next year. That is a sizeable increase. Also a Kentucky Derby prep race could be on the agenda. Churchill Downs owns the track in Virginia.

 

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Colonial Downs is about 50 minutes behind schedule due to a transmission malfunction.

Seems the issue is related to a satellite.

 

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Colonial Downs is about 50 minutes behind schedule to due a transmission malfunction.

Seems the issue is related to a satellite.

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