Horse Racing: $197 million spent through so far at Keeneland sale; $90.1 million bet at Ky. Downs, up 8% from 2023

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Races 6 through 13 at Woodbine canceled.

 

[GKJ]

That means the King’s Plate is PPD

 

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Even "all weather" surfaces such as Tapeta has limitations.

 

[GKJ]

About 14ish miles away

 

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Mike Smith, Paco Lopez, Joe Bravo run 1-2-3 at Monmouth in a graded stakes.

 

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About 14ish miles away

The lightning was vibrant as well.

 

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What an Alabama! Castellano gets his mount up by a nose.

 

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King's Plate will be raced on Friday.

 

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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Saratoga (New York):

• Attendance: 36,000+
• Standings:

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• Handle: $34 million+
• First-Timers: Won the first and second races today.
• Race 1: Jonathan's Way (Joel Rosario/Phil Bauer) looked stately in winning the opener by four lengths. The trainer's hot meet continues.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1824850039262584891

• Race 2: Concord Green (Dylan Davis/Shug McGaughey) roared from the back to win this $100,000 MSW at 13-to-1.
• Race 9: Grayosh (Flavien Prat/Chad Brown) won the $200,000 Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes by a neck. Brown had three entered and finished third and fourth as well. I have seen the owner's name Flanagan associated with Brown much this meet.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1824917080606642516

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1824921522777002269

• Race 10: Power Squeeze (Javier Castellano/Jorge Delgado) got a head down in time to win the Grade I $600,000 Alabama Stakes in a memorable conclusion to one of the Spa's most anticipated races. Candied (Manny Franco/Todd Pletcher) was sent off the favorite but suffered a narrow defeat.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1824927326087389332

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• Race 12: Beautiful Thief (Javier Castellano/George Weaver) gave the trainer his 1,000th lifetime win. The $1 Pick 6 returned $72,000.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1824943724654153830

Monmouth (New Jersey):

• Race 8: Subsanador (Mike Smith/Richard Mandella), a California shipper bred in Argentina, won the Grade 3 $250,000 Philip Iselin Stakes.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Handle: More than $8.2 million was bet on the card with $1.6 million wagered into the Pick 6.

Del Mar (California):

• Handle: Roughly $18 million.
• Race 8: Iscreamuscream (Hector Berrios/Phil D'Amato) won the $300,000 Grade I Del Mar Oaks. The 3-year-old Twirling Candy filly, sold three different times, has a perfect 4 4-0-0 record and is now a multiple graded stakes winner.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1824970289236885703

Emerald (Washington):

• T-Rex Races: Looked like a fun day at the track. If those Dino races were part of the Olympic, I may have watched. Entertainment and family fun at especially at smaller race tracks should be commonplace across America.

Woodbine (Ontario):

• Canceled: Due to torrential rain and associated residue, the track canceled the card following race 5. Part of the program included the $1,000,000 King's Plate which is the opening leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
• Re-scheduled: The King's Plate will be run on Friday. The full card for that day will be reconfigured based on today's action. The track specified:

Friday’s card will also include the four stakes that were also scheduled for Saturday: the $200,000 bet365 King Edward (G2), the $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes (G3), $150,000 bet365 Soaring Free, and $150,000 Catch a Glimpse. ​

 

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Woodbine is racing today (Sunday). Off-the-turf for 2-4-6-8-10. On the inner turf for 1-7.

 

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Laurel is off-the-turf. Too bad, seven turf races now removed. That will take a bite out of exotics on what was billed as a good card.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

final report from Skowhegan; scene will shift back to Bangor for WED/FRI Night cards then Windsor picks up the fair piece going through Labor Day (9/3) on Saturday;

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Dylan Davis is the new Jerry Bailey.

 

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Maine Sire Stakes report-Skowhegan SAT;

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"For the last race of the summer st Laurel.." those words are haunting and will be worse when they become "the last race ever at Laurel..." In the near future.

 

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Sunday, August 18, 2024

Saratoga (New York):

• Handle: $19 million.
• Chalk Erased: Favorites lost all 11 races.
• Tyler Gaffalione has risen to second place among all riders at the meet. His 31 win total is five behind Irad Ortiz, Jr. who had a riding triple today.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Closing Day: The summer meet ended today.
• Card: 13 races unfortunately damaged due to off-the-turf conditions. The finale had just three horses.
• Handle: $2.1 million.
• Races 1 and 2 and 3: The $1 double paid $74 when a 7-to-1 and a 5-to-1 won, respectively. But the third race was won by an even-money shot and the $1 double there paid $34. Good payouts.
• Next Up: Timonium races the Maryland state fair from 8/23/2024-9/2/2024.
• Laurel Returns: The Capitol Meet runs 9/7/2024-12/29/2024.
• Leading Jockey: Jaime Rodriguez with 45 wins.
• Leading Trainer: Jamie Ness with 27 wins.

Del Mar (California):

• Handle: $14 million.
• Antonio Fresu scored a natural hat trick starting with race 5.
• Race 4: Tenma (Kazushi Kimura/Bob Baffert) debuted to an impressive win. The $850,000 purchase by Baoma Corporation was sent off 6-to-1 and fended off a challenger with determination. Tenma is a 2-year-old Nyquist filly.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825301936796778818

 

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Thorpedo Anna and Sierra Leone draw the 1-2 posts, respectively, for the Travers.

Dornoch and Fierceness draw the outside two posts in a field of eight.

 

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Saratoga's card for Saturday, August 24 featuring its signature race the Travers:

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$90,000	Maiden Special Weight	7 F	Dirt	8	11:20 AM ET
2	$110,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 1/16 M	Turf	11	11:53 AM ET
3	$70,000	Starter Optional Claiming	1 3/8 M	Turf	12	12:26 PM ET
4	$115,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 M	Dirt	7	1:00 PM ET
5	$115,000	Allowance Optional Claiming	5 1/2 F	Turf	15	1:33 PM ET
6	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	1 1/16 M	Turf	14	2:05 PM ET
7	$100,000	Maiden Special Weight	6 F	Dirt	11	2:37 PM ET
8	$95,000	Allowance	1 1/16 M	Turf	16	3:09 PM ET
9	$750,000	Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer S.	1 1/2 M	Turf	6	3:44 PM ET
10	$500,000	Ballerina H.	7 F	Dirt	8	4:20 PM ET
11	$500,000	Forego S.	7 F	Dirt	8	4:55 PM ET
12	$500,000	H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S.	7 F	Dirt	11	5:30 PM ET
13	$1,250,000	Draftkings Travers S.	1 1/4 M	Dirt	8	6:10 PM ET
14	$57,000	Maiden Claiming	1 M	Dirt	12	6:48 PM ET

 

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Tom Durkin calling one of the best Travers. David Cohen, on the 33-to-1 bomber, won the opener at Hawthorne (IL) today.

 

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Charles Town Races (WV) has two graded stakes Friday with an earlier than normal first post time of 5:00 pm ET.

Among the most notable jockeys scheduled to make an appearance are:

• Mike Smith
• Frankie Dettori
• Irad Ortiz, Jr.
• Jose Ortiz
• Joel Rosario
• Luis Saez
• Junior Alvarado
• Florent Geroux
• Julien Leparoux
• Jose Lezcano
• Edgard Zayas
• And interestingly David Cohen who will ride in five states during a six-day stretch: Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.

Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$26,500	Maiden Special Weight	4 1/2 F	Dirt	8	5:00 PM ET
2	$15,700	Claiming	4 1/2 F	Dirt	9	5:26 PM ET
3	$27,400	Allowance	7 F	Dirt	9	5:52 PM ET
4	$31,300	Allowance	7 F	Dirt	9	6:18 PM ET
5	$40,000	Last Enchantment WVB Overnight S.	4 1/2 F	Dirt	8	6:47 PM ET
6	$75,000	Frank Gall Memorial S.	7 F	Dirt	8	7:16 PM ET
7	$75,000	Sadie Hawkins S.	7 F	Dirt	9	7:47 PM ET
8	$500,000	Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon S.	7 F	Dirt	8	8:22 PM ET
9	$500,000	Robert Hilton Memorial S.	7 F	Dirt	12	9:00 PM ET
10	$750,000	Charles Town Oaks	7 F	Dirt	11	9:40 PM ET
11	$1,000,000	Charles Town Classic S.	1 1/8 M	Dirt	10	10:20 PM ET
12	$40,000	Autumn WVB Overnight S.	4 1/2 F	Dirt	10	10:50 PM ET
13	$26,500	Maiden Special Weight	4 1/2 F	Dirt	14	11:20 PM ET

 

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Still awaiting Woodbine's (ON) card for Friday. Woodbine is almost always among the last tracks on Wednesdays to reveal cards for Saturdays. The revamped card on Friday should be released tonight or tomorrow I would imagine.

Woodbine's card for Friday:
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Race	Purse	Race Type	Distance	Surface	Starters	Est. Post
1	$65,700	Maiden Optional Claiming	6 1/2 F	Turf	16	1:05 PM ET
2	$28,600	Claiming	6 1/2 F	All Weather	13	1:34 PM ET
3	$61,600	Optional Claiming	6 1/2 F	Turf	12	2:05 PM ET
4	$36,300	Starter Optional Claiming	6 1/2 F	All Weather	10	2:36 PM ET
5	$150,000	bet365 Soaring Free S.	6 1/2 F	Turf	9	3:08 PM ET
6	$55,000	Starter Optional Claiming	1 3/8 M	Turf	9	3:40 PM ET
7	$200,000	bet365 King Edward S.	1 M	Turf	8	4:20 PM ET
8	$150,000	Bold Venture S.	6 1/2 F	All Weather	7	4:55 PM ET
9	$1,000,000	King's Plate S.	1 1/4 M	All Weather	13	5:34 PM ET
10	$150,000	Catch A Glimpse S.	6 1/2 F	Turf	13	6:10 PM ET
11	$113,700	Allowance Optional Claiming	1 1/16 M	Turf	12	6:40 PM ET
12	$49,200	Maiden Optional Claiming	7 F	All Weather	12	7:10 PM ET

bine's card for Saturday:

 

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Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races on Saturday (none on Sunday):

The Breeders' Cup is November 1-2.

August 24, 2024​	Pat O'Brien Stakes - Gr.2​	Del Mar (CA)​
August 24, 2024​	Ballerina Stakes - Gr.1​	Saratoga (NY)​
August 24, 2024​	Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer​	Saratoga (NY)​

 

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Mark Casse is hitting with 2-year-olds on turf at a 25% clip this year. He is 16% lifetime. He has an elaborate barn and takes horses almost throughout North America. He has won at Colonial, Ellis, Gulfstream, Keeneland and Saratoga, He has tried Woodbine's turf with babies just four times.