July 30-31 - THE HASKELL

Let's Go To The Races - July 30-31, 2016
This is a non-commercial blog - Started as a convenience to organize my race viewing

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file

  

Monmouth Park - Haskell site

Jay Hovdey: Haskell has been tough on Derby winners

Best Horses of Monmouth Park's Haskell Invitational

One Year Ago - Triple Crown winner American Pharoah
and the 2015 Haskell


American Pharoah: Finally! The One!


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ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER LOOK THROUGH A BRIDLE -- HOLY BULL
With Sunday's Haskell and the upcoming Travers, it is appropriate to celebrate one of the greatest to put a nose through a bridle, HOLY BULL. Mike Smith and Tom Durkin recall the magic of the Bull!  As a 3 year old he did everything you could ask of a horse as a sophomore: He won the Travers S.(G1), Florida Derby (G1), Metropolitan H. (G1), Haskell Invitational H. (G1), Woodward S. (G1). Although he did not win the Kentucky Derby, he did sire a Kentucky Derby winner - Giacomo, ridden by the Bull's jockey, Mike Smith.


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LEGENDS - JIM DANDY UPSETS GALLANT FOX 100/1 in 1930's Travers
When horses achieve greatness, or accomplish particularly memorable feats, it is customary for stakes races to be named in their honor. Across the country, there are races the bear the names of legends like Man o' War, Secretariat, Kelso, and Cigar; even more recent greats like Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, and Wise Dan are remembered with stakes races.
Every summer, Saratoga Race Course in New York hosts the Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II), a major prep for the prestigious Travers Stakes (gr. I) later in the Saratoga meet. It is only fitting that the Jim Dandy Stakes is a prep for the Travers, since it was in the 1930 Travers that an unassuming 3-year-old chestnut colt pulled off one of the most astonishing upsets in the history of horse racing to ensure that his name would never be forgotten. Read more at source

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WAYS TO WATCH THE RACES
http://www.xbtv.com/  Jeff Siegel, Aaron Vercruysse, Millie Ball
Check out Television Fanatic - Free live streaming     Check out streaming and Live TV sources
New TV show will broadcast racing Saratogba Live across America
“The launch of Saratoga Live on July 22 means that, for the first time, the best racing in America from the most historic venue will be broadcast to a national audience of more than 65 million homes. The prospect of reaching experienced horseplayers where they live, while expanding our ability to develop new fans, is something about which everyone at NYRA is extremely excited.”

While FS2 and Altitude will air only the Saratoga show, MSG+ will carry Belmont Park Live from Sept. 9 through Oct. 2 with a special presentation added on Oct. 22 for the track’s New York Showcase Day. Allevato is hopeful of adding more shows in 2017, and while Belmont Park Live and Saratoga Live might be television shows, they are also a hub for NYRA to make use of its other platforms, such as its HD mobile app.

NYRA races are also shown on Roku and in the fall there are plans to launch new apps for IOS and Android, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. In 2017, apps for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be added.

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NEWS
Is Aidan O'Brien now the world's leading Group 1 trainer?
The Gurkha nips Galileo Gold in Sussex at Goodwood
Del Mar Horses to Watch, next time
Little Mike retired to Old Friends
Dave Litfin handicaps the Jim Dandy and other races at Saratoga Saturday
Will Frankel's success boost F-T Yearlings?
Frankel big in Japan as he notches yet another winner
Soul Stirring is a typically well-bred daughter of the late Sir Henry Cecil's unbeaten superstar, being out of six-time Group 1-winner Stacelita, and she joins Cunco, Fair Eva, Frankuus, Queen Kindley, Majoris, Seven Heavens, Senator and Toulifaut by finding her way to the winner's enclosure.

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 FEATURED RACES

Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
Race Index

 

SATURDAY

RESULTS
Watchmaker: Stellar Wind upsets Beholder - includes replay
Sadler savors special win in Clement Hirsch with Stellar Wind
BloodHorse on Hirsch upset in Hirsch
A.P.Indian outduels Holy Boss in Vanderbilt - incl. replay
Flintshire scores in eventful  Bowling Green
Lexie Lou goes wiere to wire in Victoriana

Races
2:41 ET  Amsterdam S G2  Sar  $200,000   3yo  6f  R4  CARD
4:25 ET  Bowling Green H G2 Sar  $250,000   4+  11f T R7  CARD
4:47 ET  Victoriana S WO $125,000  3+ f/m S  8.5f T R8  CARD
5:40 ET  Alfred G. Vanderbilt H G1  Sar  $350,000   3+  6f  R9  CARD
6:18 ET  Jim Dandy S G2  Sar  $600,000   3yo  9f  R10  CARD
8:40 ET  Clement L. Hirsch S G1 BC  Dmr  $300,000   3+ f/m  8.5f  R8  CARD

Jim Dandy Cheat Sheet
Jim Dandy features match between Creator, Destin, Mohaymen
Lexie Lou headlines Victoriana Stakes
Belmont winner Creator returns in Jim Dandy; Destin
Stellar Wind to challenge Beholder again

SUNDAY

RESULTS
TDN: American Cleopatra rises to the challenge in debut
American Pharoah's sis wins in Del Mar debut
Lady Shipman makes the grade in Royal North
Curalina shines for sire, Curlin, in Shuvee
Exaggerator rebounds in Haskell and splashes home
Maiden no more, Laoban stuns rivals in Jim Dandy
Lord Nelson untouchable in Bing Crosby
Trojan Nation takes to turf at Del Mar


2:07 ET  Shuvee H G3 Sar   $200,000   3+ f/m  9f  R3  CARD
3:29 ET  Monmouth Cup S G2  Mth   $200,000   3+  8.5f  R8  CARD

4:04 ET  Oceanport S G3  Mth   $150,000   3+  8.5f T R9  CARD
4:35 ET  Molly Pitcher S G3  Mth   $100,000   3+ f/m  8.5f R10  CARD
4:47 ET  Royal North S G3 WO   $150,000   3+ f/m  6f T R8  CARD
5:05 ET  Matchmaker S G3 Mth   $100,000   3+ f/m  9f T R11  CARD
5:47 ET  Haskell Invitational G1 BC  Mth   $1,000,000   3yo  9f  R12  CARD
6:10 ET  Maiden Special Weight, Dlmr , $63,000, 2yo f/m, R3 CARD American Cleopatra
6:18 ET  Caress S  Sar   $100,000   4+ f/m  5.5f T R10  CARD
8:40 ET Bing Crosby S G1 BC  Dmr   $300,000   3+  6f  R8  CARD

Corrections were made to the above times. All times are ET.

Playing probable track bias in Haskell
American Cleopatra entered in Maiden at Del Mar

Alsvid takes on Lord Nelson in Bing Crosby
American Cleopatra, full sister to American Pharoah debuts July 31
Exaggerator, Nyquist will have Derby winners rematch
Gun Runner arrives at Monmouth for Haskell

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July 23-24, 2016 - SARATOGA

Let's Go To The Races - July 23-24, 2016
This is a non-commercial blog - Started as a convenience to organize my race viewing

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
UPI Weekend - Robert Kieckhefer covers racing world-wide

California Chrome and Dortmund raise the rafters at Del Mar! Chrome by a neck

TDN Race details
California Chrome outduels Dortmund in San Diego Handicap

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WAYS TO WATCH THE RACES
http://www.xbtv.com/  Jeff Siegel, Aaron Vercruysse, Millie Ball
DRF Live     DRF Live - Del Mar    DRF San Diego Handicap   San Clemente Handicap
Check out Television Fanatic - Free live streaming     Check out streaming and Live TV sources
New TV show will broadcast racing Saratogba Live across America
“The launch of Saratoga Live on July 22 means that, for the first time, the best racing in America from the most historic venue will be broadcast to a national audience of more than 65 million homes. The prospect of reaching experienced horseplayers where they live, while expanding our ability to develop new fans, is something about which everyone at NYRA is extremely excited.”

While FS2 and Altitude will air only the Saratoga show, MSG+ will carry Belmont Park Live from Sept. 9 through Oct. 2 with a special presentation added on Oct. 22 for the track’s New York Showcase Day. Allevato is hopeful of adding more shows in 2017, and while Belmont Park Live and Saratoga Live might be television shows, they are also a hub for NYRA to make use of its other platforms, such as its HD mobile app.

NYRA races are also shown on Roku and in the fall there are plans to launch new apps for IOS and Android, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. In 2017, apps for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be added.

SARATOGA

Questions abound for the 153rd Summer Saratoga commences Friday

On Friday at 1 p.m. (EDT), the 153rd summer of racing at Saratoga gets underway. Forty racing days of classy Thoroughbreds, champion trainers, and Hall of Fame jockeys will include 37 stakes races, 18 of them Grade 1, and a total of nearly $19 million in purses will be given away before the meet ends on Labor Day.

The Ortiz brothers have had a lock on the New York standings dating back to the winter of 2015, having won seven of the last nine meet riding titles in the state. Older brother Irad won his first Saratoga meet title last summer; can younger brother José get his this summer?

The nationally hot jock Florent Geroux will spend his first summer full-time at the Spa, as will the Midwest's Ricardo Santana Jr. Geroux's got five mounts for four trainers on opening day, Santana's got three, two for New York-based trainers.

Steve Haskin: Saratoga rich in history
Saratoga Opening Day Friday
Saratoga Preview focuses on general issues
History of Saratoga
Thoroughbred racing has no finer setting than Saratoga Race Course, which was opened over 150 years ago. Named one of the world’s greatest sporting venues by Sports Illustrated, the past comes alive in the historic grandstand every summer as fans experience not only the best in racing, but the unmatched ambience and charm of historic Saratoga Springs.

Already famous for its mineral baths, Saratoga held its first thoroughbred meet just a month after the Battle of Gettysburg. Staged by gambler, casino owner, ex-boxing champion and future Congressman John “Old Smoke” Morrissey and beginning on August 3, 1863, the four-day meet drew thousands of locals and tourists who saw Lizzie W. defeat Captain Moore in the best-of-three series of races.

Saratoga Springs is home to the National Museum of Racing, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), the National Museum of the Dance, Skidmore College, and many art galleries. Resplendent in Victorian architecture, it also boasts Yaddo Rose Gardens, the Little Theatre at SPAC, the Saratoga Music Hall and the Foundation for Baroque Music. Nearby, Saratoga Battlefield in Stillwater is dedicated to “The Turning Point of the American Revolution,” while Ulysses S. Grant’s Cottage at Mt. McGregor is where the bankrupt former president and Civil War hero, wrote his memoirs and restored his family’s fortune.

DEL MAR

The San Diego Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late July/early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. This Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on dirt. It is considered the track's key prep race for its foremost attraction, the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes
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Inaugurated in 1937, it was first run on July 3 as part of the first-ever racecard at Del Mar Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances.

California Chrome and Dortmund are set to meet up in the San Diego Handicap on Saturday.

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FEATURED RACES

Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
Race Index

FRIDAY
5:02 ET  SCHUYLERVILLE S. G3, Sar, $150,000, 2yo, f, 6f  R8  CARD
5:40 ET LAKE GEORGE S. G2, Sar, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT R9  CARD
10:00 ET  Fleet Treat S. (r), Dlmr, $150,000, 3yo, f, 7f  R7  CARD

Dick Powsell: A Handicappers view of Saratoga

SATURDAY
International
9:45 a.m. ET Princess Margaret Juddmonte S G3 ASC  $74,000  2yo f  6f T R2  CARD
Forecast: 8/11 Fair Eva, 8/1 Kilmah, 8/1 Magical Fire, 12/1 Nasimi, 16/1 Kachess, 16/1 How, 16/1 Kocollada, 20/1 Seduce Me, 20/1 Marie Of Lyon, 25/1 Madam Dancealot, 33/1 Poet's Princess, 33/1 Dainty Dandy, 50/1 Tallulah Rose

Result
Frankel filly, Fair Eva, dazzles in Princess Margaret

11:30 ET  King Geo. VI / Queen Eliz. S G1 BC  ASC  $1,691,000  3+  12f T R5  CARD
Forecast: 2/1 Dartmouth, 5/2 Highland Reel, 7/2 Wings of Desire, 5/1 Erupt, 16/1 Sir Isaac Newton, 25/1 Second Step, 25/1 Western Hymn

Result: Highland Reel dominates King George
Highland Reel hopes to turn tables on Dartmouth in King George
Postponed to miss his King George title defense
 

North America
2:04 ET  Sanford S G3  Sar  $150,000  2yo  6f Dirt R3  CARD
2:27 ET  My Dear S  WO  $125,000  2yo f  6f AW R4  CARD
4:20 ET  Jersey Shore S G3  Mth  $100,000  3yo  6f R8  CARD
4:44 ET  Bold Venture S G3  WO  $150,000  3+  65f AW R8  CARD
5:55 ET  Diana S G1  Sar  $500,000  3+ f/m  9f T R10  CARD
8:10 ET  San Clemente H G2  Dmr  $200,000  3yo f  8f T R7  CARD
9:10 ET  San Diego H G2  Dmr  $200,000  3+  8.5f R9  CARD

Chrome has game face on -Fires Bullet in prep for San Diego H.
Chrome, Dortmund face off in San Diego Handicap
Dortmund prepares for San Diego Handicap
Six entered against California Chrome in San Diego Handicap
California Chrome brilliant in breeze
Dortmund returns to racing as a spoiler
Coaching Club American Oaks takes shape
Miss Temple City set for U.S. return in Diana
High Priced Sweet Loretta in Schuylerville
'Vegas' Be Mine, meet again in San Clemente

SUNDAY

1:57 ET Toronto Cup S  WO  $125,000  3yo  9f T R3  CARD
4:20 ET  Boiling Springs S G3  Mth  $100,000  3yo f  9f T R8  CARD
4:46 ET  Nijinsky S G2 WO  $200,000  3+  9f T R8  CARD
6:18 ET  Coaching Club American Oaks G1 Sar  $300,000  3yo f  9f R10  CARD
6:40 ET  Cougar II H G3  Dmr  $100,000  3+  12f R4  CARD
8:40 ET  California Dreamin' S  Dmr  $150,000  3+ S  8.5f T R8  CARD

Songbird adds star power to Sunday's CCA Oaks
Hoppertunity, Aces entered in Cougar II
Elders try to prove themselves in Nijinsky

RESULTS
It's Songbird in CCA - Replay
Songbird all heart at Saratoga
Songbird wins toughest test yet in emphatic style

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NEWS
ABR: America's best Thoroughbreds
DRF's Steven Crist retires
Songbird, Nyquist drill at Del Mar
KY busy finding homes for abandoned horses

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July 15-17 - Opening Del Mar

Let's Go To The Races - July 15-17, 2016
This is a non-commercial blog - Started as a convenience to organize my race viewing

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
UPI Weekend Racing Preview
 Robert Kieckhefer covers what is going on this weekend across the globe.
You can watch the Indiana races at DRF - click here

 

 

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A LOOK BACK: REMEMBERING CIGAR - July 13, 1996

 The day Cigar Equaled Citation's 16-race winning streak 

 

THE INCOMPARABLE THE INVINCIBLE, THE UNBEATABLE CIGAR!! Prior to his historic "streak" of 15 straight wins, and before Cigar was to undertake to equal Citation's 16 race winning streak in Chicago, prior to that Cigar had had an undistinguished career mostly on the turf. In fact it was declared that he did not know how to win. Switched to dirt, he seemed to not know how to lose. The Streak began in October 1994 at Aqueduct in an Allowance race, culminating at the Invitational Ar...lington Citation Challenge, July 13, 1996. Embedded in the TDN article is a replay of the broadcast by CBS. You can skip to 11:30 on the tape to pick up the start of the race. You can also search at YouTube to watch Cigar's other history-making victories on his way to his 16 race winning streak, which included an amazing 10 grade 1 races, including the 1995 Breeders' Cup, the 1996 Dubai World Cup.   TDN: The Day Cigar rose to the challenge

 

You can slide the tab to 11:30 on the tape for the race start

Jerry Bailey interview on Cigar, with Gary Stevens 

LA Times Race day - July 13, 1996

 

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BLIND LUCK & HAVRE DE GRACE  -

DELAWARE HANDICAP 2011

With the Delaware Handicap on Saturday, it's a good time to look back at one of the best filly rivalries which culminated in the Delaware Handicap. Delaware Handicap Memories: Blind Luck & Havre de Grace

 

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
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FRIDAY

8:30 ET  Oceanside S. (r), Dlmr, $100,000, 3yo, 1mT R8  CARD

Dressed in Hermes gets Oceanside class relief

 

SATURDAY
International
1:50 ET  MAIDEN, Curr, 3yo+, 1 1/2 miT , R8 CARD

Zenyatta's full brother, De Coronado, debut

11:45 ET  IRISH OAKS G1  Curr,  3yo f  1 1/2 mi T  R6  CARD
Irish Oaks: Where the winners have come from
Even Song tops Irish Oaks dozen at The Curragh
Even Song heads Irish Oaks
Forecast: 8/11 Even Song, 6/1 Architecture, 13/2 Ajman Princess, 14/1 Harlequeen, 14/1 Turret Rocks, 14/1 Pretty Perfect, 25/1 Seventh Heaven, 25/1 

Result
O'Brien gets 5th Irish Oaks win with Seventh Heaven
Article comments on 9th place finish for De Coronado in debut
Heaven gives O'Brien Irish Oaks win
Two races later on the Irish Oaks card, Coolmore homebred De Coronado, a full brother to 2010 U.S. Horse of the Year Zenyatta, finished ninth in his career debut. The 3-year-old son of Street Cry—Vertigineux, owned by the Coolmore and partners Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith and trained by Aidan O'Brien, was rated toward the back of the 12-horse field and ultimately made no impression in the 1 1/2-mile race won by 4-6 favorite Twilight Payment

North America
2:32 ET  Rockville Centre S r, Bel, $125,000, 2yo, 6f R3  CARD

4:51 ET  Ontario Damsel S (r), Woo, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1mT R8  CARD

5:13 ET  Fobidden Apple S, Bel, $150,000, 4+, 1mT R8  CARD

5:15 ET  DELAWARE H G1, Del, $750,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/4m R9  CARD

6:57 ET  Gen'l Assembly Distaff, Ind, $100,000, 4+, f&m, 1 1/16mT R3  CARD

7:49 ET  Warrior Veterans S, Ind, $100,000, 4+, 1 1/16mT R5  CARD

8:15 ET  Mari Hulman George S, Ind, $100,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/16m R6  CARD

8:41 ET  Michael G Schaefer Mem'l, Ind, $100,000, 3+, 1m 70yds R7  CARD

9:10 ET  YELLOW RIBBON H G2, Dlmr, $200,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/16mT R9  CARD

9:11 ET  INDIANA OAKS G2, Ind, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m R8  CARD

9:41 ET  INDIANA DERBY G2, Ind, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m R9  CARD

9:45 ET  KENT S G3, Del, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT R10  CARD

 

I'm a Chatterbox looks to give Jones elusive sewcond win in the Del 'Cap

Cherry Wine seeks first graded stakes win in Indiana Derby

Cherry Wine favorted in Indiana Derby

She's Not Here seeks Yellow Ribbon repeat

I'm A Chatterbox, Paid Up Subscriber meet up in Delaware Handicap

Yellow Ribbin kicks off graded action at Del Mar

 

RESULTS

Chatterbox cruises after rough start

Cupid guts out victory in Indiana Derby

She's Not Here repeats in Yellow Ribbon

She's Not Here is a 3/4 sister to Zenyatta. She is by Street Cry out of Where's Bailey by Vertigineux, Zenyatta's dam.

 

SUNDAY

2:42 ET  Victoria S, Woo, $125,000, 2yo, 6f  R4  CARD

4:51 ET  Ontario Matron S, G3, Woo, $150,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/16m R8  CARD

5:45 ET  Lynbrook S r, Bel, $125,000, 2yo, f, 6f R9  CARD

6:10 ET  EDDIE READ S G2, Dlmr, $250,000, 3+, 1 1/8mT R9  CARD 

 

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NEWS

Sherman having the time of his life with California Chrome

California Chrome brilliant in Del Mar breeze

World's Best Racehorse Rankings - Longines

Catch A Glimpse, Deauville star at Belmond Park - Belmont Recap

Result: Grand Prix de Paris

Nyquist to Haskell after strong work

Nyquist to July 31 Haskell

Lani wraps up Triple Crown journey with 3rd in Belmont Stakes

Lani shows late speed finishes 5th in Preakness Stakes

Lani finishes 9th in Kentucky Derby

Marialite first mare in 11 years to capture Takarazuka Kinen

  

US RACING: SARATOGA PREVIEW

STEVE HASKIN: Saratoga Rich in History

 

Coming Up Next Weekend

 

 

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July 9-10, 2016

Let's Go To The Races - July 9-10, 2016
This is a non-commercial blog - Started as a convenience to organize my race viewing

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file
UPI Weekend Racing Preview
 Robert Kieckhefer covers what is going on this weekend across the globe.

 HOW TO WATCH THE RACES

NBC SET FOR SATURDAY BROADCAST FROM BELMONT
4:30 ET NBC's coverage of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series on Saturday features host Laffit Pincay III, analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and five-time Breeders' Cup Classic winner, analyst/handicapper Eddie Olczyk, reporter Donna Brothers,   and Daily Racing Form handicapper Matt Bernier.

Other Television coverage. TVG - Check your cable provider to see if TVG is available in your area.

Also, XBTV starting at 4:00 p.m. EDT  http://www.xbtv.com/watch-live/

DELAWARE OAKS - DRF LIVE

DRF VIDEOS INCLUDING RACE PREVIEWS

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What's going on this weekend, and other news
Songbird confirmed for CCA Oaks; Catch a Glimpse, The Pizza Man headline weekend stakes action

Following is from Brisnet.com and the TwinSpires blog:
Undefeated champion SONGBIRD has been confirmed to make her next start in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga on July 24.

Fellow champion and last-out Queen Anne (Eng-G1) heroine TEPIN is also preparing for a stay at the Spa, though her participation during the meet is still questionable.

Belmont Park will play host to six graded events on Saturday, and while the Belmont Derby (G1) features a unique blend of international and domestic runners, the Belmont Oaks (G1) is topped by Canadian Horse of the Year CATCH A GLIMPSE.

Also set for Saturday at Belmont are the Suburban H. (G2), Dwyer (G3), Belmont Spring Championship (G3) and Victory Ride (G3).

MUBTAAHIJ and EFFINEX among eight entered for Saturday's $500,000 Grade II Suburban at Belmont Park, going 1 1/4 miles on the dirt.

Arlington's Million Preview Day on Saturday features four stakes, with five horses cross-entered between the Stars and Stripes (G3) and Arlington H. (G3), and the American Derby (G3) and Modesty (G3) each drawing competitive fields. Last year's Arlington Million winner, The THE PIZZA MAN headlines a cast of 10 entered for Saturday's $100,000 Grade III Stars and Stripes, the 1 1/2-miles local prep for next month's renewal of the Arlington Million.

Woodbine Oaks winner Neshama returns for the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara, Sunday's Bison City S. at Woodbine.

Lumiere impressed on Thursday's opening day of the Newmarket July Festival while trainer Aidan O'Brien swept both of Friday's major July Festival events.

EURO CHARLINEand MONGOLIAN SATURDAY set to go at Newmarket, and more

Saturday's Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park features an international cast in the $1.25 million Belmont Derby (G1) and $1 million Belmont Oaks (G1). Kellie Reilly examines the European raiders in the Derby and the Oaks, both of which feature challengers from the powerful Aidan O'Brien stable

Belmont Derby Preview

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FEATURED RACES

Time Ordered List of Races and Entries - Printable file
Entry Index 

Check out these preview videos from DRF- DRF's handicappers look at the betting opportunities on Saturday.

Return here and click on the CARD below for a race replay

SATURDAY

International
11:35 ET DARLEY JULY CUP G1, New, $650,000, 6f  R5  CARD
RESULTS:  http://www.attheraces.com/racecard/Newmarket/09-July-2016/1635

North America

3:20 ET  VICTORY RIDE S G3, Bel, $150,000, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f R6 CARD
3:45 ET  MODESTY H G3, Arl, $100,000, 3+, f&m, 1 3/16mT R4 CARD
3:57 ET  DWYER S G3, Bel, $500,000, 3yo, 1m R7 CARD
4:04 ET  PARX DASH G3, Prx, $200,000, 3+, 5fT R8 CARD
4:15 ET  ROBERT  DICK MEM'L G3, Del, $200,000, 3+, f&m, 1 3/8mT R7 CARD
4:38 ET  BELMONT DERBY INV'L G1, Bel, $1,250,000, 3yo, 1 1/4mT R8 CARD
4:45 ET  STARS AND STRIPES S G3, Arl, $100,000, 3+, 1 1/2mT R6 CARD
4:51 ET  Long Branch S, MTH, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m R9 CARD
5:13 ET  SUBURBAN H G2, Bel, $500,000, 4+, 1 1/4m R9 CARD
5:15 ET  ARLINGTON H G3, Arl, $125,000, 3+, 1 3/16mT R7 CARD
5:45 ET  DELAWARE OAKS G3, Del, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m R10 CARD
5:45 ET  AMERICAN DERBY G3, Arl, $125,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT R8 CARD

5:46 ET  BELMONT OAKS INV'L G1, Bel, $1,000,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT R10 CARD
6:23 ET  BELMONT SPRINT C'SHIP G3, Bel, $400,000, 3+, 7f R11 CARD
6:30 ET  Landaluce S, SA, $125,000, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f R5 CARD
8:00 ET  Santa Anita Juvenile S, SA, $125,000, 2yo, 5 1/2f R8 CARD
9:57 ET  Texas Futurity, LS, $100,000, 2yo, f, 5f R5 CARD
10:53 ET  Texas Futurity, LS, $100,000, 2yo, c&g, 5f R7 CARD

RESULTS   

Still no catching City Zip filly in Belmont Oaks    "Faster than the boys"  
Belmont Derby : 2:00.51  1:59.
A KEY RACE "Who she has beat":
Horses behind Catch a Glimpse in the
2015 GI BC Juvenile Fillies Turf and their 2016 black-type
Alice Springs (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) G1SW-Eng
Nemoralia (More Than Ready) G1SP-Eng
Time and Motion (Tapit) MSW & GISP
Harmonize (Scat Daddy) SW
Mirage (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) SW
Pricedtoperfection (Temple City) GSW
Last Waltz (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) MSPThrilled (Uncle Mo) SW & GSP
Catch A Glimpse something to see in Oaks


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SUNDAY 
2:32 ET  River Memories S, Bel, $100,000, 4+, f&m, 1 1/2mT R3 CARD
4:51 ET  Bison City S r, Woo $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m R8 CARD

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July 4th Weekend

Let's Go To The Races - July 1-4, 2016
This is a non-commercial blog - Started as a convenience to organize my race viewing

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Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable File
UPI Weekend Preview 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 Watch Queen's Plate via live streaming at DRF - click here

HOLIDAY RACING AROUND THE GLOBE
The holiday weekend schedule finds important races as far afield as South Africa and Iowa, with Breeders' Cup qualifiers in Florida, graded stakes in New York and California, The Coral-Eclipse in England and the Queen's Plate in Canada.

Two of Saturday's sprint features at Gulfstream Park are qualifiers for this fall's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita.

2015 Queen's Plate and Woodbine Oaks winner Lexie Lou is among the favorites for Sunday's $200,000 (Canadian), Grade II Dance Smartly Stakes for fillies and mares at Woodbine. The 9-furlongs event also drew Strut the Course and Heath among 11 starters. Read more

SOUTH AFRICA DURBAN JULY HANDICAP
The Durban July Handicap is a South African Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first Saturday of July since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Raced on turf, the Durban July Handicap is open to horses of all ages. It is South Africa's premier horse racing event and currently offers a purse of R2.5 million (app. US$360,000).

First held in July 1897 at a distance of 1 mile (approx 1600m), the distance was modified several times until 1970 when it was changed to its current 2200 meters   Handicapping info  More info  Entries 

RESULT   Update: the South Africa Triple Crown winner Abashiri was unable to live up to hopes to take the Durban July at Greyville in South Africa. Lonhro's The Conglomerate takes the South Africa premier race.  BloodHorse race analysis includes YouTube race video

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INTERNATIONAL

CORAL - ECLIPSE SANDOWN 

 

The Coral-Eclipse is famed for being the first time that the British classic generation can face their older peers at Group 1 level. 2015 Investec Derby winner won the most recent renewal of the race - other stars to have landed the Coral-Eclipse in recent years include Sea The Stars, Hawk Wing, the Australian champ So You Think, Nathaniel, Al Kazeem and Mukhadram. Going further back, Coral-Eclipse champions include such legends as Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Dancing Brave and Saddler's Wells. It really is one of the most fascinating and important races of the season. Read more at source 

 

The Gurkha faces six in Coral Eclipse showdown
Analysis Coral Eclipse

   

Forecast: Evens The Gurkha, 7/2 My Dream Boat, 4/1 Time Test, 7/1 Hawkbill, 14/1 Western Hymn, 50/1 Bravery, 150/1 Countermeasure

RESULT:  Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy) eclipses The Gurkha after epic battle
Mile and a half holds no fears for Hawkbill Team after Eclipse heroics

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FEATURED RACES

Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable File

Entry Index

Don't forget, after a race has run, return here and click on the CARD for the replay (U.S.)

FRIDAY

4:52 ET  Dominion Day G3, WOO, $150,000, 3+, 1 1/4m R8  CARD
9:48 ET  Iowa Distaff, PM, $100,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/16m R8  CARD
10:21 ET  IOWA DERBY G3, PM, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m R9  CARD

HRN Iowa Festival of Racing Preview

 For info on the Louisiana Legends races and entries, see the Racing Index

 

SATURDAY

 10:45 a.m. ET CORAL ECLIPSE S , G1, Sandown, $629,000   3+, 1 mi 2f 7 T  CARD
1:46 ET  Azalea S, GP, $100,000, 3yo, f, 7f R4  CARD
3:54 ET  CARRY BACK S G3, GP, $150,000, 3yo, 7f R8  CARD
4:17 ET  Iowa Sprint H, PM, $100,000, 3+, 6f R8  CARD
4:51 ET  King Edward S G2, WOO, $200,000, 3+, 1mT R8  CARD
4:58 ET  SMILE SPRINT H G2, GP, $250,000, 3+, 6f R10  CARD
5:13 ET  Perfect Sting S, Bel, $100,000, 4+, f&m, 1mT R8  CARD
5:45 ET  MOTHER GOOSE S G1, Bel, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m R9  CARD
5:50 ET PM CORNHUSKER H G3, PM, $300,000, 3+, 1 1/8m R9  CARD
5:56 ET  SALVATOR MILE G3, MTH, $100,000, 3+, 1m R11  CARD
6:02 ET  PRINCESS ROONEY H G2, GP, $250,000, 3+, f&m, 7f R12  CARD
6:30 ET  AFFIRMED S G3, SA, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m R5  CARD
9:05 ET  BASHFORD MANOR S G3, CD, $100,000, 2yo, 6f R7  CARD
9:39 ET  Debutante S, CD, $100,000, 2yo, f, 6f R8  CARD

Mr. Jordan, Green Gratto face on in Salvator Mile

Mother Goose Preview

BloodHorse: Mother Goose preview

 

RESULTS

Delta Bluesman battles back in Smile Sprint

Spelling again prevails in Princess Rooney

Smack Smack edges Kowboy in Cornhusker

Res Judicata upsets Salvator Mile

Off The Tracks wires Mother Goose

Off The Tracks all the way in Mother Goose

Dalmore upsets Danzing Candy in Affirmed

 

Watch Queen's Plate via live streaming at DRF - click here

SUNDAY

1:39 ET  Highlander S G2, WOO, $200,000, 3+, 6fT R4  CARD
2:53 ET  Charlie Barley S, WOO, $100,000, 3yo, 1mT R6  CARD
3:04 ET  Dancin Renee S (r), Bel, $100,000, 3+, f&m, 6f R4  CARD
4:18 ET  Singspiel S G3, WOO, $150,000, 3+, 1 1/2mT R8  CARD
4:51 ET  Dance Smartly S G2, WOO, $200,000, 3+, f&m, 1 1/8mT R9  CARD
4:52 ET  UNITED NATIONS S G1, MTH, $300,000, 3+, 1 3/8mT R9  CARD
5:36 ET  Queen's Plate S (r), WOO, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m R10  CARD

QUEEN'S PLATE, WOODBINE
The first shot had not been fired at Fort Sumter in the U.S.Civil War when the Queen's Plate race was first run in 1860. You can watch the entire card online at DRF Watch Queen's Plate via live streaming at DRF - click here
Mike Watchmaker and Matt Bernier handicap the Queen's Plate
HRN - Queen's Plate analysis
'Ghost takes on males in Queen's Plate

Resurgent Lexie Lou returns in Dance Smartly
Strut the Course headlines Dance Smartly
Jeremy Plonk's Queen's Plate edition July 1

Lady Shipman stands tall in Highlander

Ten Things You Should Know about the Grade 1 United Nations today
GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS, today at Monmouth 4:52 p.m. EDT. A fun fact is the great Dr Fager ran and won his only race on the Turf WIRE TO WIRE in 1968. Others who won this race include one of my all time faves ROUND TABLE, twice in 1957 and 1959.
Can'thelpbelieving seeks first 2016 win in United Nations
Wake Forest leads Chad Brown trio in United Nations
United Nations Stakes Preview

RESULTS

Lexie Lou wires field, fights back to win Dance Smartly -  Replay video

Sir Dudley Digges upsets Queen's Plate
The Ramseys got a lot of holiday cheer over the weekend with the success over seas in the Coral Eclipse of their top sire, Kitten's Joy's son Hawkbill taking the Grade 1 on Saturday, then on Sunday Sir Dudley Digges upsets in the Queen's Plate. Ramsey says they are going for the Canadian Triple Crown as he thinks Dudley can do it. Nothing Ken Ramsey says he wants to do should be discounted, as he has achieved about as much success as an owner/breeder could hope for over the years. His success is not limited to breeding top class horses, as he seems to also know how to buy a future winner. Dudley was purchased for $130,000 as a 2 yr old in training. Another "late bloomer", taking SEVEN TRIES to break his maiden.

MONDAY

4:04 ET  James Penny Mem'l S, G3, Prx, $200,000, 3+ f/m 1 1/16 miT R8 CARD
5:45 ET  Manila S, Bel, $100,000, 3yo, 1mT R9  CARD

 

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NEWS

HRN - Saratoga Graded Stakes Preview 2016

Del Mar 2016 Graded Stakes Preview

2016 Travers Mid-Summer Derby could be THE Derby

San Diego Handicap - Battle of the Heavy Hitters - Juy 23 Del Mar

TDN: Debutants 

 

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