The five-day Lexington Selected Yearling Sale will get underway at 7 p.m. (EDT) Monday (Oct. 2) at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., with hip numbers 1-125 passing through the auction ring.
Author: from the USTA Communications Department
Midland Acres’ annual online yearling sale set for Nov. 1
Join Midland Acres on Wednesday (Nov. 1) for our annual online yearling sale.
Switzer family fun at Cumberland
The Switzer clan enjoyed success on the closing day of the record-breaking Cumberland Fair harness racing meet on Sunday (Oct. 1) with several familial victories and a couple of fast miles.
Cumberland Run nearing draw time
Cumberland Run’s first draw will take place in just one week. Entries for opening day will close at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Oct. 10). Entries can be made now online. Online entries are encouraged throughout the whole meet but can be made via phone.
MGM Northfield Park to host Ohio Fairs Consolations
MGM Northfield Park is proud to host the Ohio County Fair Consolations on Saturday (Oct. 21). The draw for the Ohio Fairs Consolations will take place on Tuesday (Oct. 17); the box will close at 9 a.m.
Pick-5 carryover to kick off Monday night’s card at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Woodbine Mohawk Park will kick-off a new week of live racing Monday night (Oct. 2) with a carryover in the Early Pick-5.
Captain Albano downs Newsroom in Arlene Siegel Memorial Bluegrass
Pennsylvania Sires Stakes champion Captain Albano waited to make his attack on even-money favorite Newsroom and mowed him down off a fast clip to end his unbeaten streak with a 1:49.2 win in the $87,000 Arlene Siegel Memorial, part of the $348,000 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace, on Friday afternoon (Sept. 29) at The Red Mile.
Warrawee Michelle, Draw The Line fastest in Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegrass
Ake Svanstedt pupil Warrawee Michelle and Dustin Jones trainee Draw The Line recorded the fastest miles of the five divisions for the $429,000 Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegrass Stakes, for 2-year-old trotting fillies, with 1:53.2 clockings in their respective divisions on Friday (Sept. 29) at The Red Mile.
Prohibition Legal looks to move forward in Dayton Distaff Derby
Prohibition Legal was an O’Brien Award-winner at age 2 in 2021, when her only loss in nine starts was a second-place finish behind Dan Patch Award-recipient Niki Hill in the She’s A Great Lady Stakes. Following a one-win campaign last year, trainer Nick Gallucci gave the female pacer an extended rest before sending her into action this season. As the 4-year-old mare prepares for Saturday’s Dayton Distaff Derby, so far so good.
Filly Bell Boots shows she’s a player
It’s long been known that the only certainty in horse racing is its uncertainly and we were reminded of that in last Sunday’s Hawthorne leg of its Night of Champion series for 2- and 3-year-old ICF trotters.