Arlington Park release

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Jockey Matthew Straight, twin brother of apprentice jockey Michael Straight who was injured in a Wednesday incident at Arlington Park, has issued the following statement regarding the condition of his brother.

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

 OCEANPORT, N.J. – The $150,000 Sapling Stakes (Grade 3) for 2-year-olds on Saturday, Sept. 5, and the $175,000 Red Bank Stakes (Grade 3) for older turf horses on Sunday, Sept. 6, will close out Monmouth Park’s schedule of graded stakes event for the 2009 season.

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Veteran horseman Bill White sent out Donald Dizney’s 3-year-old homebred gelding Regis to capture the fifth race Friday at Calder Race Course to take a lead of one over Marty Wolfson in the trainers’ standings (28-27) after 75 days of the session, a competitive title chase likely to continue day-to-day in sharp contrast to the top of the jockeys’ leader board.

(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)

DEL MAR, Calif. – Doubledown Stable’s New Zealand-bred Black Mamba, the 4-5 favorite ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, had to call on all of her class Friday to resist the bold challenge of Lemon Chiffon  and win the featured $89,020 CTT and Thoroughbred Owners of California Handicap at the marathon distance of a mile and three-eighths on the grass.

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Justenuffhumor remained unbeaten on the turf when he ran down Cowboy Cal in the stretch to win the 51^st running of the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch on Friday at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Murray Smith’s Glitter City splashed home a length and a half winner on the sloppy main track at Monmouth Park on Friday, taking the $41,000 allowance feature and giving jockey Eddie Castro his fifth winner on the card.

•Shadwell Travers forecast calls for rain

(Edited NYRA/Sarstoga Race Course report)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With rain in the forecast overnight and into Saturday, an off-track appears likely for tomorrow’s 140th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Shadwell Travers at Saratoga Race Course. Of the 139 previous runnings of the Travers, 92 were run over a fast track and 47 on an off-track. Most recently, in 2004, when Birdstone won, 0.6 inches of rain fell, and in 2002, Medaglia…

(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)
 
DEL MAR, Calif. – Nineteen top-notch runners, including four millionaires and two 3-year-olds, have been nominated to run in Del Mar’s Grade 1, $1-million Pacific Classic Sunday, Sept. 6, at 1 1/4 miles on the main track.

(Edited Meadowlands Racetrack report)

Four graded stakes events, topped by the $300,000 Grade 2 Meadowlands Cup on Friday, Oct. 16, highlight the schedule for the 2009 Thoroughbred Meet, Oct. 1 – Dec. 5, at Meadowlands Racetrack.   The 47-day meet, which features just over $1.4 million in stakes purses, kicks off with a trio of special matinee cards Thursday, Oct. 1 – Saturday, Oct. 3.  Post time is 1:10 p.m.

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – It will be a busy weekend for Calder-based trainers Phil Gleaves, Marty Wolfson, Barry Rose and David Fawkes as each has horses entered in stakes races at Saratoga as well as 2-year-olds at home set for Saturday’s $700,000 Juvenile Showcase day program.