(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – California Flag won the $100,000 Morvich Handicap for the second year in a row Wednesday, as 17,239 attended on the opening day of Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting.

The 5-year-old gray gelding earned an automatic spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in early November at the track. It’ll be a chance to make up for last year, when California Flag finished 10th in the race after a quick pace…

(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – Nick Alexander’s roan homebred Grazen has been established as the even-money favorite to become the fourth 3-year-old to capture Oak Tree’s $200,000 California Cup Classic presented by City National Bank on Saturday when facing five rivals in the mile-and-one-eighth event that highlights the nine races for Cal-breds that comprise the 20th Cal Cup at Santa Anita.

Ed Golden
Oak Tree at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. – Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird enjoyed a walk in the park—Santa Anita Park—Wednesday morning, as is customary, after working five furlongs on Pro-Ride Tuesday in 1:01.80 towards the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic hosted by the Oak Tree Racing Association on Nov. 7.

BELMONT PARK NOTES

(Edited Belmont Park report)

ELMONT, N.Y. – After standing in the gate, Belmont Stakes and Shadwell Travers winner Summer Bird opened up through the stretch during his gallop at Belmont Park this morning, and schooled between races in the afternoon as trainer Tim Ice put the finishing touches on the colt’s preparations for Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

The 1¼-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup, the centerpiece of “Super Saturday” will be the chestnut colt’s…

Dan Silver
NYRA/Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced that it will offer a $500,000 Guaranteed All Grade 1 Pick 4 on Jockey Club Gold Cup Day, Saturday, October 3 at BelmontPark. All four races will be televised during the MSG Plus and Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) broadcast from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. that day.

(Edited Meadowlands report)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – While live racing gets under way at the Meadowlands on Thursday, Oct. 1, the graded stakes action at the Big M starts this Saturday when the Grade 3 Cliff Hanger is once again renewed at a mile and a sixteenth on turf.  Two familiar rivals are set to face off for the $125,000 purse with Kiss the Kid defending his title in the Cliff Hanger and Get Serious defending his record against Kiss…

(Edited Keeneland Association report)

Lexington, Ky. – Keeneland has made numerous improvements to parking lots and roads and will utilize a shuttle in an effort to improve the flow of traffic into and out of the racetrack during the Oct. 9-31 fall meeting.

(HRTV release)

Arcadia, Calif. – HRTV’s commitment to showcasing many of the sport’s top international races will continue this Sunday, October 4, when it presents live coverage of the prestigious Qatar Prix de l’ Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France.

Ed Golden
Oak Tree at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. – Del Mar Debutante winner Mi Sueno suffered a condylar fracture to her right leg on a gallop out at Hollywood Park Tuesday after a four-furlong blow out in :47.60, preparing for Sunday’s Oak Leaf Stakes, according to trainer Eric Guillot.

(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – Mine That Bird,  upset winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, registered his first workout at Santa Anita Tuesday morning, drilling five furlongs under Joe Talamo in 1:01.80 in preparation for Oak Tree’s Grade 1, $350,000 Goodwood Stakes Oct. 10.