(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – With Joe Talamo subbing in the saddle for a flu-ridden Rafael Bejarano, Mona de Momma closed swiftly to score a handy, 2½-length victory Thursday over slightly favored Mi Chiamano Mimi in Oak Tree’s $41,120 allowance feature for fillies and mares at six furlongs over Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride surface.

(Edited Laurel Park report)

LAUREL, Md. – Six years ago jockey Rosemary Homeister became the fifth female rider to have a mount in the sports’ greatest race, the Kentucky Derby. Next Friday, the 37-year-old will become the fifth female rider to have a mount in the game’s richest event, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

NTRA release

The race order and wagering menu was announced today for the 26th Breeders’ Cup World Championships, to be held on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. This year’s wagering menu includes two all Breeders’ Cup Pick Sixes, $5.5 million in guaranteed pools, 10-cent Superfectas, rolling Pick 3’s, and two new betting propositions: a Ladies’ Classic – a  Breeders’ Cup Head2Head Jockey Bet, and a Ladies’ Classic-Breeders’ Cup Classic daily double…

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com

If exotic bets are your thing nothing could be more attractive than what has been put together for handicappers for the two days of the Breeders’ Cup to be held at Oak Tree at Santa Anita on Nov. 6 and 7.  Whether your exotic excitement is derived from multi-race vertical tickets or multi-place horizontal tickets, you will able to play in almost every race on the card on both days.

(Edited Hawthorne Race Course report)

CICERO, Ill. – Saturday marks the return of the popular Illinois Festival of Racing at Hawthorne Race Course. This much-anticipated event is comprised of six races, each carrying a purse of $100,000. The races are restricted to runners that have been registered, conceived and/or foaled in the state of Illinois.

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com

The preliminary entries are now known for all 14 Breeders’ Cup races, so this week we no longer have to speculate on horses that may or may not express intentions to run this year at Santa Anita.  In the list of possible entries that follows, any horse that is entered in two races is identified in italics and the number following the horse’s name indicates whether the race is the first or second…

NYRA release

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Starting Monday, November 2, Aqueduct Racetrack will offer dark day simulcasts on Mondays and Tuesdays in addition to during the Holiday Break from Monday, Dec. 14 – Wednesday, Dec. 23. Aqueduct will not be open on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25.

(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita report)

ARCADIA, Calif.  – Unbeaten Our Minesweeper, an Idaho-bred who won a pair of stakes in Northern California, will attempt to transfer his form to Santa Anita on Saturday when facing six other 2-year-olds in Oak Tree’s 35th running of the $58,000 Jack Goodman Stakes at six furlongs.

(Edited Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – Claimed for $40,000 in August, Dance With Gable gained a second stakes victory for his new connections on Wednesday when prevailing under a front-running ride by Rafael Bejarano in Oak Leaf’s inaugural running of the $54,280 California Sky Stakes at 6½ furlongs over Santa Anita’s downhill turf course.

(Edited Laurel Park report)

LAUREL, Md. – A pair of runners who won stakes during the 2009 Laurel Park winter meeting have been pre-entered in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1). The 26th Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing’s richest event, consisting of 14 races and purses totaling $25.5 million, will be held at Santa Anita Park on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7.