(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)

DEL MAR, Calif. – Keyed by 29-1 longshot Win for M’lou’s surprise victory in the featured $54,000 Del Mar Kiwanis Purse, Del Mar’s Friday program will have a $488,667 carryover for Pick Six players to shoot for.

Post time for the first race Friday is 3:30 p.m., with  Pick Six wagering conducted on the third through eight races. With a carryover of almost a half-million dollars, the pool could go as high as $2.5…

Jenny Kellner
NYRA/Saratoga Race Course

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Queen of the Creek made it two in a row at Saratoga Race Course, going wire-to-wire to win the $75,000 Riskaverse as the fairy-tale story of previously undefeated Lisa’s Booby Trap ended with a last-place finish in the one-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies.

Lisa’s Booby Trap, who had won four straight on the dirt, never appeared comfortable on the grass under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, tucked away…

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com

Trainer Will Phipps thought he had a good one in his barn with Fancy Point and she proved him right when the 2-year-old daughter of Point Given led from start to finish in the P.G. Johnson Stakes on the inner turf course Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.

“We’re very lucky people. We’re honored to have a horse for the Steinbrenners – this one is for the big guy.…

(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)

DEL MAR, Calif. – Under a perfect ride from jockey Patrick Valenzuela, longshot Hi Ho Yodeler darted between horses at the top of the stretch and went on to win the featured $100,000 Generous Portion for California-bred two-year-old fillies Wednesday.

Hi Ho Yodeler, a 15-1 outsider in a field of 13 fillies, broke alertly, was moved to the rail to track the leaders, was guided around a single rival,  Miles Rules, in the upper…

(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)

DEL MAR, Calif. – Champ Pegasus, the 3-2 favorite under leading rider Joel Rosario, rallied along the rail through the stretch with an impressive burst of speed to win the featured $200,000 Del Mar Handicap Sunday before 14,913 fans. 

Outrun in the early stages of the mile and three-eighths marathon over the infield grass course, Champ Pegasus saved ground on the final turn then made his move in the final eighth to win by…

A BRILLIANT IDEA RALLIES LATE TO TAKE JUNIOR CHAMPION STAKES

John Heims
Monmouth Park

Oceanport, N.J. – In the final start of her career, J. Larry and Cindy Jones’ Just Jenda went out a winner and re-affirmed her love for Monmouth Park by capturing the 65th running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes, while A Brilliant Idea stormed home to take the Junior Champion Sunday at Monmouth Park.

Ridden by Terry Thompson for trainer Cindy Jones,…

Jon Forbes
NYRA/Saratoga Race Course

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Repole Stable maintained a 12-7 lead in the Saratoga owner standings going into the final eight days of racing, so it’s all too appropriate Uncle Mo is the name of the operation’s latest impressive 2-year-old winner.

Named after the shorthand term for “momentum,” the colt joins the New York Watch – which profiles up-and-comers that have recently cleared the maiden ranks at Aqueduct, BelmontPark, and Saratoga – following a…

Richard’s Kid Wins Pacific Classic

(Edited Del Mar Thoroughbred Club report)

DEL MAR, Calif. – Richard’s Kid and jockey Mike Smith made it two straight victories in Del Mar’s signature race of the summer season with a narrow but authoritative triumph in the 20th running of the Grade I $1 million Pacific Classic Presented by TVG Saturday.

Outrun in the early stages of the mile and one-quarter contest, Richard’s Kid circled his opposition on the stretch, drove to the lead…

MY IRISH GIRL A PERFECT 7-FOR-7 IN 2010 WITH MISS WOODFORD WIN

John Heims
Monmouth Park

Oceanport, N.J. – Julia C. Boutelle’s Teaks North upset his eight rivals in the $100,000 Restoration Stakes, winning by a length as My Irish Gal reported home a 2 ¾ length winner in the $100,000 Miss Woodford Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

Trained by Justin Sallusto, Teaks North covered the mile and an eighth over firm turf in 1:46 2/5 and paid…

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Our Sugar Bear Stable’s 2-year-old colt Gourmet Dinner remains undefeated after winning the $100,000 Affirmed Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder Casino & Race Course on Saturday during the track’s annual Juvenile Showcase program.

Ridden by Sebastian Madrid in all three of his races to date, Gourmet Dinner collared the pacesetting Rough’n Royal in the final sixteenth of a mile in the seven-furlong race to win by 2½…