California Chrome will use the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on Saturday as a local prep for the Pacific Classic.
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I always have been a sucker for the claiming horse that developed into a stakes winner. There is an active horse who can now add his name to that list: Page McKenney, who will make his next start Saturday in the $1.25 million Charles Town Classic.
One of the corniest, but harmless, publicity stunts done at racetracks is to have a celebrity try to call a horse race. On Sunday, former UNLV quarterback and now ESPN sports personality Kenny Mayne gave it his best shot at Santa Anita Park.
Bayern and Wicked Strong square off in the Travers at Saratoga on Saturday, and Shared Belief is favored in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Sunday.
It sounds awfully familiar, the news that the New York Racing Association is trying to arrange a rich stakes race at Belmont Park this fall using a corporate sponsor to boost the purse and featuring the two best horses in training.