Keeneland plans to offer 3,597 horses to bidders during its November breeding stock auction, the largest, longest, and most lucrative sale of its kind all year.
The sale, scheduled for Nov. 4-13, will offer 1,951 broodmares, 146 broodmare prospects, 1,339 weanlings, and 161 horses of various other ages, according to Keeneland.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Shaun Bridgmohan, who will ride Evening Attire in Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup, won five races on Wednesday's card at Belmont Park. It was the first five-win day for a journeyman rider in New York this year.
Apprentice Lorenzo Lezcano rode five winners on Feb. 6 at Aqueduct.
It was Bridgmohan's best day as a journeyman. On Feb. 15, 1998, as an apprentice, Bridgmohan rode six winners at Aqueduct.
ELMONT, N.Y. - A pair of 3-year-olds returning from long layoffs, a European shipper now in the hands of Bobby Frankel, and an unsettled forecast make for an interesting feature Friday afternoon at Belmont Park.
The seven-furlong allowance, for 3-year-olds and up who have never won two races, features the return of once-promising 3-year-olds D'Coach and Onthedeanslist.
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Pedro Alvarado, who is on his way to his first riding title in just his second season of riding at Hastings Park, has clearly found a home in Vancouver.
Alvarado, a 37-year-old from Mexico, counts himself fortunate, because a home was exactly what he needed when he landed here early last year after riding out a six-month contract in Macau, an island off the south China coast.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Everything went according to plan at Louisiana Downs during its summer meet that ended Sunday, even though a new group unexpectedly signed on to buy the track in August.
A pre-meet decision to overpay purses before slots are installed next year improved the quality of racing and increased business figures, as officials had hoped. An added perk came when Harrah's Entertainment, one of the nation's leading gambling entities, agreed to buy controlling interest in Louisiana Downs.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Tenpins may eventually be recognized as a force in the national handicap division, but more recently his fame has come because of mouthwash.
All set to return from a summer layoff designed to enhance the last third of his 4-year-old season, Tenpins missed the Sept. 14 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park when, shortly before the race, he was seen receiving a benign oral spray used to clear a horse's airway. Kentucky racing rules prohibit the administration of any medication within four hours of a race, and Turfway stewards scratched Tenpins.
POMONA, Calif. - Reba's Gold and Hot Market are 119-pound co-highweights for the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Pomona Invitational Handicap on Sunday. Trainer Craig Lewis said Hot Market may run instead in a sprint next month at Bay Meadows, but Reba's Gold is a confirmed starter, according to trainer Dan Hendricks. Reba's Gold has won five races and $353,212 from 25 starts. Third behind Congaree in his most recent start at Del Mar, Reba's Gold will race Sunday on a five-eighths-mile track for the first time.
Four $50,000 stakes are part of Friday's card at The Meadowlands, which features the $350,000 Pegasus Handicap for 3-year-olds.
The $50,000 Long Look, a 1 1/16-mile dirt race for fillies and mares, failed to draw a sufficient number of runners and was eliminated from the card.
One of the stronger undercard stakes is the Matt Scudder for 3-year-old sprinters.
Six entered the six-furlong race. The main contenders, Second Collection and Our Wildcat, last ran in the Bergen Stakes at The Meadowlands on Sept. 7.
PHOENIX - Turf Paradise on Friday will begin its 169-day meet that runs through May 18, but there remains controversy about the licensing of the current ownership, as embattled former track owner Jerry Sims, who sold his majority interest in the track's managing general partnership to his brother, Los Angeles real estate investor Ronald Simms, continues his lawsuit against the state in an attempt to regain his license.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - A horse for the course. How often has that phrase been heard after a race is run?
If Miss Blue Bayou wins Friday's Bay Meadows feature, the horse-for-the-course angle again will be brought up.
Miss Blue Bayou has made eight starts at Bay Meadows with five wins and one third.
Her last start came on Sept. 6, when she set a moderate pace and won a $20,000 claimer.