july means good racing

  

sat july 2nd   churchill  had closing night,  classic empire the 2yr old out of pioneer of the nile and mark casses barn went 2 for 2  with his 6 furlong  bashford manor win. churchill will resume  sept 16th..  staying in kentucky  barely..   ellis park  opened its 25 day meet  yesterday.. purses,field sizes up, turf is good,  jockey colony may be strongest ever. didiel osorio  rode 4 winners  yesterday.. he  led standings a yr ago with  25.  9 on tap for today and on the 4th. lanerie,albarado,bj hernandez,francisco torres ,james graham  among the jocks  coming to  town..4on turf today, 5 on turf  tommorow.  almost  forgot  david flores returned to ride a 9/1  winner  sat, his first win of 2016..  not listed to ride today however. 

   more in a few

 belmont  park   ..  the grade1  mother goose  went  to pletchers  off the tracks who  just kept running fast  on the bill daley, lol  that means on the front end for the young guys here.   she pushed her record to 6-4 -1-1 ..  belmont will race til july 17  then give way to  saratoga  on the 22nd.   however  next week  sat  july 9th  they will have  6 very big stakes.  we can look at those later in the week.  some real turf stars  will be in action in a few of those races.

 

more in a few

a couple  to watch  in calf..  dalmore  won the 100 k affirmed running down danzing candy  sat, the desormeaux charge  came back fron his 10th in the wood memorial, danzing  candy caught at wire in the weak field..  he is now in bafferts  barn.

firing line   set to return  after his 7th in last yrs  muddy preakness, might meet  calf chrome in san diego handicap  july 23

how about  the undefeated songbird, she coming back on july 16th for  delaware handicap  or the 24th at the spa in coaching club. the goal for now  the gr1 alabama at the spa.

on monday  july 4th  lets  watch  the 200k  james penney memorial at parx..some of the best conditioners will be there. its  race 8

 

pleasanton  closing its meet  monday  july  4th, will have the 100k everett nevin for 2 yr old sprinters today.  race  9..

a look at the  woodbine  queens plate  card  which  begins at noon and has 13 races today.. in a bit.

and for you chicago guys   arlington running at 420 est today.  big fireworks day...monday at 215est.   million preview  races  next sat  july9th.    

race6  is the 100k  charlie barley  1 mile on turf,3 yr olds..

race8  is the singspiel 150 k  on turf at 1/1/2 miles  a older  salty group.

race9  the 200k  dance smartly 1/1/8 on turf for the fillies

race10   the 1 million dollar  queens plate  ,first leg of canadian triple crown.. 1/1/4  on all weather.  very  compettive bunch  we can get into later hopefully.

and did you know  ......  dance  smartly   for who race 9 is named..  was  17-12-2-3 life and earned 3.2 million,  was the 1991 canadian triple crown winner, was the 1st canada bred horse to win a breeders cup  race.  and was ridden by pat day..  what  a filly, beat the boys  all the time..   

 always  forget  some  things when you get older..    just saw  casse  won the  first.....  

forgot ..     monmouth    race9    the   united  nations    1/3/8 on turf   300 k..   johnnyv,  castellano ,geroux.. irad ortiz are in to ride..casse ,mott, motion, chad  brown horses  entered.  goes about 450est

also  forgot to mention  the winners  at the  big harness card last night at poconos.

 

always be miki won the 500k  ben franklin, beating  freeky feet pete and wiggleit jiggleit.  the 9th win in last 11  for  him.  23 wins in 42  42 starts..  the 5yr old  was injured  and  has returned  better than ever.

the 500k  earl beal  memorial  went to  southwind  frank  ,the ronnie  burke  trained   3yr old  has become fav for aug 6th  hambo.  now  stands  16-14-1-0  life

betting line  the no. america cup winner  also  returned to win at mohawk last night.  a 5th  straight  win.  

 

race1     3,4,6 bx

race 2     1,5,7 bx

woodbine  

 

race4   2,3,4  bx   pitched the fav

race6   1,2,5,6 bx

race7 4,5,8 bx

race8 1,2,4,6 bx

race9  4,5,6,10 bx

race10   3,6,10,11 bx

race3   4,5,6,10 bx

race4    2,4,7 bx

race5  3,4,6 bx

ellis park  

race1   2,3,4,8  bx  p4

race2    1,2,6 bx p3

race3    3,4,6,8 bx  dd

race4      7

race5  2,4,11  bx

race6    2,3,8 bx p4

race7  1,2,5 bx p3

race8  1,4,6,8 bx

race9  1,3,4 bx

arlington park later,laurel  7-10  maybe 

race1   2,6,7,8 bx  p4 p3

race2    1,2   dd  p3

race3     2 ,dd  p3

race4     3,5,6,7 bx

race5     2,3,4,10 bx  p4

race6     1,6,7 bx   p3

race7     1,8,10  bx  dd

race8      5,7

race7     3,4   p3 p4

race8       1,3,6,8 bx

race9    5,7,9 bx  

race10         1,5,8,12 bx 

race1   2,4,5,8 p4

race2   3,4,6

race3   4,9

race4   4,7,9