For once, racing overcame weather, as both regional tracks scheduled to run yesterday — Charles Town and Parx Racing — actually did so…
At Parx, Shalane, a four year-old Fairbanks filly, was 0-for-7 entering yesterday, with just a single third place finish to her name. Still, bettors made her the 3-5 favorite; and she responded with a 12 1/2 length win against $10,000 maiden claimers…
Two wins for trainer Ramon Preciado on the day. He took the third, an $8,000 claimer, by a nose, with Bluegrass Belle, and the seventh, a $16,000 lifetime claimer, with Steet Slang…
In that third race, just four horses competed — but three of them were claimed. In addition to winner Bluegrass Belle, Barbara’s Beauty and Taking a Chance also changed hands…
Villette, a five year-old Pennsylvania-bred Petionville filly, returned to the races after nine months away. In her last, the Foxy J G at Parx, she earned the first stake win of her career. Yesterday, she broke slowly before zipping up to duel for the lead and then pulling away, the chart said, “with speed to spare.” She won by by 3 1/2 against a solid group of third-level allowance horses and may be one to keep an eye on…
The day started inauspiciously in Bensalem, as a slow gate load led to a four-minute delay before the first race, according to the chart…
If you played the Christian Hiraldo double at Charles Town — congrats! The rider took the lid-lifter with 3.90-1 Jet Kwik and then upset the second, by a nose, with closing 17.20-1 shot Rattle Awhile. The Hiraldo double paid an attractive $321…
Firsters ran one-two in CT’s third, a maiden special weight for thee year-old state-breds. The word was clearly out on Sea of Roses, a Reparations colt trained by Javier Contreras, as bettors made him the 8-5 chalk in the field of seven. He broke a bit slowly and appeared a little outfooted in the early going, but once he hit his stride, he was clearly best of these, winning the 4 1/2 furlong event by 2 1/2. Another firster, Classic Luv Bug, rallied for second…
How much can a few feet cost you in racing? In the fifth, a conditioned nickel claimer, the first four finishers were separated by just a length; only a neck split the top three. Why Seventeen, the 16.50-1 winner, took home $6,600 for his game effort. Dealer, on the other hand, the fourth-place finisher, received just $550. Why Seventeen and rider Victor Rodriguez survived claims of foul by two rivals, place horse Ravens Terms (Clifford Dooley up) and Dealer (Jevian Toledo). It was the first win of 2014 for Rodriguez…
