THURSDAY MORNING – HEAVY HEAVY RAIN TODAY FOLKS….draw for the WOODBINE MILE, NORTHERN DANCER ETC…FIELDS LOOK GOOD FOR THE BIG ONES…ANDERSON SELLS BIG ONE AT KEENELAND
WOODBINE MILE ENTRIES – tune in later for the posts
Auteur/Bruce Lunsford/Barbara Minshall/Mike Smith
Court Vision/IEAH Stables & Resolute Group/Rick Dutrow/Robby Albarado
Crowded House/Burrell, Harvey & Reddam/Ben Cecil/Joel Rosario
Famous Name/Juddmonte Farms/Dermot Weld/Pat Smullen
Grand Adventure/Sam-Son Farm/Mark Frostad/Patrick Husbands
Riviera Cocktail/Allen, Cheng & Drysdale/Neil Drysdale/Edgar Prado
Signature Red/Norseman Racing Stable/Sid Attard/Eurico Rosa da Silva
Smokey Fire/Jim Dandy Stable/Sid Attard/Jono Jones
Straight Story/Richard Santulli/Alan Goldberg/Rajiv Maragh
The Usual Q.T./Don Van Racing, Nentwig, Saadeh, Byer/Jim Cassidy/Victor Espinoza
Victor’s Cry/Equilete Stable/Eoin Harty/Corey Nakatani
Woodbourne/The Very Dry Stable/Robert Tiller/Chantal Sutherland
Zifzaf/AJ Suited Racing Stable/James Toner/Julien Leparoux
EARLY LOOK AT THE NORTHERN DANCER (8)
Horse/Trainer/Jockey
Expansion/Steve Asmussen/Garrett Gomez
Fifty Proof/Ian Black/Justin Stein
Grand Couturier/Robert Ribaudo/Alan Garcia
Just As Well/Jonathan Sheppard/Indefinite
Marsh Side/Neil Drysdale/Edgar Prado
Redwood/Barry Hills/Michael Hills
Spice Route/Roger Attfield/Mike Smith
Windward Islands/Mark Frostad/Chantal Sutherland
NORTHERN DANCER STAKES
REDWOOD’S JOCK is touting…
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jqez3vXktNiqlmRQz6Q9k8yegRUQ
KEENELAND ON WEDNESDAY
ANDERSON FARMS (Bob Anderson) sold an Exchange Rate, Canadian-bred for $375,000 yesterday. This summeary is courtesy Thoroughbred Daily News:
707 f Exchange Rate Flawless Diamond 375,000 B-Anderson Farms (On) Consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent Purchase by Amerman Racing LLC Robert Anderson’s Ontario-based Anderson Farms made a shrewd deal when getting Flawless Diamond (Saint Ballado), with this filly in untero, from Padua Stables for just $55,000 at KEENOV 2008. The mare had already produced MSP Diamondaire (Distorted Humor), and her foal of 2007, Henshin Hero (Dance Master), ran third in the
GIII Lone Star Derby in May.
JIM AND SUSAN HILL, buoyed by their big win in the Breeders’ Stakes, bought 5 for $380,000 while Terry Hamilton bought a couple.
Look for more Canadian buyers as the sale progresses.
WIN AND YOU’RE IN BABY!
The babies get a shot to win a pass into the Breeders’ Cup races in November in Saturday’s graded baby races on the turf at Woodbine:
ROXY GAP will get all the attention in the Natalma while STORMY RUSH and PLUCK will be the ones to watcn in the Summer Stakes.
Note: Last night the race numbers for 4 events on Saturday’s card changed, races were moved around, for the latest please confirm with woodbineentertainment.com
Saturday, Woodbine
NATALMA S.-GIII, C$200,000, 2yo, f, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Roxy Gap Indian Charlie Husbands Casse 119
2 Street Chimes Street Cry (Ire) Cohen Pletcher 119
3 Dos Lunas Hennessy Maragh Glenney 119
4 Sheba’s Secret Kingmambo Sutherland Attfield 119
5 New Normal K Forestry Castellano Frostad 119
6 Pulling for Dixie K Pulpit Dos Ramos Lynch 119
7 More Than Real More Than Ready Gomez Pletcher 119
8 The Platinum Angel K Roman Ruler Stein Doyle 119
9 Molinaro Social Line of Departure Bahen Armata 119
Saturday, Woodbine
SUMMER S.-GIII, C$250,000, 2yo, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Rockin Heat K Rock Hard Ten Da Silva Baker 122
2 Silverleo K Badge of Silver Ramsammy de Gannes 122
3 Midway Train K Silver Train Espinoza de Gannes 122
4 Pluck More Than Ready Gomez Pletcher 122
5 Stormy Rush Stormy Atlantic Jones Attfield 122
6 Breaking Ball Smart Strike Husbands Casse 122
7 Ronin Dax Tapit Valenzuela Troeger 122
8 Forum K Roman Ruler Castellano Weaver 122