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