Thursday, May 15, 2008
Casse colt stakes ‘Claim’ to Marine
TORONTO, May 14 - Miner's Claim will attempt to rediscover his winning form and maintain his perfect Woodbine record in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Marine Stakes.
Historically, the 1 1/16-mile event attracts a mix of Canadian and American-bred three-year-olds. In this year's edition, Giquere and Kesagami will attempt to show their connections they belong in the 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate on June 22. Miner's Claim, Bonanza, Discreet Commander, Matt's Broken Vow and Mighty Vow take aim at the $90,000 winner's share and graded stakes winner title.
BREEDERS’ CUP, OAK TREE RACING INK TWO-YEAR PACT
ARCADIA, Calif. (May 13, 2008)—Officials from Breeders’ Cup Limited and the Oak Tree Racing Association inked an agreement yesterday governing terms whereby the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be hosted by the Oak Tree Racing Association for an unprecedented two years in succession—in 2008 and in 2009 at Santa Anita Park.
Oak Tree Executive Vice President and Director Sherwood Chillingworth and Breeders’ Cup President Greg Avioli signed documents yesterday, making the terms of the 2008 and 2009 World Championships official.
BELMONT NOTES, March 14, 2008
Casino Drive came out of his victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Peter Pan as effortlessly and professionally as raced in his United States debut.
“He is happy; he loves it here and he is doing very well,” said Nobutaka Tada, managing director of Globe Equine Management Ltd., on Wednesday morning. “He could run in the Preakness.”
Of course, Casino Drive will not be running in Saturday’s 133rd running of the Preakness, the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown for three-year-olds (NBC, 6:15 p.m.). The spotlight at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. is on Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, and if he wins the mile and three-sixteenths race, he will look to become racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner when he comes to Belmont Park on June 7 for the 140th running of the $1 million Belmont Stakes, the “Test of the Champion.
