October, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Restricted Access to BBAG October Mixed Sale

BBAG’s October Mixed Sale, set for Oct. 16-17, is restricted to 500 people. Both Ireland and the UK have been placed on Germany’s COVID-19 High Risk list, as cases of the coronavirus have increased in recent times. In order to attend the sale, a negative COVID-19 test must be taken within 48 hours before arriving in Germany. Certification of the negative COVID-19 test is required for admittance to the sales grounds. The sale begins on Friday at 10 a.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m.

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Friday’s Insights: Dreaming of Julia Filly Gets Going at Belmont

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4th-BEL, $63K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f, post time: 2:30 p.m. ET
The product of two of Stonestreet Farm’s best, top and bottom, MALATHAAT (Curlin) gets her career underway for Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. The Mar. 7 foal, a $1.05 million acquisition at Keeneland September last fall, is the first to race out of Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy), one of two ‘TDN Rising Stars’ produced by MGISW Dream Rush (Wild Rush), who was acquired by Stonestreet for $3.3 million at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Pletcher conditioned Dreaming of Julia to a narrow victory in the 2012 GI Frizette S. en route to a runner-up effort to Beholder (Henny Hughes) in that year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Malathaat completed her worktab with a bullet half-mile in :49 1/5 (1/10) over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Oct. 3.

Sheikh Hamdan’s brother Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin is represented by Caramel Swirl (Union Rags), who has trained with purpose for Bill Mott. The filly’s unraced dam Caramel Snap (Smart Strike) is a daughter of GSW Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister), whose son MGISW Frosted (Tapit) is off the a promising start with his first crop of runners this season. Fast Cookie, a half-sister to champion Midshipman (Unbridled’s Song), is also responsible for GSW Indulgent (Bernardini). Caramel Swirl breezed four furlongs in :48 2/5 (3/47) over the Oklahoma track Oct. 2. TJCIS PPs

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COVID-19: Meadowlands Remains Closed To Fans Through Oct. 9

The Meadowlands Racetrack will remain closed to fans on Friday, Oct. 9 for simulcasting, sports wagering and live racing. Winners Bayonne remains open.

The track first closed to patrons on Tuesday, Sept. 29, after a few individuals tested positive for COVID-19 that they acquired either in the workplace or at home. Contact tracing is ongoing.

Out of an abundance of caution the entire facility was shut down for top to bottom sanitization. The Meadowlands Racetrack is committed to providing a safe and healthy grandstand for all employees, patrons and fans.

Live harness racing will take place at 7:15 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Horsemen are reminded to have the COVID questionnaire completed when arriving at the stable gate for their temperature check. Face masks worn over the mouth and nose are required at all times while in the paddock.

Visit PlayMeadowlands.com for the most up-to-date information.

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TVG Live At Keeneland For Major Stakes Coverage This Weekend

TVG, America's horse racing network and leading ADW platform, will be live at Keeneland for a loaded card this Saturday featuring two graded stakes races including the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI). In addition to Keeneland, the award-winning network will also be trackside at Santa Anita and Monmouth Park.

At Keeneland, TVG will be live on site all weekend with Todd Schrupp, Scott Hazelton, Caleb Keller, Gabby Gaudet and Caton Bredar bringing behind-the-scenes coverage, selections and interviews to viewers watching from home. Friday's featured event at Keeneland is the $150,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes (GIII) which has drawn a field of twelve including Got Stormy, the heavy favorite at odds of 6-5 on the morning line for trainer Mark Casse. The popular five-year-old mare was the runner-up in the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (GI) in 2019 and was last seen winning the Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes (GIII). Tyler Gaffalione will be aboard.

The ten-race card on Saturday will feature a pair of graded stakes races – the $200,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (GII) and the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (GI). Scheduled to be run at a mile and an eighth on the turf, the race has drawn a contentious field of nine three-year-old fillies including Magic Attitude (GB) and Antoinette, the one-two finishers in the Belmont Oaks Invitational (GI) in September.

The action continues at Monmouth Park and TVG's Tom Cassidy will be live trackside. The featured event of the ten-race card is the $150,000 Monmouth Stakes (GIII) which will be contested at a mile and an eighth on the turf. Trainer Chad Brown will send out two contenders – Serve the King (GB) with Antonio Gallardo in the irons and Almanaar (GB) with jockey Joe Bravo aboard. Almanaar (GB) will be making his first start since winning this race in 2019.

At Santa Anita, the California breeding program will take center stage in the $100,000 California Distaff Handicap featuring California-bred or sired fillies and mares going five and a half furlongs on the turf. TVG will have Christina Blacker, Mike Joyce and Britney Eurton live at the track with analysis, interviews and selections. Simon Bray will be contributing to the broadcast remotely from home.

In addition to racing from Keeneland, Santa Anita and Monmouth Park, TVG will also be showing racing from Gulfstream Park West, Charles Town, Golden Gate and more.

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