September, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

1967 Del Mar Handicap: The End of an Era

A nine-race card awaited fans at Del Mar that Labor Day afternoon, Sept. 4, 1967, as the venue navigated through the second half of its summer meet. Over the course of those contests, a total of 86 horses would engage in competition as thousands of people watched from the grandstand. But of all the Thoroughbreds who appeared on track, one towered above everybody because of his popularity and the plethora of victories he had collected since debuting in September 1961.

German Oaks Winner Muskoka To Be Offered At Arc Sale

Muskoka (Ger), the brilliant winner of the G1 German Oaks, will be offered at the Arc Sale at Arqana on Saturday, September 30 at Saint-Cloud.

A winner at two, the Henk Grewe-trained filly won the Listed Henkel Stutenpreis at Düsseldorf in May before landing the G3 Brümmerhofer Stuten-Meile at the beginning of July at Hamburg.

She followed that success up with a top-level triumph in the German Oaks at Düsseldorf on August 6 in the colors of Stall Golden Goal, managed by Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten.

Muskoka is sold with an entry in the G1 Prix de L'Opéra on Sunday October 1 at ParisLongchamp.

Rated 110, the daughter of Sea The Moon (Ger) is out of a half-sister to Brametot (Ire), and hails from the maternal line of Monsun (Ger) and other Group 1 winners Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and Molly Malone (Fr) (Lomitas {GB}).

The catalogue for the Arc Sale will be released on Monday, September 11.