Wednesday's grade I, $250,000 Del Mar Futurity will crown a leader of California's 2-year-old division and offer the winner a guaranteed berth into the November 5 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs. Under the enhanced conditions of the Breeders' Cup Challenge, the Del Mar Futurity winner will have his $60,000 in entry fees into the Juvenile paid for and the winning connections will be awarded a $10,000 travel allowance, provided their horse is nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by October 24.
The Super Derby will headline the biggest card of the year at Louisiana Downs on Saturday afternoon, and a nice field of 9 has been assembled to contest the $500,000 Grade 2 event.
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will offer free grandstand admission at Belmont Park on opening weekend of the fall meet, Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11, 2011. Opening Saturday also marks the first $300,000 Guaranteed Late Pick 4, which will be offered on Saturdays throughout the 2011 fall meet.
Closing Day at Del Mar on Wednesday will be highlighted by the Grade 1 $250,000 Del Mar Futurity. Two unbeaten horses, Creative Cause and Majestic City, are the top choices in betting odds in this field of eight. Here is a look at those two horses, trainer Bob Baffert's two contenders and the rest of the field for Wednesday's race.
With 21 graded stakes worth $5 million, Belmont Park's fall meet will showcase a stellar lineup of champions-in-the-making when it opens for its 37-day meet on Saturday, September 10, with free grandstand admission all weekend.
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced the stakes programs for the 2011 Belmont fall championship meet and the 2011 Aqueduct fall meet, featuring 30 graded stakes races and nearly $9 million in purses.
Our Super Saturday for horse betting this weekend is Saratoga Race Course in New York with 3 Grade 1 races on the card including the Personal Ensign Stakes, the Forego Stakes and the Woodward Stakes. Don't forget you can get up to a ${ site.rebate_maxP } rebate at Off Track Betting!
A field of 10 is entered for Saturday's $250,000 Del Mar Debutante Stakes. Two of the top horses in the field are Killer Graces and Woebegon, but both were beaten as favorites in their last starts. The winner on Saturday could be headed for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs in November, so this is a huge race for these 2-year olds.
The place to be for horse betting this weekend is Saratoga Park in New York with stakes races on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The highlight of the weekend is Saturday's $750,000 Woodward Stakes which will feature superstar filly Havre de Grace.
It's not every day that a Quarter Horse race can capture the attention of the horse racing world, but that is exactly what will happen this upcoming Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, at Ruidoso Downs. The New Mexico horse track is set to host the $2.4 million All-American Futurity, in what will be North America's richest purse for 2-year-old racehorses. There will be a Quarter Horse record, $1.2 million awarded to the race's winner.
