This week in horse racing: Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma
Parx and Remington Park are running important races this week. Pennsylvania Derby attracted one of the deepest fields ever. Oklahoma Derby features Pegasus winner Home Brew and Preakness third-place finisher Creative Minister. HomeBrew's trainer Brad Cox is aiming for a fourth straight victory in this race.
Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma this week.
This week in horse racing, Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.
This week in horse racing, Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Average win odds in stakes are 4.8-1.
Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma this week. Christophe Clement, Steve Asmussen, Mike Pino, Guadalupe Preciado and Todd Pletcher are hot trainers.
Hawthorne, greater Chicago's only thoroughbred racing venue, opens its fall-winter season Friday. Churchill Downs hosts four stakes races Saturday, including the Grade 3 Dogwood. Pimlico also has four turf sprints, headlined by the Laurel Dash. Harness racing fans have a double shot of big races this week with the Little Brown Jug on Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds and the Mohawk Million on Saturday in greater Toronto.
Firestarter was scratched last Friday. The team is riding a three-week winning streak. Fine Family is the favorite in the 8th race at Churchill Downs on Friday, but they will take a larger win bet and do a smaller exacta wheel with all over Fine family.
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Jorge Carreno, Ry Eikleberry, Jamie Rodriguez, Paco Lopez and Carlos Lopez were America's hot jockeys last week. This week in horse racing, Derby days arrive in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.
John Rigattieri is America's top trainer. Ronney Brown is 8th in the trainers' standings. Paulo Lobo is 5th. Linda Rice is 6th and Chad Brown 9th, both in trainers’ standings last week.
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