In High Cotton headlined the Fraser Downs Thursday (May 4) evening card after winning the $10,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap in a career best time of 1:51.4, tying the aged mare record originally set by Cays Blessing.
Scott Knight was in the bike for owner and trainer Kelly Hoerdt as he worked out a pocket trip with Century Mach to prevail in the $10,000 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap on Thursday (April 27) evening at Fraser Downs.
A 12-1 upset by Dashintothebeach N and a 13-1 surprise by Ooh Rah in the first two legs of Wednesday night’s (Feb. 2) Pick-5 sequence at Yonkers Raceway were the keys to the wager not being hit. As a result, when racing resumes on Thursday night (Feb. 3), there will be a $7,754.20 carryover and a $20,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence.
In the latest weekly edition of Rewind Robert Smith recalls the year 1979 and the special accomplishment that a young Canadian horseman turned in that season.