Headlines & Commentary: March 13
– It’s a big day for Sweet Catomine. If she wins the Santa Anita Oaks this afternoon, it could well be the last time she races against her own sex this year. (LAT)
– Saturday’s results: Summerly went wire-to-wire in the Fair Ground Oaks. Her win was “lovely, just lovely,” said trainer Steve Asmussen. The filly is a likely entrant in the Kentucky Oaks (DRF) … Sir Shackleton won the Richter Scale Breeders’ Cup; Tarlow held on to win the Santa Margarita Handicap. (Globe)
– Racing has to get tougher with cheats, says Bill Finley. “Horse racing still wants to slap its offenders on the wrist. Until that changes, the sport is going to have an awfully hard time cleaning up a drug mess that has never been a bigger issue or done more damage to thoroughbred racing’s image.” (ESPN)
– The same problem two days in a row earns two different calls from officials — and that shouldn’t happen. “There has to be accountability and consistency with the stewards or we might as well have no rules at all,” writes Jerry Bossert. (NYDN)
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