“Raids last week at Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga were precipitated by a tip from New York Racing Association management who learned that jockeys might have been allowed to carry the wrong weights in races, an executive of the agency said yesterday. Peter Karches, the agency’s co-chairman-elect, said that once its management became aware that some weights might have been misreported, it notified the office of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.” (New York Times)
– Declan’s Moon takes Futurity (LAT)
– Prep race changes cloud Derby trail (Sun)
– Jockey Fogelsonger to be on MTV (Pim.)
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“When the Grade I $200,000 Hollywood Futurity is conducted Saturday (post time 6:05 p.m.), Hollywood Park will win the attention of the horse racing world because the word is out that the result will determine the winner of the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old colt. Here’s the proper response to a statement like that: ‘What a horrible thing to say about the Hollywood Futurity.'” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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