Merit Man Stretches Out in Hutcheson

Merit Man is just a nose short of perfection in four starts for trainer Bob Hess Jr., but the 3-year-old son of With Distinction will have to travel a furlong farther than he has before in the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes.

Repole's Overanalyze to Start in Iroquois

With owner Mike Repole choosing not to start horses in this year's Breeders' Cup on Nov. 2 and 3 at Santa Anita Park, the New York-based owner will ship talented juvenile Overanalyze to Churchill Downs for the Iroquois.

Rockport Harbor to Pin Oak Lane in PA

Multiple graded stakes winner Rockport Harbor will move from Darley near Lexington to stand the 2013 breeding season at Dr. William O. Solomon's Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom, Pa.

Novak at the Track: The New Kid, Pataky Kid

The horse is what you would call a hunch bet, the kind which is known for one sure thing--if you do not place upon this horse some kind of wager, said runner is as close to guaranteed to win as a racehorse gets in this life.

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Dixiana Breeders' Futurity Draws 16 Hopefuls

Pataky Kid, winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III), heads a field of 14 runners in the Dixiana Breeders' Futurity Oct. 6 over Keeneland's Polytrack going 1 1/16 miles.

Pataky Kid in Sharp Breeders' Futurity Drill

Swifty Farms' Pataky Kid, winner of the grade III Arlington-Washington Futurity, worked five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 for the grade I Dixianna Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland.

Pataky Kid, Gold Edge Breeze for Keeneland

Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III) winner Pataky Kid and Arlington-Washington Lassie (gr. III) winner Gold Edge breezed Sept. 24 at Arlington Park in preparation for upcoming starts at Keeneland.

Pataky Kid Shows Promise in A-W Futurity Win

Pataky Kid continued his progress up the ladder and gave a hint of good things to come in the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity Sept. 8 at Arlington Park, earning his first stakes score for Swifty Farms.