State places New Orleans Fair Grounds track under quarantine (Sports Betting News)

Icy Atlantic rallied in the stretch to beat Touched By Madness in Saturday’s Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Joe Bravo, Icy Atlantic covered the mile over firm turf in 1:32.42. A 6-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic, Icy Atlantic paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.20. Touched By Madness, who took the lead in midstretch, returned $9 and $4.

In the end, bettors will decide whether Lawyer Ron is the favorite for the strongest Breeders’ Cup Classic in years, one that features Street Sense, Hard Spun and Curlin, the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby. For now, they will have to go with Monmouth Park oddsmaker Brad Thomas, who made the 4-year-old Lawyer Ron the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 1-mile, $5 million Classic.

The horses had barely cooled out from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on Nov. 3 at Del Mar and trainer Jonathan Thomas began thinking about running Catholic Boy, a close fourth in that race, in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

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