Eastie Boy, a full brother to double Dan Patch Award recipient Louprint, was a 1:50 2/5 winner of Friday evening's $129,491 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes contest for 2-year-old male pacers at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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Iron Orchard, a Grade 1-winning 2-year-old filly who was purchased for $2.5 million before last October’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, went gate to wire to win Friday’s $200,000 Fleet Indian Stakes by 12 lengths.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 8/24 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 8/24 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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A month ago, Michael McCarthy and Umberto Rispoli were expected to be the center of attention in Saturday’s Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar with Journalism. McCarthy and Rispoli are still a team in the Pacific Classic with the outsider Malarchuk.
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Saturday is a day of 2-year-old maidens at Del Mar for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has four runners on the card – Babe’s Empire and Motga in a one-mile race, and Furiosity and Sea’s No Joke in a sprint for 2-year-old fillies.
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In four American starts, the 3-year-old colt Bacio has not so much as won a stakes race, but two races in England this year have turned him into a star sprinter. Bacio showed his vast talent acing a handicap at the Royal Ascot meeting in June, and on Friday at York Racecourse he took no prisoners in the Nunthorpe Stakes, one of the most important European sprints.
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Kathynmarissa, winner of the Grade 1 Diana on July 18, had her first workout since then on Friday morning at Saratoga, breezing a half-mile in 49.78 second over the Oklahoma turf course.
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Javier Castellano knows The Puma was among the top of the 3-year-old division in the spring of the year. But Castellano is anxious to find out where he fits now. The Puma will get to take on the top of the 3-year-old division next week in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on Aug. 29.
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Sovereignty, emphatic winner of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8, returned to the work tab Friday morning, breezing a half-mile in 49.78 seconds over the Oklahoma training track as he prepares for a start in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on opening day of the new Belmont Park on Sept. 18.
