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Beauty Joy added further lustre to a magnificent career by becoming the joint-oldest horse to win a Group race in Hong Kong with victory in the HK$4.2 million G3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) as Little Paradise confirmed his rich potential with success in the HK$4.2 million G3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 June).
Stark Contrast, the sharp winner of the Grade 1 American Turf Stakes on May 2 at Churchill Downs, is on schedule for a start in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby on July 4 at Saratoga.
First-time starter Hughes, a colt by Into Mischief, ran to expectations when he easily won a maiden race at five furlongs on Sunday at Los Alamitos.
Lovesick Blues, the winner of the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar last July, is nearing the end of six-week break at a central California farm and could return to racing this fall.
Strobe Lite, coming off a third-place finish against open company in the Goodtimes Stakes final last Saturday, posted a 1:52 2/5 victory in Sunday night's lone C$140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series test for 3-year-old male trotters at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Abigail Adsit and Tim Benson had a stable of seven horses at the Saratoga Raceway in Barn 21, six Standardbred racehorses and one Thoroughbred riding horse.
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Tax Code recorded the fastest Budweiser Stakes time in Emerald Downs history on Sunday, pulling away from heavily favored stablemate Si That Tiger in the stretch to cover the six-furlong distance in 1:08.31.
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Speed players Wine After Whiskey and Quadzilla were all the rage in the betting in Sunday’s $100,000 Lake Huron Stakes at Woodbine, but it was longshot Duckduckduck who prevailed in the five-furlong inner-turf dash for Ontario-sired male 3-year-olds.
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Governor Sam could not have looked much sharper in the $100,000 Get Serious Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park, chasing just behind a blazing early pace and kicking clear to win by 1 1/4 lengths. It was jockey Paco Lopez’s fifth victory on the card.
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There was a morning in the late 2010s when jockey Juan Hernandez was watching racing from Royal Ascot in Britain while preparing for a day of riding at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif.
