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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.
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Proven against California-breds, Shea Brennan is a candidate for the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Del Mar on July 18 after a win in Saturday’s $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for California-bred milers at Los Alamitos.
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The Sept. 18 opening-day card at Belmont Park became even more interesting with the revelation that Forever Young, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, will make his next start in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup that day.
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Eclatant did not win like a 3-5 shot is supposed to, but win she did, capturing the Grade 2, $300,000 Chicago Stakes on Saturday night at Churchill Downs.
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Trainer Chris Ryder took both $60,000 New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund finals for 3-year-olds on the pace Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
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After failing to fire from the pocket in a third-place finish behind Super Chapter last week, Mr Mouton mounted a four-wide stretch rally to spring a 42-1 upset with a 1:50 2/5 victory in his $50,000 third-round division of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters on Saturday (June 20) at the Meadowlands - and, in doing so, ended On To Norway's win streak at 27 races.
Trainer Ron Burke and sire Lather Up were both responsible for a pair of winners in Ohio Sires Stakes events for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday night at Northfield Park.
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The New York Sire Stakes program has become rather lucrative for 3-year-olds over the last few years, as the second-tier option has diverted many horses away from the top class and assured six-figure purses. Trainer Ray Schnittker has been a long-time veteran of the New York program and has found success through the years with a varied assortment of pacing and trotting talent.
