Trainer Whit Beckman said he doesn’t know if Regaled loves Delaware Park, or a wet track, or a wet track at Delaware Park. But when the 5-year-old mare splashed home in the mud to win her second straight Grade 3 Delaware Handicap on Saturday, he didn’t need an answer.
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Trainer Whit Beckman won two graded races in that five-minute span starting with Let Em Know, who bounced back from a tough-trip fifth in last month’s Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Pilgrim Stakes for 2-year-old turf males. As he was posing for the win photo in the Belmont Park winner’s circle, Beckman was glancing at his cell phone as he watched Regaled win the Grade 3, $500,000 Delaware Handicap for the second consecutive year.
Barbadian Runner bounced back in emphatic fashion to win the $200,000 Battery Park Stakes on Saturday at Delaware Park, flying late to snipe the front-runner Cooke Creek by three-quarters of a length.
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The 4-year-old filly Classic Q has won big races before, but she has never won a big race running quite like she did Saturday at Keeneland in the First Lady Stakes.
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On Saturday, at Belmont Park, John Grabowski won his 117th race as a trainer and captured his first stakes when Dotsy upset the Grade 1 Frizette by 2 3/4 lengths over Rum Twist. It was 1 1/4 lengths back to Revenge of the Sis in third.
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The favored Godolphin runner Arabian Crown got the job done impressively in Saturday’s Grade 1, $751,500 Canadian International at Woodbine under a shrewd ride from Jamie Spencer in the 1 1/2-mile turf event.
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Last season's Horse of the Year Beau Jangles and this season's North American earnings leader Brandon Blvd both uncorked front-stepping 1:47 2/5 efforts to win their respective $79,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
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Domain Expansion, one of two maidens in a field of six, closed from fourth on the backstretch to win Saturday’s Grade 2 Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita at 14-1 by a surprising seven lengths.
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Good to Be King benefited from a blistering fast early pace, rallying down the center of the course to a popular one-length victory over Regent’s Park in Saturday’s Grade 3 Futurity for 2-year-olds going six furlongs over the Belmont turf.
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Winterfell has spent much of his 12-race career bouncing between the coasts, but his stays in Maryland for trainer Brittany Russell have always been fortuitous. Back home at Laurel Park, where he remains unbeaten in three starts, the 5-year-old proved overwhelming again in the $100,000 Polynesian Stakes on Saturday.
