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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.
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Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories in winning their respective C$90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Loua Dipa and Miss Jum Jabber, the two "big fillies," won as expected in Saturday's third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stake for sophomore pacing misses, worth $106,254 over two divisions, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Both stopped the clock in 1:50 3/5, with supercharged back-half speed; both won by half a length, but looked to be more control than the margin may suggest.
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Shea Brennan snagged an early lead in Saturday’s $100,000 Bertrando Stakes and proved impossible to catch in the one-mile stakes for California-breds at Los Alamitos.
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In a battle of classic-placed colts, Chip Honcho ran down Ocelli and cleared in the final strides for a length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown.
