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There may be good news for the owners and trainers of the fillies that finished well behind Free Closer in Sunday’s $100,000 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stakes for statebreds at Del Mar.
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It might be a silly premise to suggest that a Horse of the Year and three-time Grade 1 winner has something to prove. But trainer Bill Mott didn’t disagree with the idea when asked if Sovereignty has something to prove in Saturday’s Whitney Stakes.
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When Stress Relief won her career debut at Churchill Downs on June 20, owner Joel Politi told trainer Kinnon LaRose he “can’t wait for the Adirondack,” referring to the second of three stakes for 2-year-old fillies offered at the Saratoga summer meet.
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Chad Brown calls Sea Strike the most impressive horse he watches train in the morning. Those who observed Sea Strike on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga had to come away pretty impressed as well.
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Burnham Square, who became a dual-surface Grade 1 winner with a gritty effort in the Arlington Million Stakes on Saturday, left Colonial Downs and returned to the Skylight Training Center in Kentucky on Sunday. Trainer Ian Wilkes said the 4-year-old gelding will likely stay in his home state the rest of the year.
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Love You Anyway notched her first stakes win and just her third win of any sort when she upset the $250,000 Sunkissed Stakes at 16-1 on Sunday at Ellis Park.
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The Cherie DeVaux barn is on fire with “blinkers on” this year. Making his second start after adding blinkers, Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby. On Sunday at Ellis, Brilliant Berti, making his blinkered debut, won the Green River Island Stakes.
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Survie had her U.S. debut delayed 72 hours when the $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes was postponed from Thursday to Sunday due to excessive rain earlier last week. But the wait proved worth it for trainer George Boughey and the connections of the long-winded Irish-bred mare.
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Navajo Warrior will bring a three-race winning streak to the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 22, and a chance for his trainer to sweep the track’s two summertime Grade 1 races for two-turn runners.
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Consecutive wins in allowance races for sprinters have left the 3-year-old gelding Captivator nearing his first stakes start of the year.
