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Sculcos Folly, who ran his winning streak to four straight with a decisive victory in the Mike Lee Stakes at Saratoga on June 3, will be considered for either the New York Derby at Finger Lakes on July 13 or the Grade 2, $250,000 Amsterdam at Saratoga on July 21, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. said.
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Trainer Graham Motion is making plans for a bushel of stakes winners and stakes-placed runners, with some heading to Virginia and others to New York with the goal of getting several to the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland in October.
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Hark Theangelssing took center stage in the $100,000 Stormy Blues Stakes on Sunday at Laurel Park. Often overlooked behind more prominent juveniles last year, she firmly stepped out on her own in her 3-year-old debut.
Meisho Tabaru held off a late surge from Croix du Nord to win Sunday’s Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan for the second consecutive year in a victory expected to lead to a trip to France this fall.
She was forced to repel a late threat, but Diamond Necklace extended her winning streak to five races with her third Group 1 victory in Sunday’s $1.15 million French Oaks at Chantilly.
Cornishman drove to a length win over pacesetter Woodcourt in the $50,000 Jim and Sandra Rasmussen on Saturday night at Prairie Meadows.
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On Sunday in Saratoga, Sovereignty turned in his penultimate work for the $2 million Stephen Foster on June 27 at Churchill Downs, breezing an easy five furlongs in 1:02.61 over a fast but rather cuppy Oklahoma training track.
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The eagerly awaited first runners for Flightline, the undefeated 2022 Horse of the Year, have this phase of his career off to a strong start. In about 24 hours, between Kentucky and Japan, Flightline got a win, a second, and a third from his first three starters.
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Odds On Mr Mamba backed up his elimination win as he turned a second-over trip into a 1:48 1/5 triumph in the C$1 million Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. For driver James MacDonald and trainer Melanie Wrenn, they both had success in the Cup for the first time.
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Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, held firm while taking home the $94,500 second leg of Indiana Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Saturday (June 13).
