King's preview: Trouble in the Daily Double
Although one would think a bottom-level maiden $10,000 claiming race would draw a full field, the day’s opener – one such race – drew just six. And it seems a scary six, too.
Byron KingMay 18, 2014
Although one would think a bottom-level maiden $10,000 claiming race would draw a full field, the day’s opener – one such race – drew just six. And it seems a scary six, too.
My Conquestadory will lock horns with another gifted runner, Paladin Bay, over 1 1/6 miles in the Grade 3 Selene Stakes, which lured just two other 3-year-old fillies.
Patrick Husbands won four races on the card, most notably the $150,000 Queenston Stakes on favored Speightsong, who stamped himself as a contender for the July 6 Queen’s Plate in the seven-furlong test.
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The heavy rain that was predicted for Friday afternoon did not arrive until much later, so the main track was fast for all but race 7, when it was sealed and “good” under showery conditions.