Om is in position to become the first horse to sweep the three late-summer and autumn turf derbies in Southern California when he makes his next start Nov. 28 in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar.
What could Chad Brown do for you in Sunday’s English Channel Stakes? For chalk players, not so much as March was a non-threatening fourth as the favorite in his turf debut. But more adventurous bettors made a score when the Brown-trained Offering Plan rallied from next to last to win the $100,000 stakes going away under Javier Castellano.
A maiden race winner in July, Vazirabad won his Group 1 debut and fifth consecutive stakes in Sunday’s $385,000 Prix Royal-Oak at 1 5/16 miles on turf at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in Paris.
Tiz Imaginary ($11.90) outran the favored Get Rhythm en route to her first stakes win Sunday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Fanfreluche for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies.
Lochte came from a stalking position and easily won the $75,000 Spider John Stakes at Gulfstream Park West on Sunday.
Last May, Dortmund was on a losing streak and exhausted. A win in the Santa Anita Derby in April was followed by a third in the Kentucky Derby and a fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes.
Masochistic had his final workout at Santa Anita on Sunday in advance of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland next Saturday. The two-time stakes winner worked five furlongs in 58.40 seconds without company, the fastest of 50 recorded works at the distance.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Hoosier, Harrington and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 10/26 card at Woodbine Harness.
