Flutterby won her third stakes in her last four starts and may have earned herself a trip to the Breeders’ Cup in the process after leading nearly every step of the way en route to a three-quarter length victory over the 4-5favorite Kiss to Remember in Sunday’s $75,000 Elegance Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Include Betty overcame both a slow pace and a claim of foul to win the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks on Sunday. She was the 1-5 favorite in the 1 1/16-mile race that was among six stakes supporting the featured Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby.
Ivan Fallunovalot ran a powerful race Sunday in his final prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, when he darted to a 2 1/2- length win over Candip in the $150,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup. Ivan Fallunovalot covered six furlongs in a quick 1:08.42.
Songbird’s elegant 4 1/2-length win Saturday in the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita has left trainer Jerry Hollendorfer anxious for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Tin Type Gal started on the inside and wound up on the outside. Thrilled started toward the outside and ended up on the inside.
The Bill Mott-trained New York shipper Flipcup made her return to Woodbine a winning one Sunday in the $125,000 Classy 'N Smart Stakes.
Honor Code had a solid, albeit eventful final workout Sunday morning in preparation for a start next Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park.
After Big Blue Kitten finished fourth in last year’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, his connections didn’t feel good enough about going on to the Breeders’ Cup, especially against Main Sequence, the Joe Hirsch winner who had clearly defined himself as the division’s best.
The unbeaten Amis Gizmo stamped himself as one of Woodbine’s leading 2-year-olds with a professional score Sunday in the $125,000 Bull Page Stakes.
Lochte, a former Grade 1 winner, asserted his class edge Sunday in the $75,000 Mr. Steele Stakes at Gulfstream Park, rallying to a popular and convincing 4 1/4-length decision over Padilla in the overnight test for older horses on the grass.
