Mohawk: Monday 9/21 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 9/21 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Garnet BarnsdaleSep 20, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 9/21 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Vale of York, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has been sold to the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club to stand at Haras des Faunes in Arveyres, France for the 2016 breeding season.
Midnight Miley, a 23-1 supplement, held off a late bid from the 3-5 favorite Don’t Leave Me to land her first stakes Sunday at Woodbine in the $129,750 La Lorgnette.
Rebounding from a tough trip in the Oceanport at Monmouth Park, Kharafa powered clear through the stretch to win Sunday’s $125,000 Ashley T. Cole Stakes decisively under Javier Castellano at Belmont Park.
Frosted and I’m a Chatterbox punched their tickets to the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday with their respective wins in the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, the $1 million brother-sister races for 3-year-olds that highlight the season at Parx Racing.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas was taken to the Torresdale campus of Aria Health in suburban Philadelphia on Saturday night after members of his traveling staff called 911.
Sheer Drama, the likely Breeders’ Cup Distaff favorite if Beholder runs in the BC Classic as planned, worked Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park. The five-furlong workout was the first for Sheer Drama since she won the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on Aug. 29 at Saratoga.
By winning Saturday’s Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx, I’m a Chatterbox spared us all a potential Eclipse Award debate that given the nature of things today, likely would have turned vicious and ugly.
After completing a sweep of the 3-year-old trotting stakes at Mohawk on Saturday night Yannick Gingras had to be feeling good. Going into the night Gingras’ expectations were already high, having the assignment behind division leaders Mission Brief and Pinkman. Both were victorious on Saturday night but clearly one was special. Mission Brief, Gingras’ choice to drive in the Hambletonian second heat, stamped herself as the best 3-year-old on this night.
Hoosier Park played host to Hoosier Champions Night, the fifth and final round of the $75,000 Indiana Sires Stakes finals. Homicide Hunter and Hannelore Hanover shared the spotlight as they both overcame tough trips to score in their respective finals for the 3-year-old trotting divisions.