Keeneland September: Book 2 closes strong
While Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale turned in steady results compared with the previous renewal, Book 2 displayed the continued growth of the upper-middle market.
Joe NevillsSep 19, 2015
While Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale turned in steady results compared with the previous renewal, Book 2 displayed the continued growth of the upper-middle market.
Multiple stakes winner Amaranth, who had been meeting better down south, saw everything go her way in an easy 3 1/2-length victory in the $53,650 Asparagus Stakes on Saturday at the San Joaquin Fair in Stockton.
Just Google Me ran like an odds-on favorite is expected to run Saturday at Los Alamitos, easily winning the $100,000 Barretts Debutante
Trainer Dale Saunders had a huge Fall Classic Day at Northlands Park on Saturday, winning three of the seven $50,000 stakes races restricted to Alberta-breds. He also finished second in the last two stakes on the 11-race card.
Parx Racing handled $5,859,269 on its 11-race Pennsylvania Derby Day card on Saturday, the second highest in track history.
I'm a Chatterbox had a successful but somewhat frustrating summer while trying to win her first Grade 1. She finally got the job done in her fourth try, taking the $1 million Cotillion at Parx Racing on Saturday.
Pacific Pink ran to her 2-5 odds Saturday at Louisiana Downs, where she shuttled to a five length win over Fab Fox in the $75,000 Elge Rasberry.
Frosted needed a win. He had been running hard against the elite of the 3-year-old division all summer, earning a piece of the purse each time but never grabbing the gold ring.
One Go All Go set a slow pace and never was caught, scoring a 35-1 upset of the Grade 2, $400,000 Commonwealth Derby on Saturday at Laurel Park.
Beaten a nose in the Grade 3 Pucker Up Stakes on the Arlington Million undercard, Return to Grace unleashed her frustration by punching home a clear winner Saturday in the $199,429 Dueling Grounds Oaks, the 12th and last stakes of the rich five-day Kentucky Downs meet.