Mt Veeder cruises as Contender favorite
Mt Veeder, a 2-year-old trained by Bob Baffert, made it 2 for 2 by rolling gate to wire in the $75,000 Contender Stakes on Sunday at Los Alamitos.
Brad FreeSep 13, 2015
Mt Veeder, a 2-year-old trained by Bob Baffert, made it 2 for 2 by rolling gate to wire in the $75,000 Contender Stakes on Sunday at Los Alamitos.
Hero’s Amor proved her first stakes win in the $50,000 Sonoma at Northlands Park wasn’t a fluke when she won the $100,000 British Columbia Oaks at Hastings on Sunday.
Forest Mouse won his first race back from a more than 10-month layoff in dramatic fashion at Zia Park on Sunday, when he got up by a head in the $55,000 Premier Cup Handicap.
The English raider Mondialiste rallied furiously from last on the turn under Irish jockey Fergal Lynch to take Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile over the 2-1 favorite Lea.
He looked tough to beat on turf, but Ready for Rye looked even better when the $100,000 Allied Forces Stakes at Belmont Park was transferred to the dirt Sunday due to inclement weather.
Strut the Course, last year’s Canadian champion female runner, came charging from the back of the pack under Luis Contreras to win Sunday’s Grade 2, $338,000 Canadian Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In event on the Woodbine Mile undercard.
Interpol proved his recent win in the Grade 2 Sky Classic wasn’t a fluke when he captured Sunday’s Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf, a prep for Grade 1 Canadian International next month.
Stacked Deck dug in gamely to take the Grade 3, $151,800 Bold Venture Stakes over the heavily favored Calgary Cat on the Woodbine Mile undercard Sunday.
The road Mobile Bay will go down following his career-best win Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000 Super Derby is to be determined, but he did emerge from the race in good order, trainer Victor Arceneaux said on Sunday.
Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore won both Group 1 races for 2-year-olds Sunday at The Curragh, including a sweep of the first three places in the Moyglare Stud Stakes for fillies.