Mohawk: Uncle Lasse, Pinkman back on track in elims
Jimmy Takter trainees Uncle Lasse and Pinkman were victorious Saturday night in the eliminations for the Canadian Trotting Classic.
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Jimmy Takter trainees Uncle Lasse and Pinkman were victorious Saturday night in the eliminations for the Canadian Trotting Classic.
Mobile Bay, whose favorite pastime is resting, woke up in a big way on Saturday when he closed for a 2 1/4-length win over Chocopologie in the $400,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
Jockey Richard Eramia swept both turf stakes for older horses on the Super Derby undercard Saturday at Louisiana Downs, where he guided String King to his 18th career victory in the $75,000 Unbridled and Haunted Heroine to a length win in the $75,000 River Cities.
Kiaran McLaughlin wasn’t sure where his filly, Sentiero Italia, would be sitting in the early stages of Saturday’s Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park, but he didn’t see her sitting second.
Uncle Brennie turned in a strong performance to win his stakes debut in the $75,000 Sunday Silence on Saturday at Louisiana Downs.
Spring to the Sky was sent to the lead by jockey Mike Luzzi in the $100,000 Laurel Dash on Saturday, and he never relinquished the advantage, holding off Night Officer after a long stretch drive to win by a half-length.
Conquest Daddyo gave trainer Mark Casse a sweep of the two Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re in qualifiers at Woodbine on Saturday, when he took the Grade 2 Summer under Joe Bravo.
Frivolous proved clearly superior when rallying from well off the pace to post an eight-length victory in the $100,000 Locust Grove Stakes, the last of four Saturday stakes at Churchill Downs.
Heavy favorites dominated the early stakes portion of Saturday’s Owners Day program at Delaware Park, with three winners paying between $2.10 and $2.80. But the tote board exploded with big numbers in the $75,000 George Rosenberger Memorial Stakes when 22-1 Empress Maker and 31-1 Cuppy Cake finished one-two.
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The aptly named Cocked and Loaded came to the half-mile pole of the Grade 3, $150,000 Iroquois Stakes full of run, pounced once given his cue, and handily won by two lengths as the road to the Kentucky Derby formally began right where it will end – under the twin spires of Churchill Downs.