Mohawk: Monday 8/3 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 8/3 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Garnet BarnsdaleAug 01, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 8/3 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Bear’s Pride collared the favored Silent Treat in the final strides to win her first stakes in the $126,600 Victoriana on Saturday at Woodbine.
Dude's The Man lived up to top billing taking the $400,000 Delvin Miller Adios at The Meadows on Saturday afternoon.
A distinct class drop enabled defending Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Work All Week to register his first victory of the season in Saturday’s Sen. Robert Byrd Memorial Stakes at Mountaineer Racetrack.
Trainer Steve Asmussen’s patience with Holy Boss paid big dividends Saturday at Saratoga as the speedy 3-year-old continued his winning ways with a convincing 2 1/4-length victory over the rail-skimming Requite in the $200,000 Amsterdam.
Jockey Mike Luzzi, severely injured in a paddock accident at Aqueduct last November, has been cleared by doctors to return to the saddle, Luzzi said Friday.
Liam’s Map worked a very fast five furlongs Saturday in preparation for next Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Whitney Stakes. Trainer Todd Pletcher is not so sure that was a good thing.
Daredevil, the Grade 1 Champagne winner on dirt at age 2, will make his turf debut in Friday’s Grade 2, $200,000 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga.
The purse of the Travers Stakes would increase to $1.6 million from $1.25 million should Triple Crown winner American Pharoah start in the race Aug. 29, the New York Racing Association announced Saturday.
Motown Men won for the third time in his last five starts in a competitive optional claimer in Friday’s sixth race at a mile. The win will lead to a start in the $80,000 Harry Brubaker Stakes at a mile Aug. 26, trainer Ted H. West said on Saturday.