Meadowlands: JL Cruze wins 12th straight in Hambletonian Maturity
The $50,000 supplemental entry fee paid off for JL Cruze, who won again in the lucrative Hambletonian Maturity.
Ken WeingartnerJul 19, 2015
The $50,000 supplemental entry fee paid off for JL Cruze, who won again in the lucrative Hambletonian Maturity.
Sent off at odds of 36-1 from post 10, triple millionaire Anndrovette upset in the Golden Girls.
Longshot Mach It So worked out a live trip and upset a solid field of aged pacers.
Moonlit Dance sustained a first-over charge for the final half-mile to win the $207,350 Mistletoe Shalee for 3-year-old female pacers in 1:49 at the Meadowlands.
Spirit To Win upset the field at 48/1 to win the $187,000 Delvin Miller Memorial on Saturday at The Meadowlands in a career mark of 1:52.
Gas Total’s versatility proved beneficial on Saturday at Del Mar, when the $88,480 Osunitas Stakes was moved from turf to dirt, which forced the scratch of nine of the 14 entrants. Gas Total, though, has won races on dirt and turf, so the switch didn’t bother her, and she responded by rallying to nail My Monet in the closing yards and win the 1 1/16-mile race for older females.
Jimmy Takter was well represented in the Stanley Dancer Memorial at The Meadowlands.
El Huerfano turned what was basically a prep race into an impressive victory in his stakes debut with a strong rally to win the $62,300 Golden Bear Stakes at the California State Fair in Sacramento on Saturday.
The jock on Hogy had the lead a furlong into the Hanshin Cup, but Hogy drifted over to the two path, and Florent Geroux on Midnight Cello did not hesitate. He sent Midnight Cello up into the hole, out to the lead, and on to an easy victory Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hanshin Cup at Arlington.
Kiss My Hocks broke on top and scored a half-length win over favorite Sam Crow in the Grade 1, $1,067,907 Rainbow Quarter Horse Derby on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.