For Cash had a perfect trip winning the $60,434 Fred Jones Handicap at Northlands Park on Saturday. He paid $9.30 as the second choice in the wagering behind Killin Me Smalls, who was very game while finishing second.
After the issues Gabriel Charles has been through in the last two years, a rainstorm was nothing to worry about in the buildup to the $400,500 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday.
Sheer Drama had finished second in four of her last five starts and eight of her 17 career starts, but she finished the job Saturday at Delaware Park, besting Frivolous by two lengths in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap.
The heavily favored Blue Dancer paid $3 and stayed undefeated in Canada with an easy 8 1/4-length win Saturday in the $50,000 Count Lathum at Northlands Park.
Colin Wick, the longtime agent for Hall of Fame rider Sandy Hawley, died July 13 at age 86.
Taking full advantage of a speed duel between the two favorites, Bagg O’Day won his stakes debut in track-record fashion Saturday in the $50,000 Don Bernhardt Stakes at Ellis Park in western Kentucky.
Nonna’s Boy, switching to turf for the first time after six starts on dirt, provided longtime jockey Chris DeCarlo with his second victory since he returned earlier this week from injuries that kept him sidelined for 10 months in Saturday’s $60,000 Lamplighter Stakes for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park.
Syntax made a sharp move to the lead in midstretch, then held off a good bid from Money Multiplier to win the Grade 3 Kent Stakes by a half-length Saturday at Delaware Park.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Hoosier, Yonkers and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
