Work All Week dropped his 2015 debut in the Grade 3 Aristides at Churchill Downs to a red-hot Alsvid. The reigning Sprint champion since has traveled nearly 1,100 miles and will try to avenge that setback when he and Alsvid meet again at Gulfstream Park in Sunday’s $250,000 Smile Sprint Stakes.
Trainer Craig Lewis said on Friday that Joe Talamo will ride Warren’s Veneda in the Grade 2 Great Lady M Stakes on July 12 at Los Alamitos, replacing Tyler Baze,
Sky Treasure came with a strong run under Gary Boulanger to win the Grade 2 Nassau Stakes in her last start on May 23 and will be looking to double up in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Dance Smartly Stakes over 1 1/8 miles on Woodbine’s turf course.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 7/5 card at Balmoral Park.
Trainer Mike Tomlinson is hoping the time off to recuperate from knee surgery will prove a blessing in disguise when Barbados returns to action Sunday at Gulfstream Park in the Carry Back Stakes.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park a record seven times, beginning with Belmont Stakes winner Point Given in 2001. It’s safe to say that the atmosphere for this year’s race Aug. 2 will be different. This year, Baffert is bringing Triple Crown hero American Pharoah.
My focus for this Los Alamitos program will be the end-of-the-day pick four (races 6-9) as it appears to offer some opportunities. While there may be some confusing aspects to three of the legs (maiden races in legs 1 and 2, then restricted claimers in leg 4), a short field with a couple strong combatants in the Los Alamitos Derby (leg 3) may allow you to branch out in those other races to try to snag a price.
It may not rival lining up American Pharoah up for the Haskell Invitational, but getting North America’s leading turf horse Main Sequence to return to Monmouth Park for Sunday’s Grade 1 United Nations is a coup in itself.
Moving Style will try to defend his title in the $20,000 Michigan Breeders Governor’s Cup at Hazel Park on Saturday, which would bookend an eventful year for the gelding.
Jacks or Better Farms and trainer Stanley Gold are major players in Sunday’s pair of stakes for 2-year-olds at Gulfstream Park, the Birdonthewire and the Cassidy.
