Pocono: Longshots, Uncle Lasse score in Beal elims
The Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial eliminations for 3-year-old trotters produced mostly unexpected results.
Derick GiwnerJun 27, 2015
The Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial eliminations for 3-year-old trotters produced mostly unexpected results.
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Class came to the fore Saturday night when Departing, the leading earner in the field, came through a narrow opening along the hedge to post a half-length triumph in the Grade 2, $200,000 Firecracker at Churchill Downs.
Getting a dream trip under a confident, patient ride by Ricardo Gonzalez, Tribal Gal ($2.60) successfully defended her Oak Tree Distaff title with a 2 1/4-length victory Saturday at the Oak Tree at Pleasanton meeting at the Alameda County Fair.
Luck Be Withyou and State Treasurer will headline the lucrative Ben Franklin final next Saturday.
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Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel has for weeks planned a summer vacation in Florida as he ponders his future and possible retirement. But after winning Saturday’s night’s $100,000 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs with Cosmic Evolution, he now has incentive to return to the saddle.
Hard Aces was last of 11 in Saturday’s $501,500 Gold Cup at Santa Anita when the field passed under the wire for the first time. One mile later, he was in front by the narrowest of margins and the winner of the most prestigious race of his career.
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He’s Comin in Hot led virtually all the way as an odds-on favorite in the Grade 3, $100,000 Bashford Manor Stakes, the first of four straight stakes on closing night of the Churchill spring meet.
Forget the nose loss to Queen of The Sand in the Grade 2 Santa Barbara Handicap on April 18, or the neck loss to Hard Not to Like in the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes on May 25.
Ebo made a successful transition to two turns on Saturday, leading throughout for a 1 1/2-length win in the $45,000 Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders Association Derby at Arapahoe Park. Dewey finished second, a length clear of third-place finisher C C Express.
Masochistic is winning major sprint stakes in California without really trying. After the 5-year-old gelding won the $300,500 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday for his third consecutive victory, jockey Tyler Baze insisted that Masochistic was far from extended in his effort.