Saturday, Sunday Rules remained unbeaten in five races with a three-length win in the $150,250 Spring Fever Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares at six furlongs at Santa Anita.
Three-time Monmouth Park riding champ Elvis Trujillo is leaving California and will beging riding at Monmouth next Saturday, according to Danny Mellul, who said he would be Trujillo's agent.
With jockey Manny Franco aboard, Tencendur breezed five furlongs in 1:02.67 around the dogs on turf at Belmont Park on Saturday, finishing well after walking through an opening three furlongs. He finished a head behind workmate High Noon Rider at the wire.
Joe Bravo became the 31st rider in history to win 5,000 races in North America when he won the sixth race at Monmouth Park on Saturday aboard Boss Man for trainer Jason Servis.
Z Rockstar will attempt to improve his Will Rogers Downs record to 4 for 4 on Tuesday in the $55,000 Cherokee Nation Classic Cup.
Ordak Dan, who won the Group 1 Gran Premio 25 de Mayo in Argentina in 2013 but missed 18 months because of injury before returning to action in late 2014, is part of a field of 15 in Monday’s Gran Premio 25 de Mayo at San Isidro, Argentina.
Several members of trainer Chad Brown’s turf brigade were out for morning workouts Saturday at Belmont Park, led by the Grade 1-winning duo of Stephanie’s Kitten and Ball Dancing, who are targeting graded events during Belmont Stakes week.
Gleneagles won his second Guineas of the spring, overcoming traffic trouble to win the Irish 2000 Guineas by three-quarters of a length Saturday at The Curragh.
Morning Calm is the only member of the field with experience around three turns, and as a result, he should prove the one to beat in Monday’s $60,000 Raymond Earl overnight handicap at Gulfstream Park.
Monday, Wincoma will likely be favored to win his first stakes when he takes on eight 3-year-old New York-breds in the $125,000 Mike Lee Stakes at seven furlongs.
