Keen Ice works, points to Belmont Stakes
Keen Ice, seventh in the Kentucky Derby, worked five furlongs in 1:01.80 Friday at Churchill Downs in preparation for the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
Byron KingMay 15, 2015
Keen Ice, seventh in the Kentucky Derby, worked five furlongs in 1:01.80 Friday at Churchill Downs in preparation for the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
Retired Hall of Fame jockey Randy Romero, troubled by a number of physical ailments during and after his riding career, is in more health danger. On Wednesday, during medical tests required to be placed on a waiting list for a liver and kidney transplant, doctors found a tumor in his stomach.
Sunday at Santa Anita, Forest Chatter is back in an optional claimer on the hillside turf course, where he will be favored to win his fourth consecutive race.
Handicappers Matt Bernier and Kenny Peck are going head to head with $500 to wager on the Preakness card at Pimlico.
Rather Beautiful will be trying to win her fourth straight race when she runs in the $50,000 Strawberry Morn at Hastings on Monday. The 4-year-old filly was extremely impressive winning the $50,000 Brighouse Belles in her first start at Hastings for trainer Dino Condilenios and figures to be a short price in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint for fillies and mares that drew six horses.
Trainer Malcolm Pierce will be well represented in both stakes next weekend at Woodbine, with Deceptive Vision and Overheard in the Nassau and Don’t Leave Me in the Grade 3 Selene Stakes next Sunday, May 24.
Dan Excel, a 7-year-old Irish-bred gelding, returns to the location of his latest win in Sunday’s $3.95 million Singapore International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore.
Frosted, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds Friday morning over the Belmont Park main track.
A couple intriguing questions should be answered when Herbie D and Modern square off Monday in the $50,000 John Longden 6000 at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up drew eight horses and headlines a holiday card that begins at 1:50 p.m. Pacific.
Five of the 12 3-year-olds entered in Monday’s $100,000 Tom Ridge Stakes at Presque Isle Downs come into the six-furlong Tapeta sprint off a stakes victory. But only Serious Talk achieved that success recently and on a synthetic surface.