Madefromlucky had done enough to make it to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. But a less-than-stellar workout over that surface a week before the race convinced his connections the race wasn’t right for him.
Katie’s Eyes displayed a torrid stretch run that carried her and jockey Florent Geroux past Free as a Bird and all the rest to win the $66,029 Unbridled Sidney Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths Saturday at Churchill Downs.
California Chrome’s scheduled workout in Newmarket, England, on Saturday was postponed until Wednesday to accommodate jockey Frankie Dettori’s schedule, trainer Art Sherman said.
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It was redemption day at the Meadowlands during qualifying action on Saturday morning (May 9). Divisional champions Mission Brief and Artspeak both rebounded from breaks in their previous qualifiers to post clean lines in prepartion for their 2015 pari-mutuel debuts.
Danzig Moon, fifth in the Kentucky Derby, will come back in the Preakness Stakes, meaning four of the first five finishers from the Derby are bound for the second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico on May 16.
Trying the late pick four at Belmont, with a strong lean on a longshot in the finale.
According to multiple sources, trainer Tracy Brainard has been told that horses under her care will no longer be permitted to enter at Yonkers Raceway.
Tachiello (#9, ML 5-1) takes on seven in Saturday's eighth race at Churchill Downs, a 1 1/8-mile allowance ran on turf. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer Joe Sharp is winning at a 26 percent clip in turf races, for a return on investment of $2.36.
Two Weeks Off (#4, ML 9-5) returns in Saturday's third race at Belmont Park, the 1 1/8-mile Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes. It will be his first start since a first-place finish by 6 1/2 lengths in an allowance April 4 at Keeneland. The fourth-, fifth, and sixth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
