The Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot for 2-year-olds will be run on Nov. 21, the Vinton, La., track has announced. It will be a Saturday afternoon program. Last year, the Jackpot card featured eight stakes worth a total of $2.2 million.
Cy Seven, who set a course record at Sam Houston in February, will seek his second win of the Lone Star meet in Sunday’s fourth race, an optional $40,000 claimer at a mile on turf.
Belmont’s Saturday card features four graded stakes races, including the Peter Pan for 3-year-olds and the Ruffian for fillies and mares. With the two main turf races carded as part of the late pick four, I’ll bet that wager with a base bet of 50 cents and a budget of $100.
The second running of the Diablo, a listed stakes at six furlongs, looks more like the Cigar Mile, with multiple Grade 1 winners Palace Malice and Palace along with the multiple Grade 3 winner Clearly Now among the eight entrants.
Coming off an eye-catching allowance victory here on Thursday, the 3-year-old turf horse Takeover Target will likely be put on a path to the $1.25 million Belmont Derby in July.
Patience is a virtue imposed on horse trainers. Not all of them come by it naturally. Mandella already has gone through two long recoveries with Beholder, and he’s not about to rush things now.
The promising 3-year-old Abounding Legacy will meet both winners and older rivals for the first time in Sunday’s sixth race at Gulfstream Park, but he could go favored.
Kentuckian makes his graded stakes debut in Sunday’s $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Stakes for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs at Santa Anita. This will be the longest race of Kentuckian’s three-race career,
Tahnee made a successful return to the races after nearly two years away and now will be pointed to the $125,000 Ballade Stakes on May 18, trainer Mark Fournier said.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson are excited about running Lexington Stakes winner Divining Rod in the Preakness next Saturday. But they are aware that their Preakness participation will stir up memories – both for themselves and the public – of Barbaro.
