Moreno, winner of the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic in West Virginia on April 18, will start in the $200,000 Californian Stakes at Santa Anita on May 30, trainer Eric Guillot said on Friday.
Jim Lawson has been appointed chief executive of Woodbine Entertainment Group, a position he has held on an interim basis since Nick Eaves left the company March 31.
Daily Racing Form announced the availability of the iconic 2015 American Racing Manual – and the launch of its companion digital version of the hardcover book, delivering a mobile-enabled and fully indexed experience for all participants in Thoroughbred racing – from Thoroughbred fans to horseplayers to owners/breeders and industry professionals.
Decked Out will have her stakes debut in the $125,000 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Santa Anita on June 21 after an impressive win in her debut in a maiden race on Thursday.
According to jockey Ryan Pacheco, Quatre Cat came out of her 8 1/2-length romp in the $50,000 Ross McLeod Stakes last Sunday in excellent shape.
Beholder, the two-time champion who missed Saturday’s $300,000 Vanity Stakes at Santa Anita because of a fever, may have a summer campaign in Southern California.
Highball, a stakes-seasoned 4-year-old trained by Wayne Catalano, looks like the horse to beat in Sunday’s nominal feature at Churchill Downs, a second-level optional $62,500 claimer,
Queen’s Plate winter-book favorite Ami’s Flatter has not raced since finishing third in the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on March 28, and will likely make his next start in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes at Woodbine on May 16, trainer Josie Carroll said.
If Ambidextrous Duke runs as well as he has been training, he could be a handful in a $16,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up that begins Sunday’s card at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew five horses, and it is hard to throw any of them out in what appears to be a highly competitive event.
Govenor Charlie (#2, ML 8-5) starts for the first time since April 13, 2014, in Friday’s fourth race at Santa Anita, a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer. Trainer Bob Baffert is winning at a 30 percent clip when saddling a horse coming off a layoff longer than 180 days, for a return on investment of $2.33.
