Morning Coffee moved to the top of the local 3-year-old filly division with an impressive win in the $50,000 Supernaturel Handicap on July 1. She was ridden by Pedro Alvarado, who said she just dragged him around the three turns.
Finnegans Wake, the leading turf runner in California this year with three graded stakes wins, is a candidate for the $400,000 Eddie Read Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf July 18 at Del Mar.
Three-time stakes winner Kobe’s Back worked five furlongs in 1:00.20 Friday at Santa Anita and will start in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at six furlongs July 26 at Del Mar.
Full Mast and Territories, separated by a half-length in the Group 1 Jean-Luc Lagardere last October, renew their rivalry Sunday in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly in France.
Amazing Maria continued her ascent through the European filly-and-mare ranks Friday at Newmarket, scoring her first Group 1 victory with a one-length win over Euro Charline in the Falmouth Stakes.
Ralis and Mrazek, sons of Square Eddie, trained by Doug O’Neill and owned and bred by Paul Reddam, are top contenders in the $75,000 Summer Juvenile Championship Stakes on Sunday, closing day of the Los Alamitos summer Thoroughbred meet.
California horse racing had its lowest number of major drug violations in the last 40 years for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to a statement released Thursday by the California Horse Racing Board.
A trio of runners exiting the The Very One, a Preakness Day stakes at Pimlico, has a lot of the bases covered in the $60,000 Klassy Briefcase at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
Presque Isle Downs has slotted a pair of $75,000 stakes for Pennsylvania-breds late Sunday afternoon.
All $75,000 races are not created equal. Whereas the Cincinnatian Stakes drew a short field of 3-year-old fillies badly lacking in respectable form, the Hoover is a terrific wagering event that might even stand a chance to produce a prospect of note from its field of 13 2-year-olds.
