Considering how well she ran in her first two races, it is a bit surprising Upbeat Mood is still eligible for a nonwinners-of-two. Upbeat Mood has a good chance to finally get over the top Friday when she runs in a first-level optional $16,000 claiming race at Gulfstream Park.
To say that jockey Colby Hernandez has dominated the first month of the Evangeline Downs meeting might be understating things just a bit. The talented young rider has won with 43 of his 110 mounts thus far for a remarkable success rate of almost 40 percent. By contrast, multiple Evangeline riding champion Diego Saenz is second in the standings with a respectable 22 trips to the winner’s circle from two more total mounts.
Our Faith (#5, ML 9-2) will return to action in Wednesday’s third race at Evangeline Downs, a six-furlong maiden special weight race. It will be his first start since a third-place finish by 10 lengths in a maiden race Feb. 8 at Fair Grounds. The fourth- and fifth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
Daily Racing Form announces the expansion of SirePowered Results™, which combines race results and sire lines to instantly follow Thoroughbred stallions and their racing offspring in real-time, in 25 countries around the world. SirePowered Results™ now includes racing results from the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.
Once my head cleared from the confusion that Kentucky Derby results have not been confusing for the last three years, I tried to put this Derby into proper context while looking back at how I framed my bets.
Questions abound regarding Friday’s Woodbine headliner, a first-level allowance over five furlongs. Is Rexton ready off the five-month layoff? Will Dash of Dazzle bounce off his dazzling recent victory? Is Check Em the speed of the speed?
Az Ridge ($2.10) dominated Tuesday’s $35,000 Hasta La Vista Handicap at Turf Paradise, clinching Horse of the Meet honors with his third straight stakes win of the meet. The Hasta La Vista card brought down the curtain on the track’s 144-day meet.
Elwood Johnston, a second-generation Thoroughbred breeder who bred and raced Acclamation, the Eclipse Award winner as the champion older male of 2011, died in his sleep on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
When it comes to Jackpot wagers, takeout simply doesn’t matter. That’s right, I said it!
