The curtain comes down Friday at Keeneland, but not before one last encore. An overflow field of filly-mare turf marathoners with no clear-cut favorite has been assembled in what shapes up as a terrific closing-day feature, the 54th running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Bewitch Stakes.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
Owner-trainer Nick Nosowenko has gotten off to a fast start at the Woodbine meet, and will saddle his durable stable star Run to the Bank in Friday’s headliner, a second-level allowance with a $60,000 claiming option.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 4/23 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 4/23 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Easter Bunnette, the dam of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, died April 18 due to hemorrhaging caused by foaling her Bernardini colt. She was 17.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale completed its first of four sessions on Tuesday with mild overall declines but a slight boost in the middle market, as shown by an increased median.
The best race on Lone Star’s card Thursday night is the sixth race. The optional $25,000 claimer at a mile on the grass is for 3-year-olds and up, and it drew a competitive field of 12.
One King’s Man could get an ideal setup Friday night in the Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile at Lone Star Park near Dallas. The potential for a quick pace in the co-richest race of the meet is one of the reasons the late-running stakes winner was entered, trainer Joe Sharp said Tuesday.
Consumer Credit makes her first start for her new owners in the $100,000 Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct, and she figures to be favored in the field of six 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles.
