Mohawk: Saturday 4/18 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 4/18 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Garnet BarnsdaleApr 16, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 4/18 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
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Thursday morning might have marked one of the most international moments in Kentucky Derby history.
All Hands got his career started too late to be considered for any of the Triple Crown races, but trainer Kiaran McLaughlin hopes he could develop into a graded stakes runner by the summer.
Awesome Flower, the even-money favorite on the track’s morning line, is the most likely winner at miniscule odds of the grade 3 Sixty Sails on Saturday.
Suffice it to say there will be no Dortmunds in the starting gate Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course when Cross the Line lines up in post 3 for the Grade 3, $400,000 Illinois Derby. He faces eight rivals, none of whom have shown the talent Cross the Line has evidenced, and ought to be more heavily favored than his 3-1 morning line.
Joe Clancy, editor of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine, has been named the winner of this year’s David F. Woods Memorial Award for his article “Horse of a Lifetime,” which documented California Chrome’s victory in last year’s Preakness Stakes.
While the serious business of the Charles Town Classic won’t come until race 12 on Saturday, there are a number of interesting races leading up to the main event.
Despite its lofty purse and Grade 2 status, Saturday’s $200,000 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct managed to draw just four horses.
Emerald Downs kicks off its 20th season Saturday with a 10-race card and high hopes for its first meeting under the ownership of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.