Danger’s Hour marks return of Lubash
With the help of two supplemental nominations, the $100,000 Danger’s Hour finally attracted enough entries to be carded as the feature race on Sunday’s nine-race card at Aqueduct.
David GreningApr 16, 2015
With the help of two supplemental nominations, the $100,000 Danger’s Hour finally attracted enough entries to be carded as the feature race on Sunday’s nine-race card at Aqueduct.
“There isn’t anything the matter with going to West Virginia.”So sayeth John Nerud, the man of two centuries, who was not the least bit surprised to hear that Shared Belief, America’s best racehorse, was going for the big money at the bullring Saturday afternoon in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic. Eight will run against him going three turns to get a mile and one-eighth.
Prospect Park, fourth in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 4, is back in training after being diagnosed with an illness this month.
Frammento, still hoping to make the Kentucky Derby field after finishing fourth in the Blue Grass Stakes, returned to the work tab Thursday at Keeneland, going an easy four furlongs in 51.20 seconds under Sophie Doyle.
Bayern, unraced since winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita last November, worked seven furlongs from the gate in 1:24.40 on Wednesday at Santa Anita.
The Thoroughbred racing calendar for Northern California in September and October was altered at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting, interspersing county fair meetings in Stockton and Fresno with the months-long Golden Gate Fields meeting in Albany.
Salutos Amigos will be given a freshening and point to a summer campaign, with the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga the mid-range objective, trainer David Jacobson said Thursday.
Condo Commando returned to the work tab Thursday at Aqueduct with a half-mile move in 48.67 seconds in preparation for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 1.
Both Materiality and International Star will have a chance to outperform expectations once again in the Kentucky Derby.
Papacoolpapacool will be a heavy favorite in Saturday’s $75,000 La Puente Stakes for 3-year-olds on turf at Santa Anita. The race could be his ticket out of town.