The Lexington was run on the same day as the Arkansas Derby and thus concluded the prep season toward the Kentucky Derby, but this race was worth one-tenth the point value of the Arkansas Derby and thus drew a field of horses who were unlikely to move on to the Derby.
Sunday, trainer Ron Ellis said the $300,000 Triple Bend Stakes, a Grade 1 at seven furlongs on June 27, is a long-term goal for Masochistic.
Speaking Sunday at Keeneland, trainer Graham Motion said the champion Main Sequence is doing “really good” at his Fair Hill Training Center base in Maryland following his trip to Dubai, where he finished seventh in the Group 1 Sheema Classic on March 28.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Dover, Hoosier, Yonkers and others.
Miss Ella and Donworth were workmates over the winter in Florida and flattered one another with strong maiden scores March 11 and March 14, respectively, at Gulfstream Park.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 4/13 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Trainer Justin Joiner collected his second six-figure stakes victory for Quarter Horses within the past 15 days when his 2-year-old gelding Nucky delivered as the slight favorite in Sunday’s Grade 2, $198,924 West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 4/13 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Ancient Goddess, a 12-1 outsider from New York, edged out a troubled Brooklynsway in her first stakes score in $133,900 Star Shoot at Woodbine on Sunday.
