He’s a 6-year-old stakes winner with earnings of $327,238, and yet Spirit Rules still has something to prove when he makes his graded stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes at Santa Anita.
Bayern, unraced since winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in November, will have his 2015 debut at Churchill Downs the first weekend of May, most likely in the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard May 2
California Chrome, second in the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 28, is scheduled to resume training this weekend in Newmarket, England, in advance of a spring campaign in that country.
Conquest Two Step, the winner of Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 31, was euthanized Monday after suffering complications following surgery for an injured hind leg, trainer Mark Casse said Thursday.
Danzig Moon, second in the Blue Grass, and Tencendur, second in the Wood Memorial, both secured spots in the May 2 Kentucky Derby by virtue of the 40 points they earned last Saturday.
Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. reported Wednesday that Mr. Jordan came out of his second-place finish in the Tamarac Stakes here on March 27 in good order and that he’s considering several options for his next start.
If the votes fall the right way, trainer Mark Casse could be in for a big night at the 40th annual Sovereign Awards at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday.
Private Zone worked a half-mile in 47.21 and galloped out five-eighths in 59.73 early Wednesday morning at Gulfstream Park West with jockey Carlos H. Marquez Jr. aboard.
Let’s make this an annual event. I am sitting on press row at the Final Four. The Santa Anita Derby appears on my laptop during the first half of the first game of semifinals. The horse I have been touting for a month is favored. And nearly runs off my screen. Last year, it was California Chrome; this year, Dortmund.
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird has been inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame’s Thoroughbred male horse category. He is joined by jockey Stewart Elliott, breeder Robert Anderson, Woodbine television personality Jim Bannon, and trainer Roger Laurin to make up the Thoroughbred class of 2015.
