Wood Memorial Day handle declines
Total all-sources handle on Saturday’s 12-race Wood Memorial program at Aqueduct was $15,841,220, down 12.5 percent from the 2014 figure of $18,117,037.
David GreningApr 06, 2015
Total all-sources handle on Saturday’s 12-race Wood Memorial program at Aqueduct was $15,841,220, down 12.5 percent from the 2014 figure of $18,117,037.
Last year’s 2-year-old filly champion Take Charge Brandi is now stabled at Churchill Downs, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Monday.
Trainer Rudy Rodriguez believes Dads Caps is good enough to be considered for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint if he is ridden the right way.
Multiple Grade 2 winner Tapiture is confirmed for the Grade 2, $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap on Saturday, said trainer Steve Asmussen. The horse breezed an easy half-mile in 50 seconds on Monday.
Last year’s 3-year-old filly champion, Untapable, is confirmed for a start in the Grade 1, $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap, trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. She breezed a half-mile earlier in the day in her final prep for the 1 1/16-mile race, which will be run Friday at Oaklawn Park.
Trainer Rudy Rodriguez said he would like to get Gazelle Stakes winner Condo Commando to Churchill Downs early, possibly in time to put in two workouts over the track in preparation for the May 1 Kentucky Oaks.
Though disappointed in El Kabeir’s third-place finish in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial, owner Ahmed Zayat said Monday he is leaning toward running the horse in the Kentucky Derby.
Spring Included has found a home racing around one turn and on Wednesday should go favored to lock up her second straight stakes win of the Oaklawn meet in the $100,000 Carousel. The six-furlong sprint drew nine fillies and mares, but entrant Sugar Shock is likely to scratch in favor of a start in the Grade 1, $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap, trainer Doug Anderson said Monday.
Both Dortmund and One Lucky Dane, the top two finishers from the Santa Anita Derby, came out of the race well, and both are set to move on to the Kentucky Derby on May 2, giving trainer Bob Baffert, who also trains American Pharoah, three potential starters in the Derby.
Frosted rebounded from his strange performance in the Fountain of Youth, in which he went from looking like a certain winner a quarter-mile out to falling apart through the lane to finish fourth.