Kentucky Derby: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not for April 1
Muhaajib, Ocho Ocho Ocho, and Stanford are the three additions this week to the Derby Watch top 20.
Jay PrivmanApr 01, 2015
Muhaajib, Ocho Ocho Ocho, and Stanford are the three additions this week to the Derby Watch top 20.
Chad Brown is very familiar with Keeneland, not only through his visits to the horse sales for his deep-pocketed clients but also in his work as an assistant to the late Bobby Frankel and with his own horses since he opened a public stable more than seven years ago.
After dominating New York-breds in her last two starts, Sheriffa dips her toes in open company Friday in a $72,000 first-level allowance race which serves as the feature on Aqueduct’s nine-race program.
Representatives of Massachusetts horsemen plan to meet with officials from Suffolk Downs over the next several weeks to hammer out a plan for live racing this year after the state legislature passed a bill on Tuesday protecting the track’s racing license and simulcasting operations through 2016.
California Chrome has taken up residence in the Newmarket yard of trainer Rae Guest, will get a break from serious training, and could make his next start May 16 in the J.T. Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, where he would meet Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Karakontie.
Wise Dan won’t be running at the Keeneland spring meet, but that’s been known for some time now. What came as somewhat unexpected and further disappointing news for racing fans is that champion Judy the Beauty won’t make the meet either.
The first leg of the turf starter handicap series that was to begin Saturday at Pimlico has been pushed back a week because the turf course is not yet in racing condition.
The threat of heavy rain for opening day at Keeneland opens the possibility that the feature race, the Transylvania Stakes, might have to be moved from the turf to the main track. That’d be a shame. As it stands, the Grade 3, $100,000 Transylvania has attracted one of its deepest field in years, with 13 turf-savvy 3-year-olds having been entered in the 1 1/16-mile race.
Tutorial video for DRF Breeding Sire Powered Results.
Horses to watch from Woodbine Harness.