Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Sunday's report features races from Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Fonner Park, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Laurel Park, Mountaineer Park, Oaklawn Park, Parx Racing, Rillito, Santa Anita, Sunland Park, Tampa Bay Downs, Turfway Park, and Turf Paradise.
Wiggle It Jiggleit paced a most effortless 1:50 mile over a sloppy track in capturing the $58,000 final of the Buddy Gilmour late closer at the Meadowlands on Saturday night.
Hall of Fame driver/trainer Jim Doherty passed peacefully at the Villa Marie Claire Hospice on March 14, 2015, according to family members. Arrangements are under the care of Bizub-Quinlan Funeral Home, Clifton, New Jersey.
Ride Hard Kowboy’s sharp recent form and 2-for-2 grass record going into Turf Paradise’s $35,000 Tempe Handicap at a mile on grass for 3-year-olds earned him heavy 4-5 favoritism Saturday. In the end he made his backers happy – but it wasn’t easy.
American Pharoah confirmed his ranking as a major player on the Kentucky Derby trail on Saturday, when he overcame a host of difficult circumstances to win his 3-year-old debut by 6 1/4 lengths in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Talented Irish-bred Living The Life was last early but proved much the best, breezing home to an easy victory in the $55,660 Camilla Urso at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.
Warren's Veneda won the biggest race of her career, and did so stylishly, romping to a 7 1/4-length victory in the Grade 1, $400,250 Santa Margarita Stakes.
Rising star Race Day turned in the biggest performance of his career on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, outgaming Midnight Hawk by a neck to score a victory in the Grade 3, $250,000 Razorback Handicap.
Everything seemed to be going as it should Saturday in the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park until Gold Medal Dancer did the unexpected.
There’s a new player in the upper ranks of the turf-sprint niche in North American racing.
