Singing Kitty, claimed for $32,000 at Los Alamitos in December, won her second consecutive stakes in Saturday’s $91,650 China Doll Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Santa Anita.
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Sarah Sis had been edged by a neck and a head in her two stakes starts leading up to the Grade 3, $150,000 Honeybee at Oaklawn Park, but there was no photo finish sign needed Saturday, as she powered to a 1 1/4-length win. It was the first stakes victory for Sarah Sis, who picked up 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks.
El Kabeir unveiled an entirely new running style Saturday and may have run himself into the top echelon of Kentucky Derby contenders with a 2 3/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
Carpe Diem entrenched himself as one of the Kentucky Derby favorites with an emphatic five-length victory Saturday in the 35th running of the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby, the annual marquee race at Tampa Bay Downs.
Dortmund remained unbeaten in five starts after leading throughout Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita.
Trainer Shug McGaughey, after watching the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap on the television monitor and not seeing Honor Code in the picture down the backside, said, “I was about ready to go home.”
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Stephanie’s Kitten, swinging to the rail in upper stretch under John Velazquez, showed she was far from ready for retirement as she burst past the leaders in deep stretch to post a 1 1/2-length victory in the Grade 3,$150,000 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday.
Eh Cumpari circled the field into the stretch, then out-finished the rail-skimming Felifran to register a well-deserved neck victory in Saturday’s Grade 3 Palm Beach at Gulfstream Park. Divisdero was third.
Gentlemen’s Bet tracked a quick pace set by Ivan Fallunovalot and went on to a 1 1/4-length win over that one Saturday in the $100,000 Hot Springs Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Ivan Fallunovalot fought on in the stretch and finished 5 1/4 lengths clear of third-place finisher Apprehender.
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Quality Rocks turned the tables on Consumer Credit on Saturday in the Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs.
