The mutuel field closed Sunday as a lukewarm favorite in Pool 3 of the 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, with the Bob Baffert duo of American Pharoah and Dortmund the heaviest-backed individual interests.
The long trip from Southern California to Florida was worthwhile for Ramon Sanchez. Sanchez, who usually rides at Los Alamitos, came to Hialeah Park for the first time on Sunday and teamed up with trainer Rolando Almanza to sweep both $100,000 stakes on the program.
Masochistic, a four-time winner who failed a drug test last year, won his 2015 debut in an optional claimer at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Saturday. The win left trainer A.C. Avila planning a start for Masochistic in the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes at seven furlongs on May 2.
Dortmund, the leading 3-year-old in California, will start in the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on Saturday, owner Kaleem Shah said on Sunday.
The private purchase of Hard Aces in February has given owners Kosta and Peter Hronis and trainer John Sadler an intriguing outsider for Saturday’s $1 million Santa Anita Handicap.
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Far From Over, the Withers Stakes winner, will skip next Saturday’s Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes and will instead train up to the $1 million Wood Memorial on April 4, his connections confirmed on Sunday.
Untapable, the 2014 3-year-old champion, and her stablemate, Tapiture, both worked six furlongs Sunday morning at Fair Grounds, and trainer Steve Asmussen said the horses are on course to make their 2015 debuts in stakes races March 14 at Oaklawn.
Group 1 winner Creator was euthanized Feb. 28 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., due to complications from colic. The Mill Reef horse was 29.
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