Weewinnin eyes another stakes upset
The 5-year-old gelding Weewinnin will make his seventh start Saturday in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita.
Steve AndersenFeb 19, 2015
The 5-year-old gelding Weewinnin will make his seventh start Saturday in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita.
Sr. Quisqueyano gave Loooch Racing Stable a fast dividend off a claim with a win in the $250,000 Sunshine Millions Classic for Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 17. The next goal is to make the 5-year-old a millionaire with an upset win in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 7.
Those 53 noble souls – the few, the proud – who voted for Main Sequence for 2014 Horse of the Year will be able to climb back on their high horse Saturday when their chestnut hero returns to action in the $200,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Upstart turned what looked like a two-horse race into a one-horse showcase in last month’s Holy Bull, but when he and Frosted meet again at Gulfstream Park on Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes, there is reason to believe the result could be a lot closer.
The Kentucky Oaks is only 10 weeks away and if Condo Commando is going to make it to Churchill Downs on the first Friday in May she needs to get her campaign started. Ready or not, Condo Commando will do just that in Saturday’s $100,000 Busher Stakes at Aqueduct.
Hunter’s Light is likely to make his third appearance on the Dubai World Cup program next month after winning his second consecutive race in Thursday’s $200,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
Organizers of the Eclipse Awards have made changes to the awards’ voting criteria to emphasize that horses who have made all or most of their starts on turf should no longer be eligible to win the champion older male or older female Eclipse Awards, the organizers said Thursday.
A year ago, Bettys Bambino was an unraced 4-year-old. Saturday, he tries to win for the sixth time in his 10th start in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita.
The winter from Siberia continues as New York Racing Association officials have canceled Friday’s eight-race card at Aqueduct, the fourth straight card lost to weather and safety concerns and the 13th full-card lost at the meet.
Trainer Phil Serpe was not surprised Weekend Hideaway won the Sunshine Millions Sprint, given how well he was doing going into the race, but Serpe would be the first to admit he never expected the New York-bred to receive a 108 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort, which puts him in a tie atop the list of top Beyers for races run under a mile in 2015.