Road to the Derby analysis: El Camino Real Derby
METABOSS, whose best races had been on turf, won a race on synthetic that unfolded like a grass race, with a crawling pace and then a mad dash for home.
Jay PrivmanFeb 15, 2015
METABOSS, whose best races had been on turf, won a race on synthetic that unfolded like a grass race, with a crawling pace and then a mad dash for home.
The Monday card at Laurel includes three consecutive stakes in races 7-9, which are linked by a 50-cent pick three. A 50-cent pick four begins on race 6.
With the Northeast in the grip of a prolonged cold spell, New York Racing Association officials have canceled Monday’s Presidents’ Day card at Aqueduct, the third card lost to weather in the last four days and 11th full program lost this winter.
Promise Me Silver remained undefeated in six career starts Saturday night, when the 3-year-old filly won the $75,000 Two Altazano division of the Texas Stallion Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park by 9 3/4 lengths. It was the fifth straight stakes win for Promise Me Silver, who races for her breeders, Myrna and Robert Luttrell.
Metaboss ($15.20), coming off a solid maiden victory at 1 1/8 miles, repeated his strong stretch run as he blew past rivals to score an impressive victory Saturday in the $200,525 Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields.
She's a Big Winner always been a bit of brute, and her size played a role in her first stakes win in Saturday’s $79,800 Sweet Life Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.
Jockey Tyler Baze was walking away from the winner’s circle after Saturday’s $200,750 Santa Maria Stakes when he gave an impromptu ranking of race winner Warren’s Veneda’s status.
Renewed Vows extended her winning streak to five on Saturday, when she held on for a neck win over Little Vidalia in a rare two-turn start in the $85,000 Peppers Pride Handicap at Sunland Park.
Trainer Todd Pletcher said Golden Lad ran fresh in his seasonal debut last month, and he looked for the horse to run a strong race Saturday in the $100,000 Essex Handicap. Golden Lad delivered, as he settled into a stalking position, moved to the fore in the stretch, then drew clear for a 1 3/4-length win over the 4-5 favorite Ride On Curlin.
Absolutely Cool turned back the clock and came with a strong run to upset the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup, the top race of the meet at Turf Paradise.