Trainer Wesley Ward sent out a pair of 3-year-olds, Asia and City of Vengeance, to win their career debuts on turf here last weekend. But it was a performance by another 3-year-old in his barn, The Great War, on Saturday night at Turfway Park that has the former rider most excited.
After this, their paths likely will diverge. But with the Donn Handicap being the lone viable option for a while, the 4-year-old WinStar Farm standouts Constitution and Commissioner will race against each other Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
The Grade 3, $150,000 Endeavour on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs produced a blanket finish and a disqualification as an oddity involving the turf course popped up again at the worst possible moment.
The Maryland Racing Commission has suspended three trainers, including Scott Lake, after horses they trained tested positive for prohibited anabolic steroids, according to commission records.
Ocean Knight passed his first test as a 3-year-old with a hard-earned victory over a dead-game Divining Rod in the Grade 3, $201,500 Sam F. Davis Stakes, taking that first important step forward toward the Kentucky Derby.
Discreetly Elusive will make her first start since More Than a Party put a 4 3/4-length whipping on her when she faces 10 other filly-mare sprinters in an optional claimer on a 10-race Wednesday card at Gulfstream Park.
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Aqueduct for the week of Feb. 2.
Trip Notes for Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Endeavour, Sam F. Davis, Arcadia and more by Michael Hammersly.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Dover, Meadows and others.
Horses to watch from Woodbine Harness.
