Monticello: Horses to watch from Jan. 26 - Jan. 28
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Joe FalsettaFeb 01, 2015
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 2/2 card at Woodbine Harness.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 2/2 card at Yonkers Raceway.
After Lord Nelson turned in a disappointing effort to end his 2-year-old campaign, trainer Bob Baffert decided to regroup and start anew, and Lord Nelson took a positive first step on his 3-year-old journey by holding off Texas Red to capture the Grade 2, $200,250 San Vicente Stakes over seven furlongs on Sunday at Santa Anita.
Though it’s highly likely she knew what was at stake going into the race, Hard to Stay Notgo helped prolong her racing career Sunday at Aqueduct by recording a front-running, 5 1/2-length victory in the $125,000 Franklin Square Stakes for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies.
Calculator, the winner of last month’s Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, emerged from a workout at San Luis Rey Downs on Saturday with an injury that will sideline him six months and takes him off the Triple Crown trail, trainer Peter Miller said Sunday.
Tough Sunday, a deaf colt who finished last of seven in the $250,000 California Cup Derby on Jan. 24, has been turned out at owner and breeder Nick Alexander’s farm in Santa Ynez, Calif.
You Know I Know, unraced since finishing eighth in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar last August, is a candidate for the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, trainer John Sadler said.
California Chrome is all set to make his first start since being named Horse of the Year as he completed his serious training for Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita with an easy five-furlong workout Sunday morning at Los Alamitos.
I Am Jane Dough became a stakes winner Saturday night, when she rallied from next to last to capture the $50,000 Tomball at Sam Houston Race Park by a half-length over Molly’s Honour. It was another neck back to the favorite Expect Royalty and Wampas Kitty, who dead-heated for third.