The Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf on Saturday at Gulfstream Park could prove a pivotal race for Waterway Run. Her performance, according to trainer Chad Brown, could determine whether she stays in training this year, or is bred.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer David Jacobson entered two horses for Sunday’s $100,000 Hollie Hughes Stakes at Aqueduct, but he did not enter the 10-year-old Be Bullish, a two-time winner from five starts in the race.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Condo Commando, an Eclipse Award finalist for champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, has recently returned to trainer Rudy Rodriguez’s Aqueduct barn to begin preparations for her 3-year-old campaign.
It’s a battle of the big Beyer Figures on Saturday night at Delta Downs, where Hip Four Sixtynine, Watch My Smoke, and School Spirit all bring strong last-race numbers into the $70,000 Fremont Stakes.
New York’s version of the Claiming Crown will comprise 10 stakes worth a total of $710,000 in purse money when the inaugural Claiming Championship Series is held at Aqueduct on March 21.
Dame Dorothy is entered on Saturday in both the Sunshine Millions Distaff and Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park, but, barring an unforeseen rainstorm, it looked on Thursday as if she would go in the Distaff, a race trainer Todd Pletcher and owner Bobby Flay could very well use as a prep for a race at Santa Anita.
Fair Grounds bills it as Road to the Derby Kickoff Day – a little clunky, sure, but point made.
Woodbine Entertainment Group announced Thursday that its president and chief executive, Nick Eaves, will be leaving the company March 31.
Trainer Karl Broberg will send out the capable pair of Diva’s Diamond and Honey’s Ryan against the Grade 1 winner Spring in the Air in the $100,000 Pippin at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.
Two Wonders, winner of seven of her last 12 starts, will carry high weight of 121 pounds in the filly and mare division of the Tampa Turf Test when the starter allowance series kicks off Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.
