With no stakes opportunities for 3-year-old statebred fillies on the schedule this winter at Aqueduct, Hot City Girl will most likely make her next start in the $100,000 Busher Stakes on Feb. 21.
The outcome might not have been quite what he’d hoped for, but trainer Todd Pletcher was very pleased nonetheless with the performance turned in by Commissioner here Saturday in his first appearance since his second-place finish in the 2014 Belmont Stakes.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 1/14 card at Northfield Park.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 1/13 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Fernando De La Cruz seemed to struggle to find his best form early in this meeting, but that’s all changed of late. De La Cruz posted a riding triple Saturday, then came back with two more wins Sunday.
Trinniberg, the champion sprinter of 2012, was represented by his first foal Sunday night when Princesspatseattle delivered a filly at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y.
Trainer Damon Dilodovico, cautiously optimistic there’s still some good racing left in the old gelding, is bringing back Immortal Eyes as a 10-year-old in Wednesday night’s $30,000 Winter Handicap at Charles Town.
Saturday’s $100,000 Turf Dash had been run 10 times before Saturday’s edition, and jockey Daniel Centeno had been aboard the winner in four of those races.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Dover, Meadows and others.
