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Jockey John Velazquez has given Antiquarian his share of favorable trips in his 11-race career, but the 5-year-old could not have asked for much better in the Grade 3 Westchester Stakes on Sunday at Aqueduct.
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Saluto, a nine-length winner of his debut in a maiden race for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita on Friday, will be considered for the $225,000 Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 28, trainer Steve Knapp said on Sunday.
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Big City Lights returned from a layoff of more than five months to win a seven-furlong allowance race at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Croix du Nord became the first Japanese Derby winner in nearly 20 years to win the Grade 1 spring running of the Tenno Sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.
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Early indications are that Golden Tempo came out of his victory in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby in good order and will be considered, but is not yet definite, to run in the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on May 16, trainer Cherie DeVaux said Sunday morning.
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Great White, who flipped behind the Kentucky Derby starting gate and was a late scratch, emerged from the incident without serious injury, as did jockey Alex Achard.
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Driver Dan Noble tied Dave Palone and George Napolitano Jr.'s record for victories on a single pari-mutuel program by winning 11 of the 15 races on Saturday night at Northfield Park. Noble's total was also a track record, and he broke Stephane Bouchard's record for consecutive victories by racking up 10 straight during the card.
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Magic Punk, with trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt in the sulky, made a bold rally in the stretch on Saturday night to capture the Grade 3 $157,125 Dexter Cup at the Meadowlands in a 1:53 1/5 clocking that became a stakes record with the race formerly held only on half-mile tracks. Magic Punk, the slight 7-5 favorite, tracked down second choice Southwind Alamo in the late stages for an easy score.
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The 2026 New Jersey Sire Stakes season began with $25,000 races for 3-year-old pacers of both sexes on Saturday night, and Dexter Dunn won both of them with filly Be Perfect BG and gelding Bookie J.
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Total commingled wagering on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville fell 3.0 percent compared to record betting on the race last year, according to charts of the races.
