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Woodbine Mohawk Park: Horses to watch from April 24 - April 27
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Ken WaltersMay 01, 2026
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Bishops Bay is 4 for 4 at one mile, 3 for 3 at Aqueduct, and 6 for 6 when he's ridden by Flavien Prat. Sunday, Bishops Bay will run in the Grade 3 $175,000 Westchester Stakes, a one-mile race at Aqueduct with Flavien Prat in the saddle. Like his chances?
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Hey Jessie's career has been built for distance races such as Sunday's $100,000 Santa Barbara Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita. In January, Hey Jessie finished second by a half-length to Vodka Vodka in the $175,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic against statebred males at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
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Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, Ill., and Churchill Downs Inc. have reached an agreement to restore CDI’s signals to Hawthorne and its Chicago-area off-track betting parlors. The restoration of the agreement means bettors at Hawthorne or one of the 11 OTBs that Hawthorne operates throughout the metro Chicago area will be able to wager on the Kentucky Oaks card on Friday and the Kentucky Derby card on Saturday.
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Kentucky Derby picks and analysis from Daily Racing Form handicappers across the United States.
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Right to Party, runner-up in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, was scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby due to lameness in his right foreleg, opening a spot for Robusta to join the field. Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Right to Party, said regulatory veterinarians who look at the Derby horses all week told him that Right to Party was lame in his right front.
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Nycon was scratched from tonight's Kentucky Oaks on the morning of the race, leaving a field of 13 to contest the filly classic. Trainer Whit Beckman said Friday morning that there is no injury or real physical issue with Nycon, who was most recently fourth in the Grade 2 Gazelle Stakes.
Croix du Nord was the champion 2-year-old male in Japan in 2024, the winner of the 2025 Japanese Derby, and a Grade 1 winner earlier this year in the $3.6 million Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse in April. On Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse, Croix du Nord has a different assignment – starting for the first time at two miles in the Grade 1 spring running of the Tenno Sho.
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Poulin in O T negotiates his favorite distance in Sunday's $100,000 Thorncliffe Stakes at Woodbine and could be the dominant speed in the 5 1/2-furlong synthetic sprint for older runners.
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Veteran trainer Ron Coyne Jr. doesn't have the size or scope of most major trotting outfits, but that hasn't stopped him from coming up with horses of superior talent racing in New Jersey. A few years ago, Coyne had the sophomore Southwind Admiral poised for the Yonkers Trot following a promising 2-year-old season. That son of Tactical Landing suffered an injury that curtailed his sophomore season.