After an unsuccessful road trip to Monmouth Park last month, Lucy’s Bob Boy is back home at Charles Town, where he will be an overwhelming favorite against five other West Virginia-breds in the $50,000 Frank Gall Memorial at seven furlongs.
Colonial Flag, a Grade 3 stakes winner in Canada last season, and Warm Glow, a lightly raced 5-year-old mare who has put together a three-race winning streak, head the cast for the $50,000 Rosenna, an overnight stakes for fillies and mares scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on Delaware Park’s turf course.
Liaison, a four-time stakes winner who was fifth in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap here July 27, will start in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 25, trainer Bob Baffert said Thursday.
A horse who began his career sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs at Charles Town and earned himself a berth in the 2012 Preakness has the most intriguing story line among nine older New York-breds in the lineup for Saturday’s $50,000 Leon Reed Memorial Handicap at Finger Lakes.
Fort Larned began working toward the Grade 1 Woodward by breezing four furlongs in 48.29 seconds Thursday morning at Saratoga.
Sirocco Strike is finished for the meeting after being placed first in an eventful running of the $100,690 Green Flash Handicap for turf sprinters on Wednesday.
Blue Kitten and Boisterous clash for the second time this summer in the Grade 1, $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational at Saratoga.
Here’s a scary thought: As good as Princess of Sylmar has been in races up to 1 1/8 miles, her trainer, Todd Pletcher, believes she may not have run a race at her preferred distance yet.
If there’s a standout 3-year-old turf horse lurking somewhere in North America, he’s not readily apparent among the entries for the Grade 1, $500,000 Secretariat Stakes on Saturday at Arlington.
Onepointhreekarats, gunned out of the gate by jockey Jeremy Rose, maintained a daylight lead throughout Thursday’s $51,100 Unbridled Belle Stakes for fillies and mares at Delaware Park.
