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Yo Daddy, winner of the Excelsior Stakes on April 4, will be pointed to the Grade 3, $250,000 Pimlico Special at Laurel Park on May 15, trainer Linda Rice said this week.
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Naive Melody has a terrific pedigree and a ton of talent. Now, she needs to just stay on the racetrack. Naive Melody, a 4-year-old New York-bred daughter of Complexity, makes just her fourth career start in a statebred second-level allowance/optional $45,000 claiming event that serves as the feature on Sunday's eight-race Aqueduct program.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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The second week of the Royal Palm meeting at Gulfstream Park will close Sunday with a 10-race program highlighted by a $70,000 dash for fillies and mares scheduled to be run at five furlongs on turf. The race drew a field of eight led by Sunna, who returns to a more suitable spot off a seventh-place finish in the Captiva Island Stakes over the Tapeta course.
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A long list of entries into the Grade 2, $400,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes on Sunday at Keeneland spells trouble for at least one potentially key player. The race's short distance could compromise the chances of another.
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White Abarrio put the finishing touches on preparations for his much anticipated showdown with Horse of the Year Sovereignty next Saturday in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap by breezing an easy half-mile in 49.79 seconds Friday at Gulfstream Park.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
In his sixth attempt, the 9-year-old gelding Grey Dawning finally won at Aintree Racecourse in Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase at 2 1/2 miles.
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The are plenty of questions for the leading contenders in the featured ninth race Sunday at Oaklawn Park. Will Queen Mallard carry her speed around two turns? Can Lady Woopig overcome post 12? Does Principal Anita's focus improve with blinkers on?
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A handful of Kentucky Derby candidates breezed on Friday morning in the Bluegrass State as plans and the field for the May 2 classic continue to come into focus.
