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Trainer Kenny McPeek said Blackout Time and Taken by the Wind, who both exit 3-year-old preps, could make a surface switch for upcoming stakes at Churchill Downs.
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Nu What's New has gone from maiden winner to graded stakes winner during the course of the Oaklawn Park meet and the next frontier could be Derby Week at Churchill Downs. Trainer Jimmy DiVito said plans for the winner of the Grade 3, $500,000 Oaklawn Mile on March 28 are not yet determined but an option is the Grade 2, $750,000 Alysheba on May 1.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 4/7 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Thursday's feature at Oaklawn is a second-level allowance for 4-year-olds and up over 1 1/16 miles. Gun Runner Charlie will vie for favoritism with First Division in the field of seven. Attention will also be on American Promise, the winner of last year's Virginia Derby who is making his first start since the Preakness.
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Ramses the Great has demonstrated greatly improved form since switching to turf in February, but he remains winless on the surface in two near misses at Gulfstream Park.
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The real feast of Keeneland turf racing comes Friday and Saturday, with awesome renewals of the Maker's Mark Mile and the Jenny Wiley, but the Thursday feature came up pretty tasty, too. Race 8, a second-level allowance, drew 16 entrants for a dozen starting spots. There are plenty of ways to go.
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Hindered by cancellations on high-profile days during the holidays, handle on races run at Santa Anita declined at the winter-spring meeting that ended Sunday.
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A $150,000 turf allowance for older horses has attracted four graded stakes winners in the field of seven entrants, including millionaire Integration, who is getting his season started in this potential stepping-stone to bigger things.
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A one-two finish by Meaning and Brooklyn Blonde was an ideal result to Saturday's Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks for trainer Michael McCarthy. Meaning will have her next start in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 1. She leads all qualifiers with 126 points. Brooklyn Blonde, however, has only 50 points, and ranked 21st on the qualification list.
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There are only seven races on Thursday's card, the final six comprising a pick six that begins the day with a $50,563 carryover after the wager was not hit on Saturday's Wood Memorial card.
