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In a showdown of Maryland-based runners, Coach Mazzula, well-rationed on the lead by Jevian Toledo, held off favored Ultimate Love by a head to win the $125,000 Hilltop Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf in what her rider called a "pretty brave" performance on Friday at Laurel Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 5/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 5/17 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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The takeout for Monmouth's rolling pick 3s and daily doubles will be cut to 15 percent, the track said on Friday, effective with the Saturday card. The track had cut the takeout on both the late pick 3 and final daily double on every card at the beginning of the meet on May 9.
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Embroidery, the 2025 champion 3-year-old filly in Japan, will be difficult to defeat in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse, a course she adores.
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The 4-year-old Irish-bred filly Midnight Horizon has had a challenging build-up to her American debut in an allowance race at six furlongs on turf at Santa Anita on Sunday.
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Vodka Vodka, second in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March, will miss the Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita on May 25 because of foot issues.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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The Puma, scratched from the Kentucky Derby the morning of the race due to a swollen pastern apparently resulting from a skin infection in his leg, returned to his home base at Gulfstream Park on Thursday where he’ll continue preparations for the second half of his 3-year-old campaign.
