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Joe Shiesty continues to enjoy a stellar winter at Turfway Park, posting his second straight sprint stakes victory with an emphatic 6 1/4-length romp in the $125,000 Big Daddy Stakes on Saturday night in a win that sets him up well for spring on the Kentucky circuit.
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Agent Kiaran McLaughlin celebrated a “throwback” win of sorts last month when the rider he represents, Luis Saez, guided Bigwrigdude to a maiden victory Feb. 26 at Oaklawn. The horse is trained by Greg Burchell, who also co-bred and co-owns the son of Sticksstatelydude.
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Taken by the Wind, a multiple stakes winner who suffered her first career defeat when eighth in the Grade 3, $750,000 Honeybee earlier this month at Oaklawn, emerged from the race with a case of horse hiccups, according to her trainer, Kenny McPeek.
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Trainer Mark Casse has had three notable fillies shine over the Oaklawn meet, and Counting Stars, Search Party and French Friction are all being pointed to upcoming Kentucky Oaks preps.
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Jockey Luis Saez, who has been wintering at Oaklawn Park, will be based at Gulfstream Park beginning on Thursday, according to his agent, Kiaran McLaughlin.
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On a night just for the ladies, it was Meadowlands regular Lauren Tritton who stood in front of the class, driving the winners of both dashes that featured fields comprised of female drivers as The Big M celebrated International Women's Day on a foggy Saturday night.
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The Custard The Dragon gelding Rum N Raisins, a winner of two of his three Game Of Claims Pacing Series preliminaries and claimed out of all three, continued his winning ways in the $35,000 GOC Series Championship, the richest race of the young campaign at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, while posting a new lifetime mark of 1:51. Rum N Raisins also changed hands for the fourth straight time, as he was haltered for $30,000 out of the final, but owner Caldwell Mamie Racing LLC. and trainer Cory Stratton will take Saturday's $17,500 first money as "consolation" for losing the horse after one week.
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A top-three finish for British Isles in Saturday’s Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap was considered a reasonable goal by jockey Diego Herrera - at least until the final turn.
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Final Boss ended a layoff of more than five months with a shocking win in Saturday’s Grade 2 Frank Kilroe Mile on turf at Santa Anita, a race jockey Juan Hernandez thought would be a prep for bigger prizes in coming months.
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There is a carryover of $67,798 in the $2 pick six at Santa Anita on Sunday.
