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Trainer Brian Lynch celebrated his 62nd birthday Friday at Churchill Downs in high style, winning a pair of graded stakes on the Kentucky Oaks undercard. He started with Moon Spun taking the Grade 2 Unbridled Sidney before coming back nearly three hours later to put the icing on his birthday cake by capturing the Grade 1 La Troienne with Shred the Gnar.
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Kathynmarissa’s kick did not come instantly, and in fact, it took her a good 20 strides to really start motoring, but once she hit top gear, it was lights out. She whizzed past Gezora at the sixteenth pole, switched over to the wrong lead, but still drew away to win the Grade 3, $500,000 Modesty by 1 1/4 lengths.
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Corporate Power achieved his biggest victory to date, prevailing in a stretch-long battle with Skippylongstocking to win the Alysheba by a neck.
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Trainer Brad Cox’s plan to turn both On Time Girl and Paradise back in distance rather than pursue the temptation of running in the Kentucky Oaks returned big dividends after the pair finished first and third, respectively, in the $700,000 Eight Belles Stakes on Friday at Churchill Downs.
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No Show Sammy Jo made a graded stakes attempt look like a routine exercise on Friday at Aqueduct, closing with authority to win the Grade 3 Sheepshead Bay Stakes by three-quarters of a length. Despite the close margin, she was never in trouble and paid $3.04 to win.
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Shisospicy failed to fire, but Moon Spun sure did, going gate to wire under Javier Castellano to win the $474,000 Unbridled Sidney by three-quarters of a length over late-running Shoot It True.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 5/4 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 5/4 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 5/3 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Joe Orseno learned his lesson last time. With rain in the forecast at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, the trainer said he will scratch Mattingly and Extendo if the $75,000 Thirsty Fish Handicap is run on soft turf.
