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Woodbine Mohawk Park: Analysis for Monday 4/27
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 4/27 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Kevin PlowchaApr 24, 2026
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 4/27 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 4/27 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The 2026 Churchill Downs spring meeting does not open until Saturday but there was plenty of action out on the racetrack Friday morning, especially during the workout window reserved for Kentucky Derby and Oaks hopefuls, with four potential Derby starters and a handful of possible Oaks runners working in rapid-fire order.
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British Isles, a convincing winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March, has emerged from a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland on April 18 in good condition, trainer Richard Baltas said on Friday.
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Cornucopian and Imagination, stakes winners at Santa Anita and in Saudi Arabia in their last starts, had six-furlong workouts at Santa Anita on Friday in advance of scheduled starts in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes on May 2.
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One could argue that if Ciborio had stayed at Gulfstream Park for his entire juvenile campaign, his maiden victory might already be well behind him. But in two starts at Kentucky Downs last year, the colt showed trainer Jose D'Angelo more in defeat than he might have with a softer victory.
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Mike Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey who has won the Kentucky Derby twice, was aboard So Happy for his final workout Friday at Churchill Downs in advance of next Saturday's 152nd Kentucky Derby. Smith guided So Happy through a five-furlong breeze in 1:00.38, per Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch.
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Open to third-level allowance horses or $100,000 claimers and carded for 5 1/2 furlongs on grass, the Sunday feature at Churchill Downs drew five horses who haven't started since 2025. A sixth, Alder, last raced Feb. 18 while coming off a two-month break.
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Anakarina was a dominant winner of her last start. A repeat performance might make her difficult to handle Sunday in the $135,000 Majestic.
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If the weather allows, Ultimate Love will make her long-awaited 3-year-old debut as a daunting figure in the $150,000 Memories of Silver Stakes at a mile on turf Sunday at Aqueduct.