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Tiny but mighty Carter field awaits Book'em Danno in comeback spot
Book'em Danno, the champion sprinter of 2025, returns from a near eight-month layoff in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Carter Stakes at Aqueduct.
David GreningApr 02, 2026
Book'em Danno, the champion sprinter of 2025, returns from a near eight-month layoff in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Carter Stakes at Aqueduct.
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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Madison, Santa Anita Derby, Shakertown
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Takethemoneyhoney must bear the burden of heavy favoritism before she can reap the rewards on Saturday at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old mare seems ideally prepared as a heavy favorite in the $100,000 Heavenly Cause Stakes, but trainer Mike Moore is understandably wary of near-certainties.
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A week ago, the Blue Grass Stakes felt like a one-horse race. Tuesday, when the Saturday card was assembled, it seemed like a three-horse affair, but that did not last either. And after a pair of important defections, Further Ado and Reagan's Honor head what will be, at most, a seven-horse Blue Grass on Saturday at Keeneland.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 4/4 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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It's looking like a little bit of déjà vu for Strollsmischief heading into the second start of his career Saturday in the $150,000 Rainbow Stakes at Oaklawn Park. After winning on debut in the slop from the rail, Strollsmichief gets the rail again and likely a sloppy track for the Rainbow.
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Immersive, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2024, makes her 4-year-old debut in the Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff Stakes at seven furlongs. Immersive, a Godolphin homebred daughter of Nyquist who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at 2, has not raced since she won the Seneca Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs last September, one of just three starts she had as a 3-year-old.
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The favorite is marooned on the outside in a bulky 12-horse field. The second choice is parked on the rail and coming off a poor effort. As has been the case in recent years, the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct is ripe for chaos.
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Mohaven, a stakes winner on Breeders' Cup weekend at Del Mar last fall, was tried on turf for her first start of the year in early February. Mohaven thrived on dirt last year, and will be a strong favorite to win her second stakes on the surface in Saturday's $125,000 Evening Jewel Stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita.
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Trainer Whit Beckman believes added distance and better preparation can help Nycon turn the tables on Paradise when the two 3-year-old fillies meet for the second straight race in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct.