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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.
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Dandona had just one horse beaten after the opening half-mile of Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Tampa Bay Downs. Her jockey, Flavien Prat was okay with that.
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Majestic Oops won the most prestigious race of her career on Saturday when the 6-year-old mare upset champion Nitrogen in the Grade 2, $400,000 Azeri run over a sloppy, sealed track at Oaklawn Park.
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Going to the far turn of Saturday’s Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, Junior Alvarado, aboard Destino d’Oro, had to drop back to last when longshot Aunt Mo started backing up into his filly.
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Despite being four-to-five wide all the way around, The Puma finished fastest of all to win the Tampa Bay Derby by three-quarters of a length and go from maiden to Grade 3 stakes winner and Kentucky Derby qualifier. Further Ado, who raced between horses under Irad Ortiz Jr., got second by a head over race favorite Canaletto.
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Potente was the least experienced runner in Saturday’s Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita, but showed the poise of a veteran to win an important prep for the Triple Crown.
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Since the calendar flipped to February, the Brendan Walsh barn has gone crazy in turf stakes, and they won another Saturday at Fair Grounds, where Indigo Woods turned a sharp rally into a half-length victory in the $100,000 Allen “Black Cat” Lacombe Memorial.
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The speedy and remarkably consistent R Disaster avenged her narrow setback in the 2025 Hurricane Bertie and did so in style Saturday at Gulfstream Park, leading at every call en route to a popular and convincing 5 1/2-length victory over Sterling Silver in the Grade 3 fixture for fillies and mares.
