Energico missed the Grade 1 Japanese Derby on June 1 because of illness. He made up for his absence from that classic race with his second graded stakes win in Sunday’s Kikuka Sho for 3-year-old colts and fillies at the testing distance of 1 7/8 miles at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Journalism may not have been the star of the show during training hours this past week at Del Mar – at least not since his nemesis Sovereignty arrived last Wednesday – but the Preakness and Haskell winner put on a pretty good show as dawn broke here Sunday, topping a Breeders’ Cup work tab that also included a very good showing from Distaff contender Dorth Vader.
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Desert Gate, winner of the Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes and runner-up in two Grade 1 stakes in California, is out of Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, trainer Bob Baffert told the Breeders’ Cup notes team on Saturday.
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Total handle at the Keeneland fall meet set a record at $217.6 million, according to an analysis by Daily Racing Form, despite slight drops in field size and the number of turf races the track offered during its 17-day meet, which closed on Saturday.
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It is only 69 miles between Keeneland and Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Jose Ortiz, who rode at Keeneland on Saturday and was to ride at Churchill Downs on Sunday afternoon, took a pretty significant detour.
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Corningstone is set to make a Wednesday afternoon appearance at Horseshoe Indianapolis, where she’s 1-9 to have a race named in her honor in the future.
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Improbably, Who Dey and Fair and Square staged a thrilling near-replay of last year's $100,000 Best of Ohio Endurance, gamely dueling nearly throughout the race with Who Dey prevailing in a head bob at the wire on Saturday’s state showcase program at Mahoning Valley.
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The all-time Breeders Crown and Canadian record of 1:46 4/5 was overtaken on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park when 6-5 favorite Ervin Hanover uncorked a furious back-half to claim the C$822,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown Open Pace with a 1:46 2/5 effort.
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A year to the day that Sippinonsearoc launched a big rally along the pylons in the stretch of a Breeders Crown final to miss by only a head, the Ron Burke trainee got a similar trip in Saturday's $600,000 championship for 3-year-old male pacers at Woodbine Mohawk Park and came away with the win.
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French Wine posted the biggest victory of his career to date by winning Saturday night's $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot final at Woodbine Mohawk Park from off cover in 1:50 1/5 for Jason Bartlett and Nancy Takter.
