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Breaking from the rail under Silvino Morales on Saturday, it was logical to assume Debrusk, 4-5 post-time favorite, would race on or near the lead in the 1 1/16-mile Glen Todd Ascot Graduation over a sloppy track. That didn’t happen. Debrusk broke slowly from the gate, spotting the field several lengths.
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Man O Rose held off a late surge from Lovesick Blues to win Saturday’s $101,000 California Flag Stakes for statebreds on the hillside turf course by a nose, a result that will lead to divergent stakes at the Del Mar autumn meeting for the older geldings.
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Barbadian Runner could not have received a tougher test in his first race against older horses, nor could he have passed in more emphatic fashion. Squaring off with Post Time, a Maryland-bred superstar undefeated in his first 10 starts at Laurel Park, the 3-year-old gelding proved dauntless in the stretch to win the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic by three-quarters of a length.
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West Point Thoroughbreds and trainer Miguel Clement ran one-two in Saturday’s $150,600 Ontario Fashion at Woodbine when Les Reys outran the favored Gal in a Rush to win the Grade 3 stakes in her synthetic track debut.
While trainer Gary Capuano was notching a pair of stakes wins on Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park on Saturday, a juvenile star did him proud back home at Delaware Park. Probably Dreaming stretched out to a mile in the $100,000 Rocky Run Stakes and mowed down six rivals in a commanding 4 1/2-length victory.
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Trainer Brendan Walsh, with 10 winners and about $1.5 million worth of purses during April, had his best Keeneland meeting. His fall meet will approach, if not exceed, the spring, and the work Walsh and his crew did with the 3-year-old filly Lush Lips between April and October helped make her a Grade 1 winner Saturday in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup.
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Major Dude horse dominates under jockey John Velazquez and trainer Toff Pletcher in a standout performance. Catch expert coverage and insights now at Daily Racing Form!
Racing returned to the five-eighths-mile Cumberland Run track on Sunday, and the action was led by $40,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacers.
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Earlier this year, apprentice jockey Yedsit Hazlewood was a 17-year-old from Panama learning to ride in the United States under the tutelage of Jose Corrales. In cold mornings at Fair Hill and Laurel, he said that he had to make plenty of adjustments before he could contend in the Mid-Atlantic region. On Saturday, he became a stakes winner at Laurel.
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Horse race cancellations hit New York Racing Aqueduct due to severe weather. Stay updated with the latest racing news at Daily Racing Form!
