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After winning a pair of stakes on Friday at Laurel, including the Black-Eyed Susan with My Miss Mo, what could trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. do for an encore? Win two more stakes the following afternoon over his home base at Gulfstream Park, that's what.
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Dixie Law stamped herself as the early favorite for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks when nosing out Meilani to capture Saturday’s $114,400 Ruling Angel Stakes under a shrewd ride from Rafael Hernandez.
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A year after winning the Dinner Party at odds of 5-1 over “good” turf at Pimlico, Fort Washington ran by 2-5 favorite Cruise the Nile in deep stretch and held off a late run from A Bourbon for Toby to win Saturday’s $250,000 Dinner Party by three-quarters of a length over firm turf at Laurel Park.
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After switching to synthetic and coming up empty last time out, Turf Star returned to the grass and finally earned his first stakes victory in the $100,000 James W. Murphy on Saturday at Laurel Park.
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A day after prominent owner and breeder Peter Brant revealed that he’d moved some of his best racehorses away from Chad Brown, giving them to other trainers, Brown gave Brant a new stakes winner when Lost Horizon dominated the $100,000 Serena’s Song on Saturday at Monmouth Park.
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When Bring the Smoke was last seen at Laurel Park, he was a dazzling maiden winner, earning him attention that resulted in his purchase. That investment paid off as Bring the Smoke has now earned national-level attention, up by a neck in a three-horse blanket finish in the Grade 3, $150,000 Maryland Sprint on Saturday at Laurel Park.
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On Saturday, in his first start since finishing second in the Saudi Derby in February, Obliteration worked out a nice inside-out trip under Jose Ortiz to win the $150,000 Chick Lang Stakes by 3 1/2 lengths over previously undefeated Shane’s Wonder at Laurel Park.
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Apprentice jockey Yedsit Hazlewood has earned immense attention early in his career in Maryland, but the 18-year-old rider’s star grew even brighter on Preakness Day at Laurel Park. After winning two races early on the card, he and 3-year-old colt Big Cuddle rolled home to win the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes by a half-length.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 5/18 card at Ocean Downs.
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No rider will be busier than Andrea Atzeni at Sunday’s (17 May) Sha Tin meeting when the Italian takes 10 rides as he closes in on his best-ever Hong Kong season.
