Brown might start three in Wood Memorial
There's a good chance that Shagaf won't be trainer Chad Brown's only starter in the Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 9.
David GreningMar 07, 2016
There's a good chance that Shagaf won't be trainer Chad Brown's only starter in the Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 9.
With his perfect record intact, Gotham Stakes winner Shagaf will continue down the Triple Crown trail with his next stop being the Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 9, trainer Chad Brown said Sunday.
Shagaf remained unbeaten in three starts with this victory, his first in a stakes and his first around two turns. He is the understudy for owner Shadwell Stable to Mohaymen, currently the ante-post favorite for the May 7 Kentucky Derby on the Derby Watch future line set by colleague Mike Watchmaker.
Songbird raced again on Saturday in the Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita and reminded everyone that, as much quality as there is near the top of this year’s 3-year-old filly division, this much remains the same as it ever was: There is Songbird, and then everyone else.
After conferring with the horse’s owner, trainer Stanley Gold has decided to give Awesome Banner one more chance around two turns and will bring him back next Saturday in the Tampa Bay Derby.
Cutacorner worked a bullet five furlongs in 59.80 seconds Friday at Oaklawn. The allowance winner is being pointed for the Grade 2, $900,000 Rebel Stakes here March 19, said trainer Jack Van Berg.
Tom's Ready came out of the Risen Star Stakes in good shape, said trainer Dallas Stewart, who is looking past the colt's seventh-place finish and looking forward to the Louisiana Derby on March 26.
Saturday's Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct offers many lightly raced, modestly accomplished 3-year-olds a chance to continue down the Triple Crown trail.
I like Conquest Big E in Saturday's Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
A half-mile workout Thursday morning at Santa Anita by Nyquist moved the undefeated 3-year-old colt one step closer to an early-season showdown against undefeated Mohaymen in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on April 2 at Gulfstream Park.