Kelly Breen said next Saturday's Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park will likely not be an option for Nacho Business despite his very impressive performance on graduation day and two subsequent 59-and-change five-furlong works at Palm Meadows.
The Factor, the most widely hyped 3-year-old in California, reappears Sunday for his first start since a dazzling maiden win way back on Dec. 26 when he runs in the San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita.
When Rogue Romance finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 6, a colt named Machen still was almost two months away from his career debut. But after making the races in January, Machen leapt to the head of the New Orleans 3-year-old class, and it’s he who might stand between Rogue Romance and a 3-year-old debut win Saturday in the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.
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J P’s Gusto and Jaycito were two of the most accomplished 2-year-olds of last year. Both won Grade 1 races, and both made it to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Yet when both make their 3-year-old debuts this year, and begin their quest to the May 7 Kentucky Derby, they will be doing so without the men who were closest to them last year.
Who's hot: Silver Medallion and Anthony’s Cross scored victories on Saturday in Kentucky Derby preps in which heavy favorites were defeated, and thus moved their way onto the top 20 of Derby Watch.
Gourmet Dinner, who has already earned his way into the Kentucky Derby field by virtue of his victory in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot, worked four furlongs in 47.61 seconds here Wednesday morning in his last serious prep for the Fountain of Youth.
Gulfstream Park racing secretary Dan Bork has written a one-mile overnight handicap for 3-year-olds to be run here March 12th. The race, called the Timely Writer, will offer a $100,000 purse and will carry no conditions, which makes it open to all 3-year-olds, including reigning division leader and Eclipse Award champion Uncle Mo.
Yankee Passion confirming his place in the lineup for Monday's Southwest Stakes after a bullet five-furlong workout on Wednesday at Oaklawn Park.
In spite of the presence of an unbeaten champion, Uncle Mo, in the lineup of 23 separate betting interests in Pool 1 of the Kenrucky Derby Future Wager, the probable favorite still appears likely to be the mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option.
Santiva comes into the 2011 season a legitimate hopeful to move firmly onto the Triple Crown Trail in the Risen Star Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
