Chip Honcho, despite finishing fourth in the Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 17, will continue down the road to the Louisiana Derby and make his next start Feb. 14 in the Risen Star, trainer Steve Asmussen said.
Winner of the Gun Runner in December, Chip Honcho broke poorly from post 10 in the Lecomte, got caught four wide on the first turn, failed to settle after turning onto the backstretch, raced wide again on the far turn, and still lost by just 1 3/4 lengths.
Peter Eurton was born and raised in Southern California, began training there in 1989, has always based the bulk of his stable there, and remains committed to racing there, wobbly as things have become there.
“I want to keep it going,” Eurton said Thursday, reached by phone in – California. “I don’t want to see it go.”
INDIANTOWN, Fla. – Unlike a year ago, trainer Bill Mott does not have a wish list of races in which he’d like to run Sovereignty in 2026.
Okay, maybe one.
“I’d like to make the Breeders’ Cup Classic at the end of the year and whatever makes any kind of sense in between,” Mott said the day before Sovereignty was crowned 2025 Horse of the Year and 3-year-old champion male at Thursday’s Eclipse Awards ceremony at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Pursuitneversleeps, whose only poor effort in six starts came in his lone try around two turns, figures to be a strong favorite when returning locally to face six rivals in Sunday’s $87,000 allowance at Gulfstream Park. Race 10 will be contested at seven furlongs over the main track.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Sunday is redemption day at Santa Anita for a stakes-winning colt who emerged as a top juvenile last summer on turf before he missed twice in fall.
Hey Nay Nay returns in the $100,000 Baffle Stakes, a hillside sprint for 3-year-olds won by favorites the last five years. To make it six, Hey Nay Nay must catch lightly raced front-runner Greenwich Village and hold off stakes-winning late-runner Later Than Planned. Simple enough.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Nine horses were entered for Saturday’s $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes at Gulfstream Park, although the majority of the attention will be focused on just two of them – budding superstars Knightsbridge and Life and Times – who will dominate the wagering in the Grade 3 fixture to be decided at a mile over the main track.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Talk about your turnbacks.
When My Boy Prince runs in Saturday’s $175,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes, he will be cutting back to five furlongs after attempting 1 1/2 miles in the Grade 1 Canadian International last October at Woodbine.
The chart said My Boy Prince took a funny step at three-furlong pole of the International, but truth be told, he was backing up by that point anyway. My Boy Prince was eased out of the race and did walk off the course under his own power and was none the worse for wear, according to trainer Mark Casse.
When 4-year-old filly Lucille Ball entered the gate at Aqueduct for her long-awaited return Jan. 2, she was even a mystery to her trainer. Chris Englehart didn’t know what to expect from her off a 14-month layoff, leaving him all the more flummoxed when she kicked clear to win an $83,000 allowance by 10 1/4 lengths with a 103 Beyer Speed Figure.
“I was hoping she could win,” Englehart said. “But when they’re off that long and had double [knee] surgery, you can’t expect that. It was a nice surprise.”
