SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Not by design, The Wine Steward has shown up fashionably late to the Triple Crown party that ends Saturday with the $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. His connections hope it’s not too late for him to make an impression in the 3-year-old division.
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ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Flavien Prat received a stay from Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, allowing him to ride at Saratoga from Friday through Sunday despite receiving a suspension for those days for a riding infraction at Santa Anita on May 27.
In a ruling issued Friday, Santa Anita stewards Grant Baker, Luis Jauregui, and Kim Sawyer cited Prat for causing interference shortly after the start of the Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The Chad Brown pair of Program Trading and I’m Very Busy take on the Charlie Appleby-trained duo of Measured Time and Nations Pride in the Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan Stakes in the race immediately preceding Saturday’s $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga.
The New York Racing Association drew the fields and assigned post positions for 12 of the 14 races to be run Saturday. The draws for the Belmont Stakes itself and the Grade 1, $1 million Metropolitan Handicap were to be drawn on Monday afternoon at an event in downtown Saratoga Springs.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The last time Happy Jack started in a Grade 1, he finished sixth of eight at 17-1 in the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters at Saratoga in August 2022.
Nearly two years later, Happy Jack is likely to start in another Grade 1 in the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at six furlongs at Del Mar on July 27. The winner of the Bing Crosby Stakes receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 2.
This time, Happy Jack will command a higher measure of respect from bettors.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The final piece of the Belmont Stakes workout puzzle fell into place nicely around 7:45 a.m. Sunday morning over the Oklahoma training track. Wood Memorial winner RESILIENCE solidified his spot in the lineup with a very solid half-mile breeze in 47.88 seconds that delighted a gathering of about two-dozen spectators, none more so than his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - As expected, Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is a go for the Belmont Stakes, trainer Kenny McPeek confirmed Sunday.
McPeek said blood work taken on Mystik Dan on Saturday following his workout earlier that morning “came back good. We put his feed out, he dove in, so we went ahead and entered.”
McPeek had been hinting all week that he would run Mystik Dan in the Belmont, but wanted to make sure the horse had a good work, came out of it in good order and was eating.
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Jockeys Keith and Erik Asmussen, sons of Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, were injured Saturday in races at Churchill Downs and Lone Star Park.
Keith Asmussen was riding Singsational in the first race Saturday at Churchill when the horse clipped heels and went down on the backstretch of a dirt race. Keith Asmussen was taken to the hospital with a possible fractured femur and a hip injury, according to Churchill Downs media.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A Kentucky Oaks rematch looks to be in the offing Friday when Thorpedo Anna and Just F Y I head a field of nine 3-year-old fillies that were entered Saturday for the Grade 1, $500,000 Acorn Stakes at Saratoga.
Regulatory Risk, who finished third in the Kentucky Oaks, is also part of the Acorn field.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sierra Leone, beaten a nose by Mystik Dan when second as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby after lugging in during the stretch run, will wear a new bit, known as a cage bit, when he starts as the likely favorite in the $2 million Belmont Stakes next Saturday at Saratoga.