Each week in this space, the top Beyer performances by maiden winners will be featured and analyzed. Click here for a complete archive.
Naughty Gal
July 4, 4th race Churchill, MdSpWt120k
Beyer: 75
6 furlongs 1:10.35 – 1st by 9 1/4 lengths
b. f. 2, Into Mischief – Conway Two Step, by Spanish Steps
Two-year-olds, high-class grass racing, and the year’s premier meets in New York and California mean summer has arrived. Saratoga opened Thursday, Del Mar opens July 22, and there is plenty to cover in this week’s handicapping notebook.
Sanford has chalky look
Belmont | Race 9 | Post Time 4:51 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
Belmont | Race 2 | Post Time 1:32 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
LOS ALAMITOS
WORKDAY
Trainer: John Sadler
Last race: July 1, 7th
Finish: 3rd by 3 3/4
Beyer: 51
Debut 2-year-old lacked speed, raced greenly from kickback, and finished evenly. Promising debut by California-bred son of Accelerate who can move way up next time out.
EDDIE’S LAST
Trainer: Doug O’Neill
Last race: July 1, 7th
Finish: 10 by 15
Beyer: 21
From the wilds of Altoona, Iowa, and Shelbyville, Indiana, to Long Island, N.Y., and Stanton, Delaware, it’s quite the summer Saturday of racing.
The Indiana Derby (Actuator gets the nod) headlines an eight-stakes Horseshoe Indianapolis card, while the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker (Warrant is the one) marks the high point of the Iowa racing year. The Delaware Handicap has become a pale shadow of a race that used to attract champions.
Those races are dirt; we’re going green this week.
Belmont Derby Invitational
