We interrupt this headlong dash toward the Kentucky Derby with a pre-Derby Saturday of racing across North America. Three-year-olds, the glamour division of the next six weeks, have races at Oaklawn Park (Bachelor), Golden Gate Fields (California Derby and California Oaks), and Woodbine (Star Shoot), but let’s give older route horses some love.
Californian
Belmont | Race 5 | Post Time 3:20 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
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B Dawk
April 24, 8th race Keeneland, MdSpWt100k
Beyer: 92
7 furlongs 184 feet (Beard Course) 1:27.05 – 1st by 11 1/4 lengths
ch. c. 3, Gormley – Mott N Hester, by Super Saver
ARCADIA, Calif. – From Santa Anita to Golden Gate Fields to Churchill Downs and Keeneland, the cross-country notebook is full again. With stuff like this . . .
Stilleto Boy sharpens up
After a reinvigorated Stilleto Boy dusted two workout rivals last Saturday at Santa Anita, blazing five furlongs in 58.80 seconds prepping for the Grade 2 Californian Stakes this Saturday, trainer Ed Moger pondered the identity of the work rivals Stilleto Boy blew away.
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Aqueduct | Race 9 | Post Time 5:32 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
1:00 KEE 1st WIND AT MY BACK (#2, 5-1) was beaten 15 lengths in career debut, but still split the field debuting on a sloppy track. Wasn't just any MSW in which he ran, either, but a strong race for the class level, making the drop to $50K maiden-claiming all the more meaningful. Five works since and he is set to run much better and contend for win in this second start. -Marcus Hersh
Aqueduct | Race 5 | Post Time 3:26 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
This New York-bred allowance turf sprint looks very wide open. The favorite, whoever that may be, is likely to be lukewarm, as most of the major players are returning from layoffs with inconsistent prior form.
