Trenchtown Cat appeared to have a lot going against her heading into Saturday’s $75,000 Ana T. Stakes. Not only was she the lone 3-year-old filly in a field of older and more seasoned horses, but she also was trying dirt for the first time in five career starts. In the end, neither proved any obstacle the very promising daughter of Discreet Cat, who drew off to a convincing 3 3/4-length decision over the odds-on favorite and graded stakes-placed Razorback Lady.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nominations for the five graded stakes on the June 15 Stephen Foster night card at Churchill Downs don’t close until Saturday, and yet there’s already plenty of speculation as to what those races will look like.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Roger Attfield saddled his first two winners of the Woodbine meet this past weekend, with Art of Almost and Flawless Bourbon both graduating from the maiden ranks. The Attfield stable has also found recent success in stakes away from Woodbine, as older horses Tiz a Slam and Ickymasho recorded stakes wins south of the border during Victoria Day weekend.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The $500,000 Woodbine Oaks is June 8, and the field is beginning to take shape following the final local preps. Trainer Mark Casse has won the Oaks three times, most recently with Lexie Lou in 2014, and will send out a trio of horses in this year’s edition.

Among the Casse contingent being pointed to the Oaks is Fury Stakes winner Speedy Soul and runner-up Hastalavistababy. Casse will also is pointing Grade 3 Selene Stakes runner-up Preferred Guest to the Oaks.

Euclyn “Pede” Prentice Jr., who rode regularly at Turfway Park and Belterra Park, died early Monday from injuries suffered the previous night when the vehicle he was driving collided with a bus near Turfway.

Prentice, 28, was a native of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He had ridden Sunday at Belterra, going winless in five mounts. His final win came May 18 at Indiana Grand.

Prentice began riding in the U.S. in 2015 and had 256 winners from 2,582 mounts. He won 18 races at Turfway last winter.

ARCADIA, Calif. – In March, Comical was part of the catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sale of 2-year-olds in-training. It was as close as she got to going through the sale ring.

The filly was withdrawn after co-owner Erik Johnson said there was “no action” from potential buyers, regarding their interest. Comical was sent to trainer Doug O’Neill’s stable in California where she began workouts.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Eddie Haskell won his first graded stakes in Saturday’s Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at five furlongs on turf at Santa Anita, leaving trainer Mark Glatt contemplating what the former claimer can achieve through the season.

Glatt mentioned the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint here in November as a long-term goal, should Eddie Haskell continue to improve.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding who was pulled up in Saturday’s sixth race, was euthanized on Sunday because of a sesamoid injury, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said.

An effort was made overnight to save Kochees, Hollendorfer said.

“We tried, but we couldn’t,” he said.

Kochees, 9, was pulled up at the top of the stretch of a $10,000 claimer at 5 1/2 furlongs by jockey Mario Gutierrez. Kochees was racing at the back of the field when he was injured.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Tacitus, who could vie for favoritism with Preakness winner War of Will in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 8, put in a solid five-furlong workout Sunday at Belmont Park in preparation for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.

BELMONT PARK 
Sunday, May 26
Weather: Clear 
Temp.: 63 
Track: Fast

ELMONT, N.Y. – With the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, to be decided at a grueling 1 1/2 miles, there was a distinct pattern to the handful of workouts recorded over the Belmont Park main and training tracks this weekend. The trainers of all five Belmont contenders to breeze here Saturday and Sunday were looking for strong, extended gallop-outs just two weeks out from the race.