ARCADIA, Calif. – Unique Bella, second in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park on Friday after a poor start, is unlikely to race again until early June.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said at Santa Anita on Sunday that Unique Bella is a candidate for two Grade 1 races for fillies and mares – the $400,000 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita on June 2 or the $750,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Belmont Park on June 9.
Oh So Regal won the $150,000 Sunland Park Handicap by four lengths over stablemate Sphene on Sunday and set a track record for 1 1/8 miles. He covered the distance in 1:47.21 to lower the mark of 1:47.37 that Proceed established on April 12, 2015.
The card also included the $162,905 Copper Top Futurity for New Mexico-breds, won by Hustle Up ($3.40).
ARCADIA, Calif. – B Squared has earned $347,128 in his career. Success in California-bred stakes is a major reason for his big bankroll.
On Saturday, B Squared won his third stakes for statebreds in the $100,000 Thor’s Echo Handicap at six furlongs at Santa Anita. He probably will run next in the $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes for Cal-breds at a mile on turf May 20.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Blackjackcat is a candidate for Saturday’s Grade 3 American Stakes at a mile on turf, but trainer Mark Glatt said on Sunday that he was leaning toward running him in the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course April 29.
Blackjackcat, third in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar last November, finished a quiet fifth as the even-money favorite in the Grade 3 Thunder Road Stakes at a mile on turf here Feb. 10, his only start this year.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Horsepower.
Robert and Lawana Low have got it – whether it’s the couple’s trucking company or their undefeated Kentucky Derby hopeful Magnum Moon.
Churchill Downs is the next stop for Magnum Moon after he ran his record to 4 for 4 with his Saturday win in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby. The horse was bright and alert Sunday morning at Oaklawn, where he rolled out of the stable area just after 6:30 a.m. to catch a flight to Florida.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Horsepower.
Robert and Lawana Low have got it – whether it’s the couple’s trucking company or their undefeated Kentucky Derby hopeful Magnum Moon.
Churchill Downs is the next stop for Magnum Moon after he ran his record to 4 for 4 with his Saturday win in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby. The horse was bright and alert Sunday morning at Oaklawn, where he rolled out of the stable area just after 6:30 a.m. to catch a flight to Florida.
INDIANTOWN GAP, Fla. - Florida Derby runner-up Hofburg got back to serious business just after sunrise Sunday morning at Payson Park, breezing an impressive-looking half-mile in 49.02 in company with the older, Grade 1-placed and multiple Grade 2 winner Good Samaritan.
The lightly raced Hofburg, beaten three lengths by Audible in the Florida Derby, will make his next start May 5 at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Derby.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – City of Light and Accelerate came out of their first- and second-place finishes in the Grade 2, $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap well and walked the shed row Sunday on a cold and breezy morning.
City of Light defeated 6-5 favorite Accelerate by a neck in the 1 1/8-mile Oaklawn Handicap following a stiff stretch drive. It was 10 lengths back to the pacesetter Untrapped, who finished third in the 11-horse field.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Mitole, who put up a Beyer Speed Figure of 107 for his win in the $150,000 Bachelor for 3-year-olds Thursday at Oaklawn, was bright and alert Saturday and is scheduled to ship to Churchill, according to his trainer, Steve Asmussen.
Mitole’s number equaled the top Beyer put up by a 3-year-old so far in 2018. Justify earned a 107 for his win in the Santa Anita Derby.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Sassy Sienna and Wonder Gadot finished a nose apart Friday in the Grade 3, $400,000 Fantasy at Oaklawn and a rematch is brewing for next month’s Kentucky Oaks.
Trainer Brad Cox said Sassy Sienna, who earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 82 for her win in the Fantasy, is scheduled to ship Saturday night to his Churchill Downs division to begin preparations for the Kentucky Oaks. Trainer Mark Casse said Wonder Gadot, who earned the same number, is set to ship Monday to Churchill for the Oaks.
