HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gunnevera, who was given a brief freshening after finishing seventh in the Kentucky Derby and fifth in the Preakness, has begun preparing for what trainer Antonio Sano hopes will be an even more fruitful second half of his 3-year-old campaign.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – By winning the Grade 3 Chicago Handicap on Saturday, Finley’sluckycharm became the first horse in 13 years to win three stakes at a single Churchill meet. The 4-year-old filly won the ungraded Roxelana and the Grade 3 Winning Colors earlier in the meet.
Lunar Pal, trained by Steve Asmussen, was the last to win three, taking the Kentucky Juvenile, the now-defunct Kentucky Breeders’ Cup, and the Bashford Manor in 2004. Other known Churchill triples include Favorite Trick (1997), Packet (1994), and Mrs. Revere (1984).
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Gun Runner was scheduled to arrive early Tuesday at his summer home at Saratoga after being sent overnight by van from Churchill Downs with about a dozen of his Steve Asmussen-trained stablemates.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The $71,510 purse of an optional claimer at Santa Anita on Saturday has been placed on hold and eventually may be redistributed because the winning owner was ineligible to run horses after being suspended last Friday.
Nick Cafarchia, 78, failed to appear at a hearing regarding financial responsibilities, track stewards said Sunday. The matter is being investigated by the California Horse Racing Board, stewards said.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Battle of Midway had no difficultly beating three overmatched rivals in Saturday’s Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita for his first stakes win.
Sent off as the 1-10 favorite, Battle of Midway led throughout to win the race at 1 1/16 miles by 4 1/4 lengths.
His next assignment will be trickier.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Irap, who won his second graded stakes of the year in Saturday’s Grade 3 Ohio Derby, is likely to start in the Grade 3 Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand on July 15, trainer Doug O’Neill said Sunday.
Irap won the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes in a 31-1 upset April 8 before finishing 18th of 20 in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6. In the Ohio Derby, Irap closed from sixth in a field of nine to win by a nose over Girvin, who was 13th in the Kentucky Derby.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Collected will be considered for turf races at Del Mar this summer despite romping to three consecutive stakes wins on dirt at Santa Anita this year, the most recent of which was a 14-length score in Saturday’s Grade 3 Precisionist Stakes.
Collected is trained by Bob Baffert, who has a deep team of main-track handicap horses. The group is led by Arrogate, the winner of the $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park and the $10 million Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates earlier this year.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Arrogate, the world’s top-rated racehorse, was never urged through a six-furlong workout in 1:12.40 at Santa Anita on Sunday and still had the second-fastest of 22 recorded works at the distance.
The workout was the longest since Arrogate’s return to full training in late spring. Arrogate, 4, has not raced since winning the $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on March 25.
Preakness winner Cloud Computing breezed a half-mile over the Belmont Park main track Sunday morning as he continues his preparations for the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga on July 29.
Cloud Computing was timed in 49.40 seconds. The work was his second since he defeated Classic Empire by a head in the Preakness on May 20. On June 17, he breezed a half-mile in 48.80.
Trainer Chad Brown is pleased with how Cloud Computing is training.
