The 25-year-old jockey Jaime Torres came out of the Fair Grounds meet full of momentum.
The leading apprentice rider in New York during 2023 with 37 winners, Torres lost his five-pound apprentice allowance last October. He moved his tack to Kentucky, picked up a new agent, Liz Morris, and between September and November went 4 for 69 at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.
The Grade 1 Just a Game over one mile at Saratoga on June 7 could be the next stop for Beaute Cachee, who ran the race of her life posting a 25-1 upset of last Saturday’s Grade 1 Jenny Wiley. Leading from just after the start under Frankie Dettori, Beaute Cachee won by 1 1/2 lengths and earned a 100 Beyer, easily a career best.
Trainer Chad Brown said no plans have been set for the mare, who came out of the race in good shape.
In Kentucky, New York, and points beyond, Godolphin horses trained by Charlie Appleby will be showing up through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup.
Appleby already has run five horses at the Keeneland meet and said Tuesday, reached by telephone in England, that he plans to keep more horses in America this year, about a dozen, than during any previous season.
“We’ve got those older horses, a few 3-year-olds, that would suit the turf package. We felt we’ve got enough horses we can assemble a nice team of permanent imports,” Appleby said.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Michael Yates sent out Dorth Vader to a fifth-place finish in the 2023 Kentucky Oaks and at the moment is planning to be back at Churchill Downs to try his luck again in the prestigious Grade 1 event for 3-year-old fillies with Fiona’s Magic.
A barn at Laurel Park has been placed under quarantine after a horse previously stabled in the barn tested positive on a nasal swab for equine herpesvirus, a highly contagious disease, according to the parent company of the track.
Purses for overnight races offered during the four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga will receive increases between $10,000 to $13,000 compared to what will be offered at the Belmont at Aqueduct spring meet, according to the New York Racing Association.
Open maiden special weights will get a purse increase of $10,000 to $100,000, while New York-bred maiden special weights will get a $10,000 bump to $85,000.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Tamara, the Beholder filly who scored a dazzling victory in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante before misfiring as the favorite in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, is scheduled to work three furlongs this week and could be ready for a comeback in early June.
“She’s doing great,” trainer Richard Mandella said Monday. “She’s had two little quarters; she’s going to go three-eighths this week.” Tamara worked a quarter-mile April 4 in 25.20 seconds, and April 10 in 23.80.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Subsanador, a Group 1 in Argentina and runner-up by a head in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in his second United States start March 3, has been sold privately and moved from trainer John Sadler to Richard Mandella. Both trainers confirmed the move on Monday.
Wathnan Racing purchased Subsanador, a 5-year-old Argentina-bred sired by Fortify. Wathnan Racing is the stable name of Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. After extended negotiations with previous owner Stud Facundito, Subsanador moved last week from Sadler to Mandella.
There are few things acclaimed international jockey Frankie Dettori hasn’t accomplished in his career. He checked one off the list Saturday at Keeneland and is hoping for another in a few weeks at Churchill Downs.
Dettori won his first graded stakes race at Keeneland on Saturday, piloting Beaute Cachee to a front-running 25-1 upset in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley. Dettori’s only previous stakes win at Keeneland, at any level, came when he was in town for the 2015 Breeders’ Cup and rode Sheikh of Sheikhs to a win in the Juvenile Dirt Sprint on the undercard.
