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Befitting the nature of Mardi Gras itself, the finish of the Mardi Gras Stakes on Tuesday at Fair Grounds hardly could have been any wilder.
Four fillies and mares were battling in deep stretch when a fifth horse, Cozze Up Lady, suddenly appeared from nowhere, with an incredible rally carrying her and jockey Rosie Napravnik to a nose victory over Saturday Nthe Park. The first five were separated by little more than one length.
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ARCADIA, Calif. – John Sadler has been trudging through the backstretch at Santa Anita for more than three decades now, steadily rising to the elite among the trainers based in Southern California. He has developed a highly successful stable that competes across all levels, from stakes racing to claimers, turf to dirt, sprinters to routers.
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A pair of 3-year-olds who trained all winter at Fair Grounds before shipping out to finish one-two last Saturday in the Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park will go next in separate races in Kentucky, trainer Wayne Catalano said Wednesday from Gulfstream Park in Florida.
Solitary Ranger led all the way to finish clear of a sustained late run by his stablemate, Poker Player, in the Battaglia, a 1 1/16-mile Polytrack race at Turfway in northern Kentucky. The Battaglia is a prep for the annual Turfway showcase, the Grade 3 Spiral Stakes on March 22.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gulfstream Park’s racing secretary, P.J. Campo, saved the best for last Thursday, carding the afternoon’s $51,750 allowance feature as the finale on the 10-race card. Thursday’s main event will be decided at 7 1/2 furlongs on turf and lured nine fillies and mares, led by Coarsegold and Meri Shika.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The extreme weather that has defined the winter of 2014 has led trainer Todd Beattie to send the undefeated Taris to Oaklawn for the Grade 3, $150,000 Honeybee on Saturday, rather than return her to Laurel for this weekend’s Caesar’s Wish. As bad as the winter has been in Arkansas, it’s been more severe in Maryland.
“We’ve just had unbelievable weather this year,” Beattie said Tuesday, noting that at one point eight to 12 inches of snow hit Laurel. “It’s just shut us down.”
Race 1 |
Spot PlayKISS THE STARS (#3, 5-2) Don’t really know if we’ll even get as much as 5-2 on this Pino trainee since it’s rather obvious that she is going to be tough to beat after badly needing that Feb. 12 race. Came favored in that one after training forwardly for her return, and without much early pace in here, she’s going to be prominent from the bell. Let’s start the day off with a winner. – Marty McGee |
Race 1
| Pyrite Smokin |
| There was a time when this mare was capable of showing up with a competitive performance at this level of competition, but you have to go back a long way to find the last time she recorded a victory, and she hasn't finished 1-2 from 12 starts over this turf course. |
| Fives and Nines |
ARCADIA, Calif. – Tom’s Tribute was a game second in the Grade 2 Arcadia Stakes over a mile on turf at Santa Anita on Feb. 1, his stakes debut against older horses. He may be even better when he makes his Grade 1 debut in Saturday’s $350,000 Frank Kilroe Mile on turf.
The 4-year-old Tom’s Tribute impressed jockey Gary Stevens and trainer Jim Cassidy with his training in February.
“Gary said the colt has moved up five or six lengths,” Cassidy said on Monday. “Gary worked the horse every time since he ran. If the horse doesn’t run good, I’ll blame it on him.”
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Most of the attention Saturday in the Grade 2, $250,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap will be focused on Palace Malice and Itsmyluckyday, two of the major players on last year’s Triple Crown trail. Both will launch their 4-year-old campaigns in the race.
But the horse to beat could be another member of last year’s Triple Crown crop, Falling Sky, who already has turned in a couple of big efforts over the track this winter, including a 5 1/2-length triumph in the seven-furlong Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship on Feb. 8.