Jockey Pedro Rodriguez, trainer Anthony Ferraro, and owner Langpap Stables swept the pair of stakes for New York-bred 2-year-olds at Finger Lakes on Monday, with Alwaysinstilettos scoring an upset in the $121,275 Lady Finger and Fox Rox delivering as the favorite in the $120,925 Aspirant.
Each horse won for the first time Monday in front-running fashion, with Alwaysinstilettos prevailing by four lengths and Fox Rox by 18 1 /4.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Ethnic Dance and Gabriel Charles, who won divisions of the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on Sunday, are likely to face off in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita on Nov. 1, their trainers said Monday morning.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Despite running a record number of races and getting mostly stellar weather for seven weeks, overall business at the sesquicentennial Saratoga meet was flat, while ontrack business was down, according to figures compiled by Daily Racing Form.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Beholder, who returned a winner from a four-month layoff in the Torrey Pines Stakes on Sunday, came out of the race “great,” her trainer, Richard Mandella, said Monday morning at Del Mar, and now will be pointed to the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes on Sept. 28 at Santa Anita.
STANTON. Del. – Tomorrow’s Tale shoots for his third straight win Wednesday in the $50,000 Damitrius Stakes at Delaware Park, but he will have to beat Smash, who comes from Belmont Park for the powerful Bob Baffert stable. Seven are slated to run in the six-furlong stakes for 3-year-olds and up.
Departing is set for Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs after turning in his final breeze for the race Monday at Churchill Downs. He will lead an anticipated field of six to eight starters.
Others confirmed for the 1 1/8-mile race include Bashaar, the fourth-place finisher in the Jim Dandy, and Cameo Appearance and Treasury Bill, a pair of stakes-placed runners trained by Wayne Catalano.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jeff Treadway has been attending horse auctions for about five years in search of a good horse. He has found some he thought fit the bill, only to have them suffer from injury or infirmity and end their careers prematurely.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Alberts Hope rose to the top of California’s male 2-year-old division with a win in the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes earlier this meet, and he’ll try to retain that position Wednesday in the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Futurity, highlight of the closing-day card here.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Rail Trip, the millionaire 8-year-old gelding, needs a start in Wednesday’s $90,000 Pirate’s Bounty Stakes at Del Mar to stay on schedule for a fall campaign at Santa Anita. and a start in the Breeders’ Cup.
He is not the only runner in the six-furlong race in that situation.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Diamond Bachelor has had a lofty reputation since he walked out of the Barretts March sale of 2-year-olds in training this year after selling for $570,000. He did little to dampen the expectations when he beat maidens in his debut over a mile on turf at Del Mar on Aug. 8.
