Trainer John Terranova left his options open on Saturday with Falling Sky, entering his recently acquired 3-year-old in both the seven-furlong Hutcheson at Gulfstream Park and the 1 1/16-mile Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs. And in the end, Terranova made the right choice.
Skip to main content
Create Your DRF Account
New to DRF?
Everything you could possibly
need in one place
need in one place
Register
Don't have an account?
Register Here
DRF Past Performances
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Donoharm won his fifth straight race on Saturday, when he forged past 3-5 favorite San Pablo in the final sixteenth of the $100,000 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. He won by three-quarters of a length, while San Pablo held second over a fast-closing Win Willy, who was another half-length back in third. The Essex was the first local prep for the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 13.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Honorable Dillon may be a little on the green side but was still talented enough to outlast the fast-closing Forty Tales to register a half-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
[ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY: Prep races, point standings, replays]
Sat, 02/02/2013 - 18:12
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Owner Michael Dubb thought he was getting a useful horse when he claimed head Heart Hoof for $35,000 last February. He didn’t think he was getting a graded stakes horse.
But Head Heart Hoof became a graded winner Saturday when he held off fellow New York-bred Johannesburg Smile by one-half length to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan at Aqueduct. It was 1 1/2 lengths back to Sinai in third. P J’s Magical Wink, Isn’t He Perfect, and a slow starting Mine Over Matter completed the order of finish.
ARCADIA, Calif. – In a race tailor-made for his front-running style, Flashback proved yet again that talent trumps experience by running away from his three rivals in the Grade 2, $196,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, firmly establishing himself as one of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders on the West Coast.
Sat, 02/02/2013 - 17:55
Mac the Man broke fastest of all and proceeded to lead all the way in the $50,000 96Rocks Stakes, giving jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. a Saturday stakes sweep at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky.
Trained locally by Jeff Greenhill for his wife, Sherri, Mac the Man returned $4 as the favorite in a field of 10 after finishing two lengths ahead of his race-long pursuer, Bye Bye Bernie. It was another 6 1/4 lengths back to Takin the Sloroad.
Mac the Man, a Kentucky-bred colt by El Corredor, finished the one-mile distance in 1:40.52 over Polytrack.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - It may not have been as dominant as his maiden win here five weeks ago, but Revolutionary’s neck victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct was equally if not more impressive.
Shuffled back to last down around the far turn and with seemingly no room to run in upper stretch, Revolutionary, under Javier Castellano, split horses in deep stretch and ran down Escapefromreality to win the Withers by a neck and put himself on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Sat, 02/02/2013 - 17:49
On paper there was no horse in the $100,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes who could threaten 2012 Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can in her first start at 4, and that is exactly how the Tiffany Lass played out, with Believe You Can controlling the pace and thoroughly dominating three rivals while eased across the finish line in a useful comeback run.
The 3-year-old filly Tapicat and 5-year-old Brazilan-bred mare Old Tune ran fast Saturday winning a pair of Grade 3 turf stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. But not as fast as the timing clock indicated.
Due to an error by Trakus, the electronic tracking and timing company used by the track, Tampa Bay Downs announced Sunday that the fractional and final times for both stakes have been revised.
