ARCADIA, Calif. - There is a carryover of $207,240 for Sunday's 50-cent pick five, the first time the popular low-takeout bet has had a carryover at Santa Anita.
Saturday, a string of longshots led to only three horses being covered in the final leg of the pick five. None of the first three finishers of that race -- Monument, Ballard Ruler and Star Rocker -- was covered in the pick five.
MIAMI - Owner Frank Calabrese has made some good claims over the years, with the multiple graded stakes winner Romacaca among the first to come to mind. But none returned any quicker dividends then Verso a Verso, a $16,000 acquisition by Calabrese out of her debut in August who came back to dominate Calder's $300,000 My Dear Girl Stakes by five lengths on Saturday.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The recipient of a patient ride by Jose Lezcano, Boisterous rallied from next-to-last to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Knickerbocker Stakes by two lengths at Belmont Park.
It was the second straight year that Boisterous won the Knickerbocker, making him the third horse to win the race in consecutive years. Charge d’Affaries (1999-2000) and Shady Character (1974-75) were the others. Boisterous, like Shady Character, is owned by the Phipps family.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – With Javier Castellano doling out her speed in precise increments, Dayatthespa led past every pole to register her fifth straight win and give trainer Chad Brown another major grass victory Saturday in the 29th running of the $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, the sixth and final Grade 1 race of the Keeneland fall meet.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario—Silent Serenity notched her first stakes in a huge upset in the $102,200 Ruling Angel, the first of two stakes on the Saturday card at Woodbine.
On a clear lead, Silent Serenity ($75.20) set honest splits of 22.58 and 45.20 seconds in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint, before holding on for a three-quarter-length tally over Swift Artist. Evil Kitten rallied for third, while favored To Endue Wei faded to seventh in the eight-horse field of 3-year-old fillies.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The instructions were simple, and jockey Junior Alvarado understood them. No matter what, trainer Jimmy Toner told him, get La Cloche to the outside.
But for more than three-quarters of a mile of Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park, La Cloche, who broke from the rail, was buried on the inside.
Around the far turn, Toner turned to his daughter Catherine and said, "How's he going to get out?"
MIAMI - Saturday’s rich Festival of the Sun program at Calder got off to a chalky start when odds-on favorites Awesome Belle (4-5) and Cash Rules (3-5) won the $75,000 Frances Genter Stakes and $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap, respectively.
ELMONT, N.Y. – With temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30’s here early Saturday morning, one could forgive some horsemen if they were doing a little California dreaming.
Trainers Bill Mott and Kathy Ritvo, in particular, had Santa Anita on their minds as they prepared their horses for upcoming Breeders’ Cup races Saturday morning at Belmont Park.
By the slimmest of margins, the 4-year-old gelding Arlo remains eligible for Tuesday’s $47,000 feature at Parx Racing, a first-level allowance at seven furlongs. Despite his nose loss at this same level and a 90 Beyer Speed Figure from his most recent race on Sept. 22 that exceeds the par of 84, Arlo may not be as strong of a win candidate as he appears.
