OLDSMAR, Fla. – Jockey Daniel Coa felt as though he was just along for the ride aboard Action Andy in Saturday’s $75,000 Super Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
“Anybody in the [jockeys’] room could have won on this horse today,” he said.
OLDSMAR, Fla. – Jockey Daniel Coa felt as though he was just along for the ride aboard Action Andy in Saturday’s $75,000 Super Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
“Anybody in the [jockeys’] room could have won on this horse today,” he said.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Indigo River has outgrown Santa Anita’s hillside turf course.
After winning her American stakes debut in Sunday’s $73,950 Sweet Life Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the hillside course, Indigo River will race around two turns for her next start in the $150,000 Providencia Stakes over 1 1/8 miles on turf April 7, trainer Jeff Mullins said.
Sunday’s race was Indigo River’s second start in this country, preceded by a win in an optional claimer on the hillside Jan. 13. She was the winner of a maiden race in Ireland last August.
Vamoose ran down a series of pacesetters to win the third stakes race of his career Sunday in the $50,000 Curribot at Sunland Park. The 1 1/16-mile race was part of Sunland’s route series for older horses, serving as a stepping-stone to the $100,000 Sunland Park Handicap on April 15.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the 14th time in as many years, the mutuel field is the favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern following a three-day run that set a record for highest handle since Churchill Downs first began offering parimutuel futures in 1999.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Beautiful But Blue got to the front easily under Junior Alvarado and was allowed to dawdle on the lead through slow early fractions en route to a two-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Windswept Wings Stakes for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.
Peggy Jane, the 6-5 favorite, chased Beautiful But Blue all the way around the racetrack, but had to settle for second, 2 1/4 lengths clear of Mischief Maker.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Princess Arabella won a $58,000 allowance race with such ease Sunday that trainer Bob Baffert compared it to a morning exercise.
“That was a good work, huh?” Baffert asked jockey Martin Garcia in the winner’s circle.
Garcia guided Princess Arabella to a win by 3 1/2 lengths in the allowance race over seven furlongs. The win left Princess Arabella unbeaten in two starts, preceded by a maiden race win by the same margin here Dec. 31.
Garrett Gomez, sidelined since Jan. 8 with a heel injury, has targeted the Santa Anita Handicap program on March 3 for a comeback, he said Sunday.
Gomez spent Sunday morning at Clocker’s Corner, a popular gathering point at Santa Anita, visiting with friends. Walking with crutches, Gomez said he started more extensive physical activity over the weekend, including swimming and riding a stationary bicycle. He began a physical therapy regiment in late January.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Creative Cause will make his first start since November in the $150,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita next Sunday, and the two-time stakes winner is more than ready, trainer Mike Harrington said.
The winner of the Grade 1 Norfolk Stakes in October and third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in November, Creative Cause worked six furlongs in 1:11.40 at Hollywood Park on Sunday, his final major exercise before the Grade 2 San Vicente over seven furlongs.
“I think he’s on his game,” Harrington said.
A poor start cost compromised Stormy’s Majesty when he finished fifth in the Alex M. Robb six weeks ago. A sharp start was the key to victory for Stormy’s Majesty in Sunday’s $75,000 Mr. G.J.G. Stakes for New York-breds at Aqueduct.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – After agonizing over the decision for several days, jockey Javier Castellano and his agent, Matt Muzikar, have chosen to ride Algorithms, not Union Rags, in Gulfstream Park’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth on Feb. 26. Union Rags will be ridden by Julien Leparoux in the Fountain of Youth.