The rematch between Plum Pretty and It’s Tricky turned out to be no match at all, with Plum Pretty running away to a 7 1/2- length victory in the Grade 2, $750,000 Cotillion Stakes on Saturday at Parx Racing.
It’s Tricky had beaten Plum Pretty by three-quarters of a length in the Coaching Club American Oaks on July 23 at Saratoga, then finished second there to Plum Pretty’s fading fourth in the Alabama Stakes, but Plum Pretty decisively turned the tables Saturday.
ANDERSON, Ind. – Wilburn moved through a rail opening at a critical time and proceeded to draw away from Shackleford down the stretch to post a 4 3/4-length victory Saturday in the 17th running of the Grade 2, $510,900 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park.
Giving jockey Julien Leparoux a sweep of the both the Oaks and Derby, Wilburn returned $7.20 as third choice in a field of seven 3-year-olds. Leparoux also captured the previous race on a 12-race card, the Grade 2 Indiana Oaks, aboard Juanita.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Mark Casse broke the Woodbine record for most training wins in a year when he sent out Masked Maiden to capture Saturday’s 10th race.
Masked Maiden made her way through traffic in the stretch under Omar Moreno to prevail by a nose, giving Casse his 90th win at the meet. The late Frank Passero Jr. set the previous record in 1995.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The connections of Giant Ryan were already planning to put up the $100,000 supplemental fee to run their New York-bred in the Breeders' Cup Sprint even before he entered the starting gate for Saturday's Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh Invitational at Belmont Park.
Giant Ryan's gate-to-wire victory in the Vosburgh against a Breeders' Cup Sprint-quality field only confirmed that they had made the right decision.
Grade 1 stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Grace Hall easily passed her test to see if she could handle two turns when she cruised to a 5 3/4-length romp in Saturday’s $75,000 Blue Hen Stakes at Delaware Park.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Larry Jones left no doubt. Havre de Grace is headed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic following her romp in the mud in the Grade 1, $350,000 Beldame Invitational on Saturday at Belmont Park.
MIAMI - Hello Prince gave Daniel Pita the first stakes victory of his training career and did so in style, drawing off to an easy six-length decision over the previously undefeated Seattle Ex in Saturday's $100,000 Birdonthewire Stakes at Calder.
Wildcat’s Smile became the first filly to win the New York Breeders’ Futurity at Finger Lakes since 2003 when she closed strongly in deep stretch to blow past dueling leaders French Wine and Bay Park Boy.
Facing colts and geldings after she settled for second as the 1-5 favorite in the Lady Finger on Labor Day, Wildcat’s Smile ($14.40) came from far off the pace to win the richest race of the season at the western New York track. She completed six furlongs on a sloppy, sealed track in 1:12.65 to earn $156,532 of the $260,888 purse.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The razor sharp 4-year-old Jackson Bend made a charge at Uncle Mo with a quarter-mile remaining in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Kelso Handicap and the Belmont Park crowd and the racing world was about to find out exactly what last year’s 2-year-old champion had left.
It turned out he has plenty.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Cape Blanco dug deep to capture a third straight Grade 1 stakes on Saturday, holding off Dean’s Kitten by a nose in the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont Park.
The Hirsch was the second Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In victory for Cape Blanco, who is assured a spot in the BC Turf.
