INGLEWOOD, Calif.- It may not be the worst four-letter word used to describe a racehorse, but trainer A.C. Avila and jockey Chantal Sutherland said the same thing about Imponente Purse in separate conversations after Sunday’s $100,000 Sunset Handicap at Hollywood Park.
“He’s lazy,” Avila said.
INGLEWOOD, Calif.- Majestic City is unbeaten in three starts and is proving to be much more than a 2-year-old speedball.
Extending his winning streak to three races, Majestic City stalked pacesetter Night Tide for the first half-mile and closed well through the stretch to win the $100,000 Hollywood Juvenile Championship at Hollywood Park on Sunday.
Majestic City ($3.80) ran six furlongs in 1:10.45 under jockey David Flores, who accented the win with a fist pump as the colt reached the finish.
FORT ERIE, Ontario - Pender Harbour, with Luis Contreras in the saddle, survived a stirring stretch battle from between rivals and prevailed over a game Bowman’s Causeway and the early stretch leader Oh Canada, to win the $500,000 Prince of Wales on Sunday at Fort Erie.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Crew Leader, with the help of a cagey ride by Chad Hoverson, edged heavily favored St Liam’s Halo by a nose in the $50,000 S.W. Randall Plate for 3-year-olds and up Sunday at Hastings.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Little separated the first two finishers in the $65,000 Spuce Fir Handicap on Sunday as Lil Kiara beat Little Stitch by a half- length at Monmouth Park.
Those two were never far apart throughout the mile-and-70-yard feature for New Jersey-bred fillies and mares.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The favored Judy the Beauty and second choice Dene Court battled through the entire stretch in Sunday’s $151,200 Shady Well Stakes, and Judy the Beauty came out on top in the 5 1/2-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies at Woodbine.
The victory gave Judy the Beauty her third win in as many starts, in three different countries, all under Jeffrey Sanchez. She captured her debut at Keeneland, before notching an allowance race in France, and the Shady Well was her stakes debut.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Banker’s Buy, the longest price in a field of five New York-bred fillies and mares, caught pacesetter Cody Samora in the stretch and drew away to win Sunday’s $58,800 Miss South Shore overnight stakes at Belmont Park by 2 3/4 lengths under John Velazquez.
Trained by Nick Zito, Banker’s Buy ($11) ran one mile in 1:36.91 over a fast main track, and earned $36,000 in notching her first win since July of last year.
Jockey Jeremias Flores collected his 1,000th career win on Saturday at Finger Lakes when he guided Gold Ghost to a 3 3/4-length victory in the sixth race.
Flores made 128 visits to the winners circle during the 1998 season to set a record. No other Finger Lakes apprentice rider has challenged that mark. He registered his first stakes win aboard Charioteer’s Wand in the Wine Country Handicap that same year.
ALTOONA, Iowa -- Locally-based 2-year-olds Jake Mo and Page Springs rose to the occasion in Saturday evening's co-featured $75,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes and $81,750 Prairie Gold Lassie Stakes, both contested at 5 1/2 furlongs at Prairie Meadows.
Jake Mo, a stoutly-bred Giacomo colt, put forth an impressive display of speed to take the Prairie Gold Juvenile by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:03.75.
