ELMONT, N.Y. – Upsets, upsets, and more upsets Sunday at Belmont Park created a $45,866 pick-six carryover into Monday’s Independence Day card.
The pick six will begin on race 5 (3:08 p.m. Eastern) and include the day’s feature, the Grade 1, $250,000 Prioress Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
ELMONT, N.Y. – That Millionreasonswhy won her debut by four lengths was an indication to her trainer, Ignacio “Nacho” Correas, that the 2-year-old filly had talent. That Millionreasonswhy won Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Matron Stakes at Belmont Park was the confirmation.
Flashpoint is just another horse in two-turn races. He finished fourth in the Florida Derby and wound up last of 14 after setting the pace in the Preakness. But put Flashpoint in a sprint, and he looks sensational. On Sunday, at rainy Monmouth Park, he ran his one-turn record to 3 for 3 by thrashing three foes in the Grade 3, $143,000 Jersey Shore Stakes.
ELMONT, N.Y. – In a weekend full of surprises in stakes races at Belmont Park, the biggest one came in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap when 15-1 shot Tamarind Hall – who three months ago ran for a $15,000 claiming tag – rolled to a 5 1/4-length victory over Kid Kate.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Devil by Design is not a route horse, nor is she a quick sprinter. Seven furlongs is what Devil by Design likes, and seven furlongs is what she got Sunday at Arlington Park, where the 5-year-old mare scored her first graded stakes win in the Chicago Handicap.
In the first race on the card, Demonstrative ($23.60) galloped to a seven-length victory in the $50,000 William Entenmann Steeplechase Stakes under jockey Robert Walsh.
One Giant Step rallied from last to get second by 3 1/4 lengths over 2-1 favorite All Together.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Bear It’s Time wore down the leaders in the stretch to take Sunday’s $250,000 Bison City Stakes, the second leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, a series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.
Luis Contreras rated Bear It’s Time in fifth early in the 1 1/16-mile route as Spooky Kitten and Pleasantfriday vied through moderate fractions. Niigon’s Touch joined Spooky Kitten on the lead at the top of the stretch, while Bear It’s Time loomed into contention on the outside.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Unable to find the proper maiden race to fill at Delaware Park for her 2-year-old Jack’s in the Deck, trainer Robin Graham opted to supplement him to Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Flat Out earned a 113 Beyer Speed Figure winning Saturday’s Grade 2 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park, a number that puts the 5-year-old among the upper echelon of the older male division.
The 113 was the highest figure earned this year on dirt beyond one mile and is equal to the figure Tizway earned winning the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at one mile here May 30.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – One of the two winning tickets worth $207,087 in Saturday’s pick six at Hollywood Park was purchased ontrack for $48, according to track officials.
The other ticket was purchased at Santa Anita, but the exact cost of that ticket was not available Saturday evening.
The $48 ticket used one to three horses per race and singled the winners of the day’s two Grade 1 races. To achieve the lucrative payoff, the winning ticket included two high-priced longshots using a format of 3x1x2x2x1x2.
