"I'm not worried about Shackleford. I'm worried about Mucho Macho Man. He's the horse to beat." -- Barry Irwin, Animal Kingdom owner.
"I'll meet him anywhere, on any track, at any distance." -- Dale Romans, Shackleford trainer.
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DRF Past Performances
Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes runner-up, completed his preparations for Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a four-furlong work in 47.79 seconds on Monday morning at Belmont Park.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Overlooked amid last weekend’s Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate hoopla were a couple of fine performances by two fillies whose specialty is turf racing.
On Saturday the female of the hour was Bay to Bay, who notched her most important win to date in the Grade 2, $301,200 Nassau.
On Sunday it was New Normal, who got back on target in the $100,000 Alywow at 6 1/2 furlongs.
While the Nassau had shaped up as a competitive event, Bay to Bay emerged a rather comfortable two-length winner under new rider Luis Contreras.
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DRF's Brad Free handicaps Thursday's pick-six sequence.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The pick six Thursday at Hollywood Park would be less difficult if only the obvious horses were as good as they appear.
Barry Irwin, the president of the Team Valor International syndicate that owns Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, and Dale Romans, trainer of Preakness winner Shackleford, got into a friendly war of words during a media event in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Irwin opined that he was “not concerned at all about Shackleford” in the Belmont Stakes.
“Mucho Macho Man is the horse I’m worried about,” Irwin said.
Gourmet Dinner, one of the many 3-year-olds bumped from the Triple Crown trail by injury this spring, is on his way back to the racetrack.
Gourmet Dinner, who won three stakes at 2, including the Grade 3 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs, was expected to arrive Thursday at Saratoga, where he will now be trained by Bruce Brown and prepared for a late summer/fall campaign. Brown is the son-in-law of Bill Terrill, the managing partner of Our Sugar Bear Stable, which owns Gourmet Dinner.
Wasted Tears could be taking her show to Chicago.
One of the nation’s top turf mares, she won the Grade 3, $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff Mile at Lone Star Park for the third straight year on May 30 while making her 2011 debut, and is now being strongly considered for next month’s Grade 3, $150,000 Modesty at Arlington Park.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Stephen Foster Handicap would do well to duplicate the thrilling finish of the Alysheba Stakes. The top six horses in the Alysheba were separated by less than a length on the wire, and Churchill Downs racing officials are expecting as many as four of those, along with one more Alysheba starter, to be back here next Saturday, June 18, when the Grade 1 Foster is run for the 30th time.