HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The Todd Pletcher/Joyce Robsham juggernaut continued its magical weekend run at Gulfstream Park when Travelin Man cruised to a two-length victory in Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Swale Stakes.
The win came one day after Pletcher and Robsham combined to win both the Grade 2 Gulfstream Oaks and Grade 3 Rampart with R Heat Lightning and Awesome Maria, respectively. The trainer Pletcher won five races on Saturday’s card.
Blushing Dixie notched her first career stakes victory Saturday night when finally getting the best of favored Miss Luann following a lengthy stretch duel in the $50,000 Fairway Fun Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.
With Shaun Bridgmohan riding for trainer Steve Margolis, Blushing Dixie prevailed by a neck, returning $9.80 as third choice in a field of five fillies and mares. Miss Luann, the race-long leader at even money, had another 1 1/2 lengths on La Gran Bailadora, the 9-5 second choice.
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Early Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo completed his major preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct by working four furlongs in 48.20 seconds Sunday morning at the Palm Meadows training center in Florida. The time was the second fastest of 36 at the distance.
All Saint pretty much put a bow around his horse of the meet title as the 5-year-old gelding not only dominated Saturday’s $25,000 Wildcat Handicap on the grass at Turf Paradise, but set a course record in the process.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark.- Comedero established himself as a 3-year-old sprinter of note last year when he won five stakes, including the Grade 3 Chick Lang at Pimlico. Saturday, he looked as good as ever when he made his first start in six months in the $50,000 Nodouble at Oaklawn Park.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - R Heat Lightning may have established herself as the favorite for next month’s Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs with a dominant 8 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Gulfstream Oaks at Gulfstream Park.
Island School finished second, by four lengths over Salary Drive. It was another 10 lengths back to Its Tricky, the 8-5 second choice, who was followed in the order of finish by Kindersley, Triune, and Beso Grande.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Awesome Maria was just that and then some Saturday at Gulfstream Park, destroying five rivals including reigning Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic winner Unrivaled Belle with a devastating eight-length victory in the Grade 3, $150,000 Rampart Handicap.
More than two years have passed since the 6-year-old mare D Day visited the winner’s circle prior to Saturday’s $50,000 Shine Again Stakes at Pimlico. But that drought was nothing compared to how long it had been since Day’s owner and trainer, Sam Cronk, had won a stakes.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, perhaps as recently as last week. The lone New York-bred from a small stable runs in a long-time stakes fixture and beats out Todd Pletcher Inc. in a field of five.
That was the script for last week’s 139th Ladies when the Linda White-trained R Betty Graybull ran down 2-5 Quiet Giant, and it was déjà vu all over again when Inherit the Gold powered to a decisive score in Saturday’s 99th running of the Grade 3, $98,000 Excelsior Stakes.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Jaycito, second in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita last month and one of trainer Bob Baffert’s best hopes for the Kentucky Derby, is likely to make his next start in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby next Saturday, Baffert said.
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