Go Forth North was diagnosed with a fractured shin after finishing third in the Grade 2 Robert Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, trainer A.C. Avila said.
Go Forth North was third in the field of four throughout the race over 1 1/8 miles on turf and finished 1 1/4 lengths behind race winner Spring Style. Spring Style finished a nose in front of the 1-5 favorite Harmonious.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Rule, who has not started since finishing third as the 9-5 favorite in the 2010 Florida Derby, worked five furlongs in 1:00.90 at Palm Meadows on Sunday in final preparation for his much awaited return, which is scheduled to come Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $100,000 Hal’s Hope Handicap.
Trainer Todd Pletcher opted to pass the Kentucky Derby with Rule, who was then given some time off before returning to training late in his 3-year-old season.
Fueled by the upset of Dilemma in the Daytona Stakes, no one hit the pick six on Saturday at Santa Anita, leading to a single-day carryover of $120,599 entering Sunday's card. No one was alive after five legs in the pick six. There are nine races on Sunday's card, so the pick six begins on the fourth.
There also is a carryover in the super high five.
ARCADIA, Calif. - On New Year’s Day at Santa Anita, jockey Garrett Gomez decided his 39th birthday was the gift that kept on giving. A couple of hours after scoring an upset in the Grade 2 Robert Frankel Stakes with Spring Style, Gomez captured the Grade 3, $100,000 Daytona Stakes with Dilemma, who stormed down the center of the track to post an 8-1 surprise in the turf sprint.
“It’s a nice way to start the year,” said Gomez, who also won a stakes race on Friday, giving him three in the past two cards. “We’ll try to chase another money title this year.”
Avie’s Tale went winless from six starts in 2010 and had won just once in her last 14 outings dating to 2008, and in a 25-race career the 6-year-old mare had started just once on dirt. But forget all that: Avie’s Tale was much the best on a sloppy Saturday at Fair Grounds, easily winning an off-the-turf edition of the $60,000 Blushing K D Handicap.
ALBANY, Calif. – Lilacs and Lace surged past odds-on favorite Cathy’s Crunches in the lane to score a decisive victory in the $92,000 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.
A daughter of Flower Alley, Lilacs and Lace ($6.80) had finished second to Cathy’s Crunches in the one-mile Corte Madera on Dec. 4 when she pressed the pace.
Garrett Gomez celebrated his 39th birthday in style on Saturday by guiding Spring Style to an upset victory over heavily favored Harmonious in the Grade 2, $147,000 Robert Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita.
The sharp form and early speed of Western Prospector contributed to him being made the second favorite in Saturday’s $50,000 Holiday Cheer Stakes at Turfway Park. But it was the patience of his rider, Ben Creed, that likely resulted in Western Prospector winning the race.
Although most of Western Prospector’s better races had come on the lead, Creed wisely sat chilly on Western Prospector in the early stages of the six-furlong Holiday Cheer, allowing longshot Silver Summation to go to the front and avoiding a speed duel.
OLDSMAR, Fla. - Stormy Publisher kept her U.S. record perfect here Saturday when she led from start to finish to post a nose victory in the $50,000 Minaret Stakes before 3,443 fans at Tampa Bay Downs.
Ridden by Frederic Leclud, Stormy Publisher broke on top in the field of 12 fillies and mares, and set fractions of 22.50 and 45.54 while pressured to midstrech by North Rodeo. Stormy Publisher had just enough left to turn back late charges from favored My Irish Girl and Choragus.
