VINTON, La. - Bouquet Booth established herself as candidate for the 3-year-old filly series at Fair Grounds this winter with a fast-closing, half-length win in the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Downs Princess on Saturday.
The one-mile race was part of an eight-stakes card led by the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot.
Cathy’s Crunches ($5), the lone filly in the field, turned in an impressive performance to score a 2 1/4-length victory in the $51,200 Golden Nugget Stakes for 2-year-olds at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.
A daughter of West Acre, Cathy’s Crunches scored a wire-to-wire 5 1/2-length victory two weeks ago against her own sex in the Golden Gate Debutante.
In the Golden Nugget, she stalked favored McKenzies Way, ridden by Russell Baze, through a 44.57-second half-mile, put him away off a spirited challenge by longshot Jerry’s Fever, and pulled clear late.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Graham Motion added a little icing to the proverbial cake when Aruna proved clearly best as the favorite Saturday for the English-born trainer in the 20th running of the Grade 2, $199,675 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Stormy’s Majesty, the lone New York-bred in the field, rolled to a two-length win over Not Abroad Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.
Edgar Prado was aboard for trainer Dominic Galluscio as Stormy’s Majesty ($9.10) improved to 5 for 8 with his first win in open company. A homebred for Majesty Stud, Stormy’s Majesty had captured the Albany Stakes for statebreds in August at Saratoga.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — The Maryland-based Ravalo outgamed Signature Red in the final strides to take Grade 3, $153,500 Kennedy Road Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
Ravalo ($16.20) was the surprising early leader in the six-furlong sprint. He got the opening quarter in 22.26 seconds while being pressed by favored Fatal Bullet.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Well Positioned edged Gone Astray and Chirac in the tight three-way finish of the $70,000 Frisk Me Now Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park.
Trained by Rick Dutrow, Well Positioned ($4.20) earned his first stakes win, getting up by a head to improve to 5 for 10. A 4-year-old son of Awesome Again, Well Positioned ran the mile and 70 yards in 1:41.28 as the even-money favorite.
Gone Astray nosed out Chirac for second.
MIAMI – As is generally the case in south Florida at this time of year, several of the top local 2-year-old prospects have been snapped up, privately purchased by outside interests and moved off the grounds. Awesome Feather, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and Eclipse Award favorite, and the promising High Level Jeff are the most notable examples from the 2010 Calder juvenile crop to have changed both ownership and barns over the past several weeks.
Exactly a year ago, Amazed by Grace solidified her status as the best 3-year-old filly in Pennsylvania by winning her fifth consecutive race in the $75,000 Cornucopia Stakes. She looked headed for even bigger and better things by leading for the first six furlongs of the seven-furlong La Brea Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita before weakening slightly to finish third in that Grade 1.
Unfortunately for Amazed by Grace and her owners, West Point Thoroughbreds, she emerged from that race with a knee injury that kept her on the sidelines for nearly 10 months.
He’s Bonafide, who upset the restricted Buck’s Boy Handicap at Hawthorne at odds of 10-1 or better each of the last two years for his only two wins on dirt in his 20-race career, will try to prove those performances were no fluke when he ships from Chicago for Monday night’s featured eighth race at Mountaineer Racetrack.
The no-conditions allowance, with a purse of $33,700, drew a field of seven older horses and will be contested at a mile and 70 yards.
INGLEWOOD, Calif.– Jockey Joel Rosario had five winners from seven mounts at Hollywood Park on Friday evening, including a sweep of the early pick four, to vault to a clear lead in the jockey standings at the fall meeting.
“I had a lot of good chances to win,” Rosario said on Saturday morning.
The five-win evening left Rosario with 13 for the meeting, four more than Corey Nakatani and Joe Talamo.
The 50-cent Joel Rosario early pick four returned $33.75, following wins by Spring Style ($6.80), Dave’s Ruler ($3.20), Tweebster ($4.20), and Jairzihno ($8.20).
