INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Premier Pegasus may be bound for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6 after winning Saturday’s $59,800 Jack Goodman Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Myung Kwon Cho, who bred, owns and trains Premier Pegasus, said in the winner’s circle that he will consider a pre-entry when such nominations are due on Monday. “I’m considering it now,” Cho said.
Love That Dance got back to the business of winning Saturday at Delaware Park, pulling off in midstretch to take the $125,350 Sweet and Sassy Stakes.
ELMONT, N.Y. - You Go West Girl saved her best for last, unleashing a powerful stretch kick under Jose Lezcano that brought her from 10th to first in Saturday’s $125,000 Ticonderoga Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares at Belmont Park.
In recording a repeat victory in the Ticonderoga, You Go West Girl beat Chorus Music by two lengths, spoiling what could have been a perfect day for trainer John Terranova, who won the first three races on Saturday’s 10-race program. It was a half-length back to Exclusive Scheme in third.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The Friend or Foe trainer John Kimmel had hoped to see perform in the marquee 3-year-old races at Saratoga finally revealed himself in Saturday’s marquee event on New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park.
Breaking alertly under Alex Solis, Friend or Foe led nine fellow New York-breds on a futile chase around Belmont’s main track, rolling to a dominant five-length victory in the $200,000 Empire Classic, one of seven stakes on a card devoted to New York-breds.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Pocket Cowboys, who had been knocking on the door in stakes lately, received a perfect stalking trip beneath Edgar Prado to win Saturday's $125,000 Mohawk Stakes.
Coming off runner-up finishes in the West Point and Ashley T. Cole for breeder-owner-trainer Scott Schwartz, Pocket Cowboys ($12) raced alone in third position down the backstretch tracking a duel between 6-5 favorite Straight Story and Midnight Billy in a strung-out field of 10.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Hilda's Passion outran a pair of longshots to become the latest graded stakes winner for the Starlight Partners while giving jockey Corey Lanerie one of the biggest victories of his career Saturday in the 12th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Raven Run at Keeneland.
ELMONT, N.Y. - The third time was the charm for Meese Rocks, who held off a late runs from R Betty Graybull and My Dinah to win Saturday's $125,000 Iroquois Stakes, after settling for second in two recent attempts against those rivals in seven-furlong overnight stakes.
Meese Rocks grabbed the early lead under Ramon Dominguez through fractions of 22.50 and 45.91 seconds, shook off challenges around the turn to remain clear in midstretch after six furlongs in 1:10.50, and held sway to score by 2 1/4 lengths.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Bandbox stumbled at the start and drifted out at the finish, but he performed well enough in between to cruise to a 1 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes for New York-bred juvenile males at Belmont Park.
Lovely Leean took advantage of a ground saving trip under Orlando Mojica to win the $88,350 Indiana Stallion at Hoosier Park on Saturday afternoon.
Trained by Ricky Short, Lovely Leean was kept on the rail and was back early. Mojica got through along the rail in the stretch and Lovely Leean drew clear late to win by 1 1/2 lengths. The favored A little Order led late, but finished second, four lengths in front of Cindy Sweet Cindy in third.