Rodeo's Castle, last seen here winning a $12,500 nonwinners-of-two claimer in October, returns a stakes winner Sunday, when he heads the cast for the $50,000 Kings Court Stakes at Louisiana Downs. A six-furlong sprint, the Kings Court drew a field of eight and will be run as the eighth race on an 11-race program.
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Will E Scat heads a field of seven Iowa-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings entered in the $50,000-added Gray's Lake Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
Will E Scat enters the six-furlong Gray's Lake off of a second-place finish against older second-level allowance rivals here May 12.
Before that race, Will E Scat, trained by Kelly Von Hemel, rallied to score a neck victory over allowance rivals at Oaklawn Park. Overall, Will E Scat has compiled a record of 2-2-0 from 5 starts, good for $40,620 in earnings for his owner-breeder, John Minarik.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Undefeated and unchallenged, Melhor Ainda looms a standout favorite in the Grade 3, $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park.
A 1 1/16-mile race, the Boiling Springs drew eight entries.
A rising star in the 3-year-old filly turf division, Melhor Ainda has won by at least 3 1/2 lengths in each of her three starts and has flashed a brilliant burst of acceleration that quickly and decisively settled the outcome.
In her lone start this season, she won the Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The champ is back.
Kitten's Joy, the 2004 Eclipse Award winner for top turf horse, had his first breeze over the Churchill Downs turf course since recovering from minor knee surgery when he went an easy half-mile in 51 seconds on Thursday.
"It was just to get him going, something easy to let him know we're ready to start back up before too long," said trainer Dale Romans. "I am very pleased with how he has come back."
ALBANY, Calif. - Those who were disappointed by Lunachick's second-place finish at 3-5 in the Winners' Foundation Sprint at Bay Meadows last month should put themselves in Russell Baze's riding boots.
"If she broke, I would have liked her chances much better," he said.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - It's not unusual for trainer Steve Henson to have a 3-year-old filly entered in a stakes race. After all, he's been the trainer for the powerful Canmor Farms stable for the past nine years, and Canmor has focused on building up its breeding stock with well-bred fillies from yearling sales in the United States.
However, Henson and the Canmor team, which includes owner Ole Nielsen, trainer Tracy McCarthy, and her husband, jockey Chris Loseth, amicably parted ways this year, and Henson is looking forward to making his own decisions.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It wasn't a difficult call for Arlington Park racing officials. Two stakes are better than one.
Twenty-one horses were entered in the Reluctant Guest, which became the Reluctant Guests when the one-mile overnight grass stakes for fillies and mares was split into two divisions, races 6 and 8 on Sunday's card here.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Afleet Stakes, which would have been the supporting feature here Sunday, will not see the light of day.
The Afleet, a six-furlong race that had offered a purse of $75,000, was part of the overnight stakes program, and such races require a minimum of six betting interests to make the card.
A total of 16 Ontario-foaled 3-year-olds were nominated to the Afleet, but only two passed the entry box here Friday morning.
One Afleet nominee, Dave the Knave, wound up in the entries for Sunday.
FORT ERIE, Ontario - Trainer Campbell Wilson is off to a fast start at Fort Erie, as usual.
In 2003 Wilson saddled 3 winners in his first 10 starts. Last year, he did a little better - 4 wins from 11 trips.
This year is better still. Going into this week, Wilson has sent 13 horses to post and won with 5 of them. It put him in a tie with Nick Gonzalez atop of the trainer standings.