Now that Dance Away Capote has proven she can handle two turns in a minor stakes, trainer Graham Motion is tempted to send his 2-year-old filly into even deeper waters.
Dance Away Capote, a 12-length winner in last weekend's $50,000 Irish Sonnet Stakes at Delaware Park, has been nominated to the Frizette at Belmont Park and the Alcibiades at Keeneland. The Grade 2 Alciabiades, at 1 1/16 miles, is Friday. The Grade 1 Frizette, also at 1 1/16 miles but only a one-turn race, is next Saturday.
Whenthesmokeclears looks to be in good position to pick up his first win of the year when he faces nine others in Sunday's $40,000Gus Grissom Stakes for older Indiana-bred and -sired horses going 1 1/16 miles at Hoosier Park.
Although winless in nine starts this year, Whenthesmokeclears has been consistent going both short and long for trainer Lori Smock. In his last two starts here, he was second to Divorce Lawyer Jay and third to Red's Honor in allowance company at six furlongs.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Mazarine Stakes will be the feature of record here Sunday, but there will be particular interest in at least one other event on the program.
Wake at Noon, Canada's Horse of the Year and champion sprinter in 2002 and a multiple stakes winner of more than $1.5 million, will be making his first start since Jan. 3 in a 6 1/2-furlong classified allowance race.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Dancehall Deelites will try to make the most of her fitness advantage in Sunday's Grade 2, $278,750 Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes at Woodbine.
The 1 1/16-mile event is the country's richest Thoroughbred race for 2-year-old fillies, and it could go a long way in determining the champion of the division.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Deputy Country will be looking for his sixth stakes win this year here in Sunday's closing-day feature, the Gold Breeders' Cup for 3-year-olds and upward.
The 1 1/8-mile Breeders' Gold Cup attracted a field of seven and carries a guaranteed purse of $40,000, with $25,000 available to Breeders' Cup-eligible horses. Deputy Country, Smoked Em, Indy Lead, Bonspiel, and Iwoodificould are eligible for the BC funds.
ELMONT, N.Y. - What he lacks in experience and pedigree, Love of Money makes up for in speed and talent. The latter two factors make him the most intriguing runner in Saturday's $1 million at Belmont Park.
After undergoing radical changes all week, the Gold Cup field ended up with seven runners, including 2003 champion 3-year-old Funny Cide and 2002 Gold Cup winner Evening Attire, whose connections opted to stay home rather than ship to Chicago for the Hawthorne Gold Cup.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Thomas "T.J." Kelly enjoyed many great moments during a 54-year training career that earned him a spot in racing's Hall of Fame. But winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup two years ago as the part-owner and breeder of Evening Attire was "my wildest dream come true," he said.
Kelly and his partners Mary and Joseph Grant hope to relive the moment on Saturday at Belmont Park when Evening Attire seeks to become the ninth multiple winner of the Gold Cup, and the first to win the race in non-successive years.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Though trainer Bobby Frankel kept Midas Eyes out of the race, Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Vosburgh Stakes will still have major implications on deciding the Eclipse Award-winning sprinter.
, a California-based colt who has already won two Grade 1 races in New York. The six-furlong Vosburgh also marks the return of Cajun Beat, last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint winner, who has not raced since March. Watchem Smokey and longshots Eavesdropper and Voodoo are also entered.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Kitten's Joy, the top 3-year-old turf horse in the country, enters uncharted waters in Saturday's $750,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont Park.
meets older horses and will be tested at 1 1/2 miles, two new experiences for him. If Kitten's Joy wins the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, he will simply be known as the best turf horse in the country.
Formerly named the Turf Classic, the race was renamed this year in honor of former Daily Racing Form columnist Joe Hirsch, who retired last November after 55 years with the paper.
