ARCADIA, Calif. - Midas Eyes, a troubled fourth in the Strub Stakes on Feb. 7, may make his next start in the $1 million Godolphin Mile in Dubai on March 27, trainer Bobby Frankel said.
Though plans have not been finalized, Frankel said the one-turn mile race on dirt would suit Midas Eyes, who has won 3 of 9 starts, including two stakes, and placed in three other graded races.
ALBANY, Calif. - A pair of recent graduates meeting winners for the first time provide a handicapping puzzle in Golden Gate Fields's co-features on the holiday Monday card.
Tackers Girl, never worse than second in three starts here, steps up to the $40,000 starter allowance level in a six-furlong race for fillies and mares. A 5-year-old mare, Tackers Girl was a three-length wire-to-wire winner in a $16,000 maiden claimer in her last start.
She may find winners tougher here after getting away with slow fractions of 23.11 and 46.62 seconds in the maiden affair.
Ryan Fogelsonger celebrated his return to the Maryland circuit by guiding the even-money favorite Bear Fan to win the Grade 2, $200,000 on Saturday at Laurel.
Bear Fan ($4.20), who shipped in from California off a closing third in the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint on Jan. 25, was solid in her one-length victory over second choice Gazillion. Fogelsonger had Bear Fan four deep down the backstretch, just off a heavily contested early pace, and sent her to challenge Balmy into the stretch.
NEW ORLEANS - Dallas Stewart was starting to get frustrated. First, his 3-year-old filly Steady Course caught an upper-respiratory virus the day before she was to have run in the Jan. 3 Thelma Stakes, forcing a scratch. Steady Course bounced back and was good to go a couple of weeks later.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Among My Souvenirs remained undefeated in three starts after winning Saturday's $75,000 Dearly Precious Stakes at Aqueduct.
Among My Souvenirs, the second choice in the six-horse field of 3-year-old fillies, was a 1 1/2-length winner over the 4-5 favorite, Bohemian Lady.
Ridden by Mario Pino, Among My Souvenirs came from off the pace in the six-furlong Dearly Precious, split horses on the turn, and finished full of run to catch Bohemian Lady in the final furlong.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - left her rivals in the dust when she won the Grade 3 Affectionately by 5 1/2 lengths last month. On Monday at Aqueduct in the $75,000 Rare Treat Handicap, Austin's Mom meets some of the same horses she faced in the Affectionately, as well as a few new shooters, but the outcome probably won't be any different.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita never was going to be easy, even without you-know-who. While the 3-year-old filly division is deep, trainer Wally Dollase believes .
"Right now, I might be able to beat her on the fair and square," Dollase said. He will find out soon enough. Halfbridled returns March 13 in the Santa Anita Oaks, which will be the next start for A.P. Adventure if she passes a class test Sunday in the $250,000 Las Virgenes.
ARCADIA, Calif. - has proven to be dangerous in recent years when she was allowed to set her own pace in two-turn stakes. When she starts in Sunday's $100,000 Pro or Con Handicap at Santa Anita, gaining such an advantage may be difficult.
Super High has six rivals in the Pro or Con, a one-mile turf race for California-bred fillies and mares, and could face an early threat from Bold Roberta, who is in outstanding form.
"I want to be out there by myself," said Carla Gaines, who trains Super High.
