High winds caused an early end to Friday night's racing program at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pa. After the first four races were run, the jockeys met and agreed not to ride for the remainder of the card due to what they felt were unsafe conditions. Racing resumed Saturday night.
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Request for Parole pulled away from Perfect Drift to post a 1 1/2-length victory in the $49,500 WEBN Frog Stakes at Turfway Park.
Request for Parole was always close under Brian Peck, then got the best of Perfect Drift after a stretch duel, finishing one mile in 1:36.92 over a fast track. Perfect Drift finished another 3 1/2 lengths ahead of Thunder on Land in a field of 10 3-year-olds.
ALBANY, Calif. - Heavily favored Janet, winner of two Grade 1 stakes last year, cruised to an easy 1 3/4-length win in Saturday's Grade 3 Brown Bess Handicap at Golden Gate Fields.
The 5-year-old Janet ($3), winner of 8 of 22 lifetime starts, sat comfortably in second in a paceless field of five older fillies and mares. When David Flores asked her to run in the stretch, she quickly went past pacesetter Impeachable and won the 1 1/16-mile turf race in 1:44.14 over a good course. Impeachable held off the closing charge of Alexine to finish second by a neck.
NEW ORLEANS - Mystery Giver scored a major victory for Illinois-breds by defeating a solid field of older turf horses Saturday in the $147,000 Fair Grounds Breeders' Cup Handicap.
Mystery Giver, deftly guided by leading rider Eddie Martin Jr., edged away late from Even the Score to win the about 1 1/8-mile turf race by 1 1/4 lengths. He returned $9.20 to win as second choice in a field of 13.
NEW ORLEANS - Al Stall Jr. said Bold Answer very much reminds him of a mare he trained just a few years ago, which, said Stall, "is a good thing."
Bold Answer, who is scheduled to face nine other filly and mare turf runners in Monday's $36,000 allowance feature at Fair Grounds, reminds Stall of Formal Tango, who won several grass stakes and over $400,000. "They look and act so much alike, it's amazing," said Stall, noting that both are by the prolific turf sire, Dynaformer. "I hope this filly has the same kind of heart."
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Though his primary objective for the meet is the $300,000, Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Handicap on March 30, Duckhorn could very well prep for that race in Saturday's Donn Handicap, trainer Patrick Byrne said.
Duckhorn, who defeated Lido Palace in the Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup last May, has not been out since July 21 when he finished third in the Washington Park Handicap at Arlington. Duckhorn came out of that race with a chip in his ankle that was surgically removed.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Came Home, the winner of the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga last year, won his 3-year-old debut in Saturday's $150,000 * at Santa Anita.
Making his first start since finishing seventh in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Belmont Park last October, Came Home ($3.40) closed from fourth on the backstretch to win the third stakes of his career in the Grade 2 San Vicente.
Ridden by Chris McCarron, Came Home was on the inside early, following Werblin, Popular, and Mighty David, who contributed to a pace of 22.58 and 44.81 seconds.
JAMAICA, N.Y. - The only thing standing between City Fair and the finish line in last month's Interborough was win-machine Xtra Heat.
Without Xtra Heat in Saturday's $82,775 Correction Handicap at Aqueduct, it was City Fair's turn to dominate her rivals.
City Fair won the six-furlong Correction for fillies and mares by two lengths over Look of the Lynx. Outstanding Info was third, a half-length behind the runner-up. Dat You Miz Blue, the 4-5 favorite and 121-pound highweight in the eight-horse field, finished seventh.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Beat Hollow was supposed to win his United States debut in a at Santa Anita on Thursday. But even jockey Alex Solis was surprised at the burst of speed that helped the 5-year-old get out of trouble in a few strides in midstretch.
"I got blown into the backseat," Solis said.
Rallying past Little Ghazi and Lily's Lad in the final furlong, Beat Hollow ($3) finished 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:47.15 to win by a length in his first start for trainer Bobby Frankel.