NEW ORLEANS - Bonapaw solidified his position as the leading sprinter at Fair Grounds when he won last Saturday's Colonel Power Handicap by more than five lengths. But now fluidity, not solidity, defines Bonapaw's future.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Anyone with a complaint about airline delays shouldn't try to tell their story to Eibar Coa. He might not be too sympathetic after losing a $6,000 payday and perhaps the mount on three-time Grade 1 winner Sir Bear when unable to complete flight connections from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to south Florida in time for last Saturday's Skip Away Handicap.
The amazing 9-year-old gelding Sir Bear, with Edgar Prado substituting for Coa, rallied to upset even-money favorite Red Bullet in the Grade 3 Skip Away.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Trainer Bobby Frankel has so many top older horses trampling over one another at his Hollywood Park barn that he is searching across the country for stakes opportunities, and that has led him to plan on shipping Lido Palace to Gulfstream Park for the Grade 1, $500,000 Donn Handicap on Feb. 9.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Carl Nafzger scratched Binthebest out of Sunday's Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Handicap in hopes of finding an easier spot in Wednesday's fourth-level allowance race at Gulfstream Park.
While there may not be any graded-stakes winners among the eight entrants, Binthebest will still face a contentious group in the seven-furlong race. The $40,000 allowance race headlines a 10-race card as Gulfstream commences its third week of the meeting.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The depth of talent in Wednesday's seventh race at Santa Anita makes the $65,000 allowance race over a mile on turf resemble a quality stakes.
All seven of the fillies and mares entered made their last starts in a graded or group stakes. The results of those races range from a victory by Old Money against males in the Western Australian Derby in December 2000 to several fillies and mares who were unplaced in their last starts.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The addition of blinkers and Pat Day proved a winning formula for longshot Worldly Victor, who rallied six wide in the stretch to take Monday's $73,800 * by 1 1/2 lengths at Gulfstream Park.
Charming Colony, another longshot, rallied even wider to get second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Lord Juban, who nosed out Honor in War for third. August Storm, the even-money favorite as the lone filly facing colts, finished fifth.
The Kentucky Racing Commission on Monday approved dates for the fourth annual Kentucky Derby Future Wager. The three pools of the Future Wager will be held Feb. 14-17, March 14-17, and April 4-7.
Churchill Downs spokesman John Asher said the only probable change this year is an extension of the closing of each pool from 4:30 p.m. Eastern to 5:30 on each Sunday, which may enable betting to continue after several late stakes that in past years were run after the pools had closed.
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will begin using color-coded saddlecloths when it opens for its 54-day meet Jan. 25. In other changes this season, the track will start its 5 1/2-furlong races at the same point as its six-furlong races and end them at the sixteenth pole, the same auxiliary finish line used for the track's one-mile races.
"As far as I'm aware, we're one of the last organizations to go to colored saddletowels," said Oaklawn spokesman Terry Wallace.
Devout Sinner won her fourth consecutive stakes when she drew clear by three-quarters of a length as the favorite in the $50,000 Distaff Handicap at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston. Slapstick finished second, 1 1/2 lengths in front of third-place finisher Coastalota.
Devout Sinner ($4.20) stalked pacesetters Caustic Remark and Itsaprincess early before taking the lead into the stretch. She covered 1 1/16 miles over a track rated fast in 1:45.51 under regular rider Cliff Berry.