Entries for the eight-stakes March 24 card, headlined by the $1 million Louisiana Derby, will be taken on March 17, and as of Wednesday, Fair Grounds racing officials had a core of eight likely runners for the local derby.
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Hazit and Ride a Comet were installed as 5-1 co-favorites on the morning line when a full field of 12 3-year-olds was drawn Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks, the signature race at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.
It has been three years since American Pharoah swept the Triple Crown, time enough for him to already have yearlings on the ground. The time since then has made the colt’s majority owner, Ahmed Zayat, all the more appreciative of what he experienced with American Pharoah, including winning the Kentucky Derby after near misses with Bodemeister, Nehro, and Pioneerof the Nile, and has made him long to get to, and win, the Derby again.
Grade 2, $355,000 Tampa Bay Derby; 1 1/16 miles; Tampa Bay Downs; March 10, 2018
(50 Derby qualifying points for a win, 20 for second, 10 for third, 5 for fourth)
Winner: Quip, by Distorted Humor
Trainer: Rodolphe Brisset
Jockey: Florent Geroux
Owner: WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and S F Racing
Beyer Speed Figure: 94
Solomini
Curlin – Surf Song, by Storm Cat
Bred in Kentucky by veterinarian Glenna R. Salyer ($270,000 purchase by Zayat Stables at 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale)
Proven young classic sire Curlin doesn’t just have Eclipse Award champion Good Magic eyeing the Kentucky Derby from his most successful crop of juveniles. His arsenal also includes the consistent Solomini, who is bolstered by a long-winded female family.
Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes; one mile; Aqueduct; March 10, 2018
(50 Derby qualifying points for a win, 20 for second, 10 for third, 5 for fourth)
Winner: Enticed, by Medaglia d’Oro
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
Owner: Godolphin Racing LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 95
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Avery Island, a Kentucky Derby prospect owned by the Godolphin Stable, was to be sent to Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday for evaluation after having returned from his most recent workout at the Palm Meadows training center lame, according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.
Avery Island launched his 3-year-old campaign with an impressive victory in the Grade 3 Withers at Aqueduct on Feb. 3 and was scheduled to make his next start March 24 in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds.
Grade 2, $400,690 San Felipe Stakes, 1 1/16 miles, Santa Anita, March 10, 2018
(50 Derby qualifying points for a win, 20 for second, 10 for third, 5 for fourth)
Winner: Bolt d’Oro, by Medaglia d’Oro
Trainer: Mick Ruis
Jockey: Javier Castellano
Owner: Ruis Racing LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 101
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Trainer Donnie Von Hemel took down a Kentucky Oaks points race last weekend at Oaklawn with Cosmic Burst in the Grade 3 Honeybee. On Saturday, the barn tries to add a Kentucky Derby points race when Higher Power runs in the Grade 2, $900,000 Rebel.