John Velazquez rode To Honor and Serve to a victory in last year’s Remsen Stakes, and will be aboard the top Kentucky Derby prospect when he makes his 3-year-old debut later this month in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park, trainer Bill Mott said on Thursday. Velazquez is also the regular rider of Uncle Mo, last year’s champion 2-year-old male.
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Grade 2 Robert Lewis - Santa Anita - Race 6
Est. Post Time: 6:05 p.m. Eastern - Feb. 12, 2010
ARCADIA, Calif. – Going into the Sham Stakes last month here at Santa Anita, trainer Steve Asmussen and his local assistant, Scott Blasi, leaned pretty hard on Tapizar. Between the ship to California from Kentucky, and a step up into stakes company, they wanted to leave nothing to chance.
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Grade 3 El Camino Real - Golden Gate Fields - Race 8
Est. Post Time: 7:15 p.m. Eastern - Feb. 12, 2010
Seven 3-year-olds are entered in Saturday’s 30th running of the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, but all the attention will be on one horse: Comma to the Top.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - J P’s Gusto arrived at his new base of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., in the early evening hours Wednesday after a full day of travel from Southern California. One of the nation’s top 3-year-olds, he has been transferred from trainer David Hofmans to trainer Joe Petalino and is scheduled to run Feb. 21 in the Grade 3, $250,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn.
KENTUCKY DERBY NEWS: Track all the 3-year-olds on the Triple Crown trail
PHILADELPHIA -- This time last year, trying to find a 3-year-old with a triple-digit Beyer was an exercise in futility. The figures suggested it was a very weak group. Remember Eskendereya did not blow up until late February when he got that 106 in the Fountain of Youth, followed by the 109 in the Wood Memorial. The story ended there, of course.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The Factor, who set a track record for six furlongs of 1:06.98 on Dec. 26, had his first workout since that race at Hollywood Park on Tuesday and is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in the $150,000 San Vicente Stakes over seven furlongs on Feb. 20.
Officially, The Factor worked a half-mile in 48.20 seconds, but trainer Bob Baffert said the workout was six furlongs in 1:11.80.
“He’ll have one more work on Monday,” Baffert said. “If he works well, he can make” the San Vicente.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Ten Devils faces a potentially career-altering race in Saturday’s $250,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita.
After racing on turf in his first three starts, Ten Devils makes his debut on the main track in the Grade 2 Lewis, a key prep for the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 9.
“I’ll see whether he handles it,” trainer Richard Mandella said. “He’s got plenty of races underneath him. It’s time to find out.”
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Mucho Macho Man, who finished fourth as the favorite in the Grade 3 Holy Bull in his 3-year-old debut, could make his next start in the Feb. 19 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, trainer Kathy Ritvo said on Wednesday.
Mucho Macho Man, who weakened late after forcing a fast pace in the one-mile Holy Bull, closed out his 2-year-old campaign finishing second behind To Honor and Serve in both the Nashua and Remsen.
Wine Police, who looked like one of the better 2-year-olds at Saratoga last summer, is working steadily at Fair Grounds toward his 2011 debut.
“We’ve got a couple easy five-eighths in him,” trainer Steve Asmussen said last week.
Breezing again Monday, Wine Police got a little more serious, going five furlongs in 1:01.80, two full seconds faster than his work the week before.
Asmussen said last week that Wine Police was “still probably three weeks to a month away” from racing. Asmussen said his intent was to bring Wine Police back in an entry-level allowance race.
