Four year old colt for Richard Mandella tried the first allowance condition on Saturday at a mile and a sixteenth on the main for older runners. Bet down to the 6/5 choice in a field of 9, he sat in fifth down the back side under Kimura and had a pretty good trip throughout. He […]
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Five year old gelding for Doug O’Neill made just his 2nd start since last July on Sunday in a 2nd allowance dash at ¾ on the lawn for older runners. Off at 9/1 in a field of 9, he broke a step slow under Fresu and was last early, but rushed up on the rail […]
Four year old Runhappy filly for Carla Gaines, coming off a 15 month layoff, was in for a maiden special weight event for older fillies and mares in Sunday’s opener at ¾ on the green. Off at 8/1 in a field of 7 under J.J., she broke OK from the 2 hole and the rider […]
Four year old gelding for Jeff Mullins, whose last five races have been on the turf, tried the main track on Sunday in a 1st allowance condition sprint for Cal breds at six and a half furlongs. Off at 6/1 in a field of 9, he stalked the pace from the outside, took command at […]
Four year old colt for John Shirreffs finally made it to the races on Saturday in a maiden special weight event at 7/8 on the main. Off at 7/1 in a “salty” field of 7, he broke a step slow from the rail slot, then was rushed up to contend for the lead by the […]
Three year old colt for John Sadler tried grass for the 1st time in his 4th career start in the Baffle stakes on Saturday and really took to the lawn in this hillside sprint for sophomores. Off at 5/2 and drawn on the rail with J.J., he sat third down the hill just 3 lengths […]
I don’t know if it was the soft turf course or the addition of blinkers, but this son of American Pharoah really woke up in a huge way on Sunday in a maiden special weight event at six and a half on the turf for older runners. Off at 12/1 in a field of 10 […]
Three year old filly for Jeff Mullins drew the rail slot on Saturday in her 3rd attempt to break her maiden at six and a half out of the chute on the lawn. Off at 2/1 in a field of 9 Cal bred sophomore fillies, she broke running from the rail but was not quick […]
Four year old gelding for George Papaprodromou tried the first allowance condition at a mile on the turf for open runners on Saturday in the final race on the program. Off a t 10/1 in a full field of 12 runners, he battled for the lead right from the get go from his rail post […]
Four year old filly for Neil Drysdale made start #2 in Sunday’s opener, but first since February of 2023. Off at 11/1 in a field of just six in this maiden claimer for older runners at a mile on the turf, she came out running under Maldonado and was 2nd into and out of the […]