This six year old full horse for Dan Blacker couldn’t be any sharper than he is right now as he won the Grade 3 Thunder Road stakes Saturday at a mile on the turf for older runners in 1:32.39 by four widening lengths. After Seal Team, who was the 8/5 favorite broke through the gate, […]
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Three year old colt for John Sadler tried the Shared Belief stakes on Sunday at a mile on the main for sophomores. Off at 16/1 in a field of just six, he was pretty much void of any early speed and was six back early, then 8 back by the half mile pole. He started […]
Three year old filly for Jeff Mullins, who had just joined his barn after making her 1st two career starts in Indiana and had been training up at GGF, tried straight maidens on Sunday at a mile on the turf, 3 and up. Off at 10/1 after showing no speed back east, Mullins added the […]
Three year old colt for Mark Glatt made start #6 on Saturday in an attempt to break his maiden at 9 furlongs on the grass. Moving up in class from an $80,000 maiden claimer to straight maidens, he was off at 6/1 in a field of 8 under Hector Berrios. He laid 3rd down the […]
It’s that time of the year when trainer John Shirreffs gets a horse ready for the Derby trail and this year it is Baeza, a colt out of McKinzie and a Big Brown mare. Sold at auction for $1.2 million, he was off as the 2/1 second choice in this mile maiden special weight on […]
Four year old filly now in the Jeff Mullins barn after shipping in from Woodbine was in for the 1st allowance condition at six and a half down the hill on Saturday. Off at 7/2 with a lot of late tote action, she got away poorly and quickly was 14 lengths back of the leader […]
Six year old mare for Jeff Mullins tried the first allowance condition for Cal breds at six and a half on the turf for older runners on Friday. Off as the even money favorite in a field of 7, she broke well under Berrios and sat the perfect trip down the back side in 4th […]
Two year old filly for Phil D’Amato made start #2 on Saturday and it was her 1st time on the lawn and 1st time going two turns. This daughter of Collected handled both assignments well as she broke her maiden in style with Hector Berrios in the irons. Breaking from the 9 hole in this […]
Three year old ridgling for John Sadler tried the 7 furlong Laz Barerra stakes on Sunday at 7 furlongs on the main. Off at 7/2 in a field of just 4 runners, he quickly took the lead under Hector Berrios and had two on the field by the 5/8 pole. With solid fractions of 22.69 […]
Three year old filly for John Sadler, who had shown nothing in two starts to the post, finally came alive on Sunday in a maiden special weight at six and a half on the lawn for soph fillies. Off at 8/1 under Hector Berrios, she hopped at the start to be away last in a […]