Four year old filly for Jeff Mullins came off a brief freshening on Saturday, got a rider upgrade to Berrios, and showed improved early speed that developed into a sharp victory. Off at 3/1 in a field of 9 in this first allowance condition sprint on the grass, she broke sharply from the inside and […]
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Three year old gelding for Steve Knapp made his debut in the fifth on Saturday, a maiden special weight event at ¾ on the main for Cal breds. Off at 6/1 in a six horse field, he looked like Brickyard Ride the first quarter, zooming to the front from the four hole with quick early […]
Three year old colt for Mike McCarthy made start #2 on Saturday at 9 furlongs on the grass in a maiden special weight. Off as the 5/2 choice in a field of 11, he broke well under Johnny V and laid 3rd into the clubhouse turn just 3 lengths back of the leaders. He stayed […]
Five year old mare for Phil D’Amato tried the 2nd allowance condition on Friday at 9 furlongs on the lawn. Off at 5/2 under leading rider Hernandez, she sat fifth down the back side in this field of 7. J.J. got her in tight between horses at the 3/8 and she had to check sharply, […]
Three year old colt for Richard Mandella made his debut on Sunday in a maiden special weight event at ¾ on the main. Off at 6/1 with the slumping Flavien Prat, he made every pole a winning one drawing off by four at the wire after fractions of 22 flat and 44.62. He shut the […]
Three year old filly for Doug O’Neill tried the Grade 3 Las Virgenes stakes on Saturday at a mile on the main track for soph fillies. Off at 7/2 in a field of six, she broke a step slow under J.J. and was 4th into the clubhouse turn. She stayed in 4th down the back […]
Five year old mare for Mike McCarthy tried two turns for the 1st time in her 7 race career on Saturday in a 1st allowance condition event at a mile on the lawn. Off at 5/1 in a field of 11, she set blazing fractions of 22.52 and 45.49 for the half and opened up […]
Four year old filly for Adam Kitchingman made a rider switch on Saturday in her 3rd career start and it made all the difference in breaking her maiden at ¾ on the turf. Off at 7/2 in this special weight event, Maldonado took this filly right to the front from the one hole, opened up […]
Five year old gelding for Mike McCarthy made his 1st start since July and just his 2nd in this country in Friday’s 1st, a maiden special weight at a mile on the turf for older runners. Off at 5/1 in a field of 9, he was pretty much void of any speed and was 8 […]
Four year old filly for Kristin Mulhall, who had not been to the post since October of 2021, made just the 2nd start of her career on Sunday in a state bred maiden claimer with a tag of $50K at ¾ on the main. She missed the start completely and broke last after working sensationally […]