Upcoming Stakes for March 28 – April 3
This weekend sees the return of racing to Santa Anita Park, and a slew of rescheduled stakes are on tap Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Perhaps the two biggest are the Beholder Mile (G1) and Frank […]
Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream hosts Grade 3s on turf, Santa Anita re-opens with San Luis Rey on Friday
Gulfstream Park will offers a pre-Florida Derby Day stakes appetizer while Santa Anita resumes racing for the first time in three weeks this coming Friday. Hawkish, a promising three-year-old in the turf division last season […]
Santa Anita aims to resume live racing March 29 after Lasix deal reached
Live racing at Santa Anita is expected to resume March 29 following a compromise on The Stronach Group’s announced ban on Lasix at its California tracks. Belinda Stronach, President and Chairman of The Stronach Group, […]
Code of Honor back to best form in Fountain of Youth
Code of Honor made amends for a disappointing run earlier in the Gulfstream Park meet by springing a 9-1 upset of the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on Saturday. A debut winner at Saratoga for […]
Jeltrin jolts Davona Dale at 51-1; Jaywalk fades to fourth
The three-year-old filly picture was scrambled in Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Not only did champion Jaywalk flop in her first start since the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), but it was […]
Precieuse, Cambier Parc, Holy Helena justify favoritism at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park offered a smorgasbord of turf stakes on Saturday’s Fountain of Youth (G2) undercard, three featuring the filly and mare division. Favorites swept all three, two for trainer Chad Brown. Peter Brant’s Precieuse had […]
Roadster, Mucho, U S S Michigan on way to bigger things after Friday wins
Three notable Triple Crown nominees scored comeback wins at far-flung locations on Friday. First the Aidan O’Brien-trained U S S Michigan broke his maiden at Dundalk, then Mucho prevailed in the 2ND race at Gulfstream […]
Champion Jaywalk faces six in Davona Dale sophomore bow
by John Mucciolo Nine graded races highlight a 14-race card on a huge day at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, topped by the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) offering 50-20-10-5 points toward a Kentucky Derby […]
Hidden Scroll faces seasoned opposition in Fountain of Youth
Producing the most sensational display turned in by a three-year-old so far this winter in Florida when taking his debut by 14 lengths in the slop on January 26, Hidden Scroll will attempt to back […]
Channel Maker among the top draws on Fountain of Youth undercard
by John Mucciolo The $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) headlines a superb 14-race card at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. However, the sophomore feature is far from the only major action to take place, as […]