Horse Racing: Sat. Belmont's card (post #1134), NBC coverage begins at 4:30 pm ET

[Vasilevskiy]

Tomorrow is the UK 2.000 Guineas and both Ryan Moore as well as Aidan O'Brien have opted to be in the Kentucky Derby instead. Likely means they rate Mendelssohn very, very high.

 

[GKJ]

Tomorrow is the UK 2.000 Guineas and both Ryan Moore as well as Aidan O'Brien have opted to be in the Kentucky Derby instead. Likely means they rate Mendelssohn very, very high.

That’s my angle here, they’re not coming just to be here.

Monomoy Girl, what a tough run she had to pick up the win today in the Oaks. That’s the race of a true champion.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

May 4, 2018

Belmont (New York):

• Manny Franco and Todd Pletcher combined to go a perfect 3-for-3. Franco won four races in eight starts and finished second twice. His first win came in the opener in a rare $100,000 race to start the day. His final win was in the $100,000 feature race. All four of his wins came aboard favorites.

Tampa Bay (Florida):

• Samy Camacho won three times and now has 97 victories at the meet. He is within three of his career-best win total for any year (94 last year) as he has 91 in 2018. Tampa Bay goes dark after this weekend until a brief 2-day schedule June 30-July 1.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• Edgard Zayas was 10 4-2-1 today. His fourth win came in the finale.
• After more than $171,000 was added to the $.20 Rainbow Six pool, and with no unique winner, the pool tomorrow will begin at in excess of $868,000.
• Race 6: Saint Michael (Miguel Vasquez/Ronald Spatz) made an impression in his debut and became the first winner for Handsome Mike who ran 30 races including 26 graded stakes.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• A crowd of 113,510 attended today's Kentucky Oaks card which is fifth highest recorded.
• More than $17.5 million was bet on the Kentucky Oaks (Race 11) which established a record for the race.
• The $2 Pick 6 paid out over $103,000 to all winning bettors. Over $500,000 was added to the pool which paid out following the Kentucky Oaks. The $2 Pick 5 paid out more than $16,000.
• Does Churchill have the best turf course in North America?
• The day began with the news that the flight carrying Jose Ortiz, Irad Ortiz, Jr., Jose Lezcano and Javier Castellano was delayed which led to rider assignments being altered in the first two races.
• Race 1: Joe Bravo picked up a mount for the delayed Jose Ortiz and won. Joe Bravo: Have Whip, Will Travel!
• Race 2: Four rider changes due to the flight issues mentioned above. Flavien Prat picked up the eventual winning mount for the delayed Irad Ortiz, Jr. Killay, a Great Britain-trained 4-year-old under Brendan Walsh's supervision, is a beautiful and fit filly. She looked as if she could run that race again and prevail with no problem.
• Race 3: John Velazquez prevailed with chalk for Todd Pletcher and owner Vinny Viola. Jose Ortiz finished third at 39-to-1.
• Race 4: Jose Ortiz won at 12-to-1. The $2 super reached $23,000.
• Race 5: $200,000 Grade II. Mia Mischief (7 4-3-0; Ricardo Santana, Steve Asmussen) won. I was disappointed with the efforts by fillies from two of my favorite trainers McLean Robertson and Larry Jones.
• Race 6: $350,000 Grade I. Abel Tasman had perhaps the worst effort of her 12-race career and failed to make the board. She is now 12 6-4-0. Mike Smith/Bob Baffert. Smith has cooled off in big races it seems the last few months (watch him win the Derby tomorrow, half-sarcasm). The show pool was minimal based on payouts with a 3-to-5 running off-the-board. The winner was Salty (Tyler Gaffalione/Mark Casse) who hugged the rail and performed admirably under the rider. Gaffalione won a Grade I race for the first time.

• Race 7: $200,000 Grade II. Will Call (Shaun Bridgmohan/Brad Cox) prevailed. Nice payouts with a $347.50 exacta. $2 pick 4 paid over $4,.000. The $2 Pick 5 returned more than $10,000.
• Race 8: $400,000 Grade II. Backyard Heaven (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Chad Brown) pulled a mild upset. Always Dreaming (John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher), last year's Kentucky Derby winner, is now 4 0-1-1 since that victory.
• Race 9: Non-graded stakes race. The $2 super paid over $14,000.
• Race 10: $200,000 Grade III Rushing Fall put his perfect 4 4-0-0 record on the line and was caught in a terrific stretch battle with Daddy is a Legend before both horses were passed by Toinette (Flavien Prat/Neil Drysdale).

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• Race 11: $1,000,000 Kentucky Oaks (Grade I). The only question for Monomoy Girl (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) was handling the far outside 14 post and passed the audition in style. She was the morning line favorite but sent at 5-to-2 behind Mike Smith's 2-to-1 who finished third. In between John Velazquez filed an inquiry and was denied. An entertaining race. Some of the picked bombs didn't materialize however.'

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• Race 12: Ricardo Santana also filed an objection which was seemingly needless and thankfully denied in a bid to uproot Julien Leparoux's win. This was another thriller.
• Race 13: the finale was won by Chris Landeros for his father-in-law Ian Wilkes.
• John Velazquez, Javier Castellano and Luis Saez went a combined 18 1-6-0. Mike Smith was 2 0-0-1.

Belterra (Ohio):

• 63-year-old rider Perry Ouzts won three times in six starts and finished in the money with each mount. The last two days, he is 13 6-2-2. Earlier this year, he rode for the 50,000th time and is less than 3.000 away from Russell Baze's record high.

Arlington (Illinois):

• Opened its meet today.
• Jose Valdivia, Jr. won three times today. He won last year's meet by 83 races over the runner up rider (141 to 58). One of the most remarkable such stats as I recall.

Canterbury (Minnesota):

• Opened its meet.

Santa Anita (California):

• Mario Gutierrez won the final two races and was 4 3-1-0 for this day.

Woodbine (Ontario):

• Canceled part of the card due to high winds.

 

[Orr Fourever]

I had a 20 on the 5 in the Oaks. I was whipping the horse down the stretch, apparently not hard enough.

7 horse in the derby. You'll laugh all the way to the bank...

To those that are playing good luck.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Follow the weather and the money....a key to today's events.

Latest forecast, as of 8:30 a.m. ET:

 

[GKJ]

We're 10 years removed from Big Brown. Isn't that insane?

 

[Conrad McBenis]

My Trifecta for the Kentucky Derby:

Justify
Bolt d'Oro
Good Magic

HM: Audible

 

[GKJ]

Score an exacta for Eddie Olczyk

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Saxon Warrior wins the 2000 Guineas for Aidan O'Brian. The only horse that looks like it might have star potential. Maybe Elarqam too.

Excited to see what Mendelssohn does over there

 

[GKJ]

10-9/11 in the last one, heater for second. Usually can get good payouts for those regardless of the talent of the horses

 

[GKJ]

Last race on the muck before the Derby plays to a 39/1 closer.

 

[GKJ]

Good Magic lurking at 10/1

 

[kducks]

I like Bolt D'Oro & My Boy Jack, but feel like Noble Indy might pull something out, especially with this sloppy track.

 

[GKJ]

I don't know if I could take My Boy Jack at any less than 15/1. They said it, too many Johns and Jacks out there betting him just because

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Would there be weather conditions that would make this race not safe? I always worry about the start and a horse going down.

 

[GKJ]

I also don't know if I could deal with 158,000 people unless my hotel room was on the grounds

 

[GKJ]

Would there be weather conditions that would make this race not safe? I always worry about the start and a horse going down.

Probably slightly more, but actual weather conditions would make racing not safe, not the track itself.

 

[kducks]

I don't know if I could take My Boy Jack at any less than 15/1. They said it, too many Johns and Jacks out there betting him just because

Yeah I liked him as a long shot cause Kent tends to bring those in.

 

[kducks]

Justify just romped them.

 

[GKJ]

Pretty quick fractions there for the track conditions. That’s a really good run and he’s got probably the best jockey ever to get on a horse and the best trainer ever to walk into a stall working for him, so I believe them when they say they are as impressed as they are

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

May 5, 2018

Churchill Downs/Kentucky Derby (Kentucky):

• The 144th Kentucky Derby was won by Justify (Mike Smith/Bob Baffert) who is just the 9th undefeated Kentucky Derby winner since 1915.

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• As an extension to my preview posted a few days ago in the thread, the top three finishers -- Justify, Good Magic, Audible -- were among my top five horses consistently since I saw their first races. Win, exacta and trifecta bets nailed though split with Good Magic on top.
• Magnum Moon disappointed. Not a good post but that shouldn't be the main cause.
• I never caught the Bolt d'Oro fever as mentioned in the preview and an 11th place finish adds to that.
• John Velazquez picking Vino Rosso over Audible remains perplexing.
• Mendelssohn was the one option despite unfamiliarity of European racing but he was eventually nullified as a potential pick. He was eased and finished last and appeared antsy near the gate.
• About that Apollo curse from 1882. Bury it!
• Bob Baffert wins his fifth Kentucky Derby.
• $149,900,000+ was bet on the Kentucky Derby, an all-time high.
• The $2 super was over $39,000.
• The $2 Penta was $267,160.40.
• The $2 Pick 5 was $2,483,310.60. Over $2 million! Or $620,000+ for $.50.
• The $2 Pick 4 returned $279,540.60.
• The $2 Pick 3 exceeded $13,000.
• The win, exacta and tri returns were minimal by comparison but paid $7.80, $69.60 and $282.60, respectively.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• $311.2 million was bet during the six-day Kentucky Derby week, a record-high.
• $225.7 million was bet on the 14-race card, a record-high.
• 157,813 spectators, eighth largest in Kentucky Derby history, attended the event.
• It was the rainiest Kentucky Derby day as 3.15 inches fell. The prior high was 2.31 in 1918.
• Races 6 through 12 had purses $300,000 or better.
• Race 14: The finale. My theory about not betting Joel Rosario unless he wins early proved correct here. His 10-to-1 was sent off at 4-to-1 and whether the horse didn't take to the slop or something else, the ride appeared erratic. Rosario is good but streaky and was winless today.The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $348,000 which means the $2 Pick 5 paid $1,395,939.00.
• Race 13: The $2 super was a mere $15,000+.
• Race 12: The $2,000,000 Kentucky Derby (summarized above).
• Race 11: In the Grade I, $500,000 purse, Japanese-bred Yoshida (Jose Ortiz/Bill Mott) was very playable at 9-to-1 and won a Grade I for the first time. The bettors preferred Beach Patrol (Joel Rosario) who stayed in second much of the race. The $2 Pick 3 was over $37,000. The $2 double was more $1,599.60.
• Race 10: $81.40 for the win. The $2 exacta was a phenomenal $1,753.60. The $2 tri was a spectacular $34,277. The $2 super was a stunning $149,839.20. The $2 Pick 3 was over $11,000. The $2 double was more than $1,700. Just absolutely remarkable returns. New York Central (Ricardo Santana/Steve Asmussen) at 31-to-1, was my bomb pick of the day. He had won on a wet track and had a good resume if the poor outing in his most recent race in New Mexico was removed from the analysis. The connections are a formidable pair. This was an opportunity to score. He fell short but finished second to Funny Duck (Brian Hernandez, Jr./George Arnold) at 39-to-1 who was in his second graded stakes race.

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• Race 9: The $2 supers were more than $22,000 and $19,000 due to a dead heat. The winner was Maraud (John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher).
• Race 8: Limousine Liberal (Jose Ortiz/Ben Colebrook) improved to 9 5-1-3 since the start of 2017 with a victory.
• Race 7: Proctor's Ledge (John Velazquez/Brendan Walsh) won. The $2 Pick 5 exceeded $24,000.
• Race 6: American Gal (Jose Ortiz/Simon Callaghan) won. Finley'sluckycharm, among the beaten, entered a perfect 6-for-6 at Churchill.
• Race 5: McCraken (Brian Hernandez, Jr./Ian Wilkes), who finished 8th in the 2017 Kentucky Derby, won for the first time since June and snapped a 3-race skid.
• Race 4: Good race in which Junior Alvarado defeated Jose Ortiz in the stretch.
• Race 3: Lookin At Lee, runner up in the 2017 Kentucky Derby, won at 6-to-1 and gave Steve Asmussen his 8,000the career win.
• Brian Hernandez, Jr. and Jose Ortiz each won three races. Steve Asmussen was the only trainer to repeat with two victories including his 8,000th lifetime.
• Luis Saez was dreadful in six starts and has lost 19 straight while hitting the board just three times.
• Javier Castellano is winless in his last 17 starts. He hit the board seven times including the first time in a Kentucky Derby.
• Luis, Saez, Javier Castellano and Irad Ortiz, Jr. were a combined 1-for-38 the last two days at Churchill. Three highly successful riders.
• Todd Pletcher is now 2-for-52 in the Kentucky Derby. Still, he has won twice.
• Chad Brown, reigning Trainer of the Year, entered horses in five races but had zero wins.

Belmont (New York):

• Manny Franco won four times including a natural hat trick starting in race 4. He has 8 wins in 18 starts the last 2 days.
• Race 2: Tyler Gaffalione's first win of the day. He sat through a multiple-objection/inquiry but while the order was rearranged through the decision he was untouched.
• Race 8: David Cohen delivered with a 50-to-1 bomb which paid $102.50. The $2 exacta was $804. The $.50 trifecta paid over $1,100. Cohen had taken about a 3-year hiatus from racing after two deaths in his family due to cancer in addition to a severe leg injury from racing. He has resurrected his career. He had 11 starts today and won twice.
• Race 6: Grade 2 $200,000. Holy Helena (Manny Franco/James Jerkens) prevailed.
• Race 10: Grade 3 $150,000. Robert Bruce (Tyler Gaffalione/Chad Brown) increased his perfect record to 7 7-0-0 in his U.S. debut. The Chilean bred had run exclusively in his home country. Chad Brown had three of the nine that were entered in the field. The $2 Pick 4 returned over $33,000.
• Race 11: Grade 3 $200,000. Tale of Silence (Dylan Davis/Barclay Tagg) topped a ticket in which the two highest odds finished first and second.
• Race 12: In the finale, a $55.00 winner. $755.00 for the exacta. The $2 tri was over $11,000. The $1 super exceeded $34,900. The $2 Pick 4 was over $7,600. The $2 Pick 3 was more than $2,200.
• Mike Luzzi is now 0-for-50 this year and on an 85-race losing streak. He had an 18-to-1 finish second today.
• The track handled over $11,000,000.

Monmouth (New Jersey):

• The meet opened.
• Thrillers in the opener and closer. Antonio Gallardo led in the stretch both times but was caught.

Parx (Pennsylvania):

• Mychal Sanchez (4) and Joshua Navarro (3) combined to win seven of the ten races.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Race 12: The $2 Pick 5 paid over $25,000.
• Race 5: The $2 Pick 5 paid more than $17,000.
• Race 1: An entertaining conclusion when a 3-to-5 was passed by two horses in the stretch.

Tampa Bay (Florida):

• Race 10: The $2 Pick 5 was more than $70,000.

Gulfstream (Florida):

• The $.20 Rainbow Six (Pick 6) will have a carryover of $934,000. It surpassed $1,000,000 today.
• Race 12: The $.20 Pick 6 paid over $32,200. The $2 Pick 5 paid over $37,000.
• Race 8: The $.50 Pick 4 paid over $25,000.
• Race 7: The $1 Pick 3 paid over $3,800.
• Race 5: $93 winner. $1,119 $2 exacta. The $.50 tri returned $1,600+. The $1 Pick 3 paid $3,000+.
• Race 1: The winner in the opener romped by more than 17 lengths.

Indiana Grand (Indiana):

• Race 7: The longest shot on the board won at 59-to-1 and paid $121 for the victory.

Arlington (Illinois):

• Race 9: The $2 pick 3 paid over $3,100.
• Race 8: An $82.40 winner. The $2 tri was more than $11,500. The $1 super was over $28,000.
• Jose Valdivia. Jr. won twice. Based on his overwhelming numbers last year and his early spurt this year, he should be considered any time he rides.

Canterbury (Minnesota):

• As always, concentrate on McLean Robertson. He had starters for the first time at the early stages of the meet and went 6 2-1-2.
• Attendance reached 19,000 for Derby Day.

Lone Star (Texas):

• Iram Diego and Steve Asmussen combined to win three times. Diego had four victories.
• Steve Asmussen was 9 3-1-1.

Santa Anita (California):

• Race 5: The $2 Pick 5 exceeded $66,000. The $2 Pick 4 was more than $23,000.
• Race 3: Amada Rafaela (Martin Garcia/Bob Baffert) won her maiden race by more than 8 lengths. Another potential star for Baffert.

Woodbine (Ontario):

• Race 10: The $1 Penta paid over $12,000.

Newmarket Racecourse (Newmarket, England):

From the DRF:

Experience counts for something.

Billesdon Brook made her 10th start in Sunday’s Group 1 English 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, to equal the highest number of career races among the 15 3-year-old fillies in the $744,600 race.

Billesdon Brook was ignored - until she took the lead in the final furlong. Ridden by Sean Levey, Billesdon Brook scored a massive upset in the 1000 Guineas at a mile on turf, winning by 1 3/4 lengths over Laurens, who led for much of the final half-mile.

Trained by Richard Hannon, Billesdon Brook paid 66-1 with bookmakers and was 101-1 on the separate pari-mutuel system. Billesdon Brook was the longest-priced winner in the history of the 1,000 Guineas, which was first run in 1814.



Billesdon Brook (101-1) upsets English 1,000 Guineas | Daily Racing Form​

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

May 6, 2018

Belmont (New York):

• Race 3: It's over!!!! Confetti parade to come. Mike Luzzi's skid ended at 87 races. And with a 9-to-1 bomb, the second highest odds on the board. Good for Luzzi. He was tossed in a prior race but he rebounded with determination. Storybook atmosphere today at the old yard for the 48-year-old vet.
• Race 5: Typical Junior Alvarado ride. Stalks, goes to the outside and rides with fury. And at 15-to-1. He is having a sensational 2018, winning at 26% and in the money at 59%. Both figures are all-time personal highs.
• Race 9: Slim Shadey, a 10-year-old bred in Great Britain, won.
• Race 10: And in perhaps the biggest news today, someone hit the $2 Pick 6 for $101,882.
• Irad Ortiz, Jr. won four more times. He leads North America in victories this year. One win was in the Grade II feature for Chad Brown with Pacific Wind who received a 94 Beyer.

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• Javier Castellano's skid reached 22. Someone of his caliber rarely goes that time without a victory. What has Mike Luzzi done today that Castellano has not done in his last 22 rides? Win!

Laurel (Maryland):

• Race 8: Edgar Prado won for the 6,997th time. Only seven riders in history have amassed 7,000 victories in North America.
• The meet concluded. Jorge Vargas, Jr. (jockey) and Claudio Gonzalez (trainer) led in wins.
• Weston Hamilton had a fine meet, second in wins. He may be the leading candidate to date for Apprentice of the Year though Asa Espinoza in California may be a top challenger.
• Maryland racing heads to Pimlico with the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan among the highlights.

Belterra (Ohio):

• Perry Ouzts won three times. He has 6,908 victories which is ninth all-time in North America.

Tampa Bay (Florida):

• The meet unofficially ended today but has one day left on June 30. Two riders hit the 100-win plateau: Antonio Gallardo (120) and Samy Camacho (career-high 100).
• Shannon Uske won three times which is a rarity for her. She has won six times total the last three racing days and has a total of 14 in 2018.

Gulfstream Park (Florida):

• Nik Juarez won four times. He is the winningest rider at the meet with 31 victories.
• Luis Saez's losing streak ended at 20 (19 at Churchill Downs) with his second ride today.
• The $.20 Rainbow 6 exceeded $1.2 million. The carryover will begin in excess of $1,000,000 for Thursday's card..

Lone Star (Texas):

• In the Grade 3 $200,000 Steve Sexton Mile, Bee Jersey (Ricardo Santana/Steve Asmussen) won as the favorite. A very chalky tri that paid $6.15 for $.50. Girvin (Adam Beschizza/Joe Sharp) finished second.

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• Steve Asmussen had 12 starters and finished 2-3-1. A trainer to have 12 starters on any card is almost unfathomable.
• Karl Broberg, the leading trainer in wins in North America this year, went 3-1-0 in 5 starts.

Emerald Downs (Washington):

• The $.50 Pick 5 returned over $23,000.

Santa Anita (California):

• Doug O'Neill won three out of four races. The trainer is 6-3-1 with his last 12 starters at the track.
• Gennaro Vallejo won with his only starter. I am not too familiar with him; he seems to train mostly at Golden Gate Fields. However he is 8 5-0-0 at the meet for a 63% winning percentage.
• Mike Puype is 15 7-2-1 at the meet after winning the opener. The trainer is winning at 47%.
• Race 8: Will Mike Smith be suspended even though many thought he should be DQ'd for that ride?
• Race 7: In the Grade III $100,000 feature, Fault (Geovanni Franco/Phil D'Amato) turned on the engines at the appropriate time and won at 3-to-5. Second choice Vale Dori (Mike Smith/Bob Baffert), a millionaire, went wide into the stretch and weakened to second last place.

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Woodbine (Ontario):

• Eurico da Silva, who hasn't ridden since December and is coming off a 10-raceday riding suspension, went 8 3-3-0 today. Among the wins was race 2 which was his first ride of the day.

Hastings (British Columbia):

• Simplicity at its finest. A very good simulcast production. Easy to read graphics.

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Trainer Robertino Diodoro...

• has runners in many tracks in multiple states: Arizona, Kentucky, New York, Iowa, Minnesota, Arkansas, Louisiana, etc., to name a few. There is something to be said about consistency. He is between 23-26% the last six years including 2018 and is in the money between 52-57% the same
• Through May 6, only three trainers have 100 victories: Karl Broberg, Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher. Diodoro is fourth.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Jose Ortiz was named rider of the week. I'd vote for the body of work not one ride. Therefore, Smith wouldn't have received my vote.

Jose Ortiz Voted Jockey Of The Week With Three Stakes Wins On Derby Card - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report

With three graded stakes wins and three second place finishes on the first Saturday in May, Jose Ortiz was named the Jockeys' Guild Foundation Detox Jockey of the Week for April 30 – May 6, 2018. The award is voted on by a panel of experts for riding accomplishments by members of the Jockeys' Guild, the organization which represents more than 950 riders in North America. Jockey of the Week is sponsored by FoundationDetox.com, America's #1 Equine Toxin Remover.

Though voters were torn between Ortiz and Mike Smith, winner of the 144thrunning of the Kentucky Derby (G1) aboard Justify, Ortiz' overall stakes record on the same day prevailed.

Ortiz won three stakes races, all graded, and all on the same card. He also finished second in his other three stakes starts that day, alternating between first and second in his six graded stakes appearances on Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs.​

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

May 7, 2018

Mountaineer (West Virginia):

• What a way to open a card on a Monday night. A 14-to-1 beat a 39-to-1 to produce an exacta for $1,119. Any exacta over $1,000 deserves mention. The $2 tri was over $4,000.

May 8, 2018

Mountaineer (West Virginia):

• Jay Bernardini won twice and now leads the recently opened meet with five victories. He sent much of his stable from Mahoning Valley in Ohio. Keep an eye for him later this year when Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts has their boutique meet. He is an excellent trainer for that level.

May 9, 2018

Mountaineer (West Virginia):

• Race 2: Robie the Cat, a 10-year-old in his 49th start defeated 9-year-old Everyday Dave who also was out for the 49th time. A 12-year-old ran for the 80th time. I may have seen one 13-year-old still running in North America within the last year; that would be the oldest.

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GRONKOWSKI

» Noseda Loses Phoenix Horses; Gronkowski To Chad Brown

Trainer Jeremy Noseda revealed on Twitter early on Tuesday that all horses owned by Phoenix Thoroughbreds in his Shalfleet Stables in Newmarket had been removed. Those included the one-time GI Kentucky Derby aspirant Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}), who will be sent to New York-based trainer Chad Brown ahead of an expected bid for the GI Belmont S. on June 9, Phoenix’s Vice President of Equine Operations told Racing Post. Ludt also revealed that trainer Martyn Meade, who is the father-in-law of bloodstock agent Dermot Farrington, who is also involved with Phoenix, has received the €1.4-million two-for-two Walk In The Sun (Street Sense).

Trainer Ed Vaughan confirmed to the TDN that he had received a pair of 2-year-olds formerly under Noseda’s care, and Ludt told Racing Post those were a $875,000 daughter of Scat Daddy bought at OBS March and last year’s Arqana August top lot, a €1.55-million son of Dubawi (Ire) and the Group 1-winning Giofra (GB) (Dansili {GB}).​

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MIDNIGHT BISOU

Midnight Bisou to remain at Churchill Downs for Eastern campaign, now in Asmussen barn, per Bloom Racing's Jeff Bloom

The desire to take advantage of multiple Grade 1 opportunities on the East Coast for 3-year-old fillies the rest of the year, coupled with the Breeders’ Cup Distaff being at Churchill Downs this fall, has caused the Bloom Racing syndicate to leave Midnight Bisou at Churchill Downs and turn her over to trainer Steve Asmussen, Jeff Bloom, Bloom Racing’s managing partner, said Monday.

Midnight Bisou finished third as the favorite on Friday in the Kentucky Oaks. She came out of the race “in excellent shape,” Bloom said, and the Acorn Stakes on June 9, on the Belmont Stakes undercard, is the next target.

Midnight Bisou had been trained until now by Bill Spawr, the veteran California-based trainer who guided Midnight Bisou to a record of three wins, two seconds, and a Kentucky Oaks third in six starts. Midnight Bisou had won three straight races headed into the Kentucky Oaks, including the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks.​

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

MAN O' WAR STAKES

• Where: Belmont Park (New York)
• When: Saturday, May 12, 2018, Race 11
• Time: 6:50 pm ET
• Distance: 1 3/8 mile (11 furlongs)
• Purse: $750,000
• Surface: Inner turf
• Who: 4-year-olds and up
• Television: MSG+
• Preview: Hi Happy enters Man o' War with momentum - Brisnet
• Full card: Entries - Horse Racing | Daily Racing Form - DRF Pro - DRF.com | Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Calder Race Course, Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Keeneland, Monmouth Park, Oaklawn Park, Pimlico, Santa Anita, Saratoga, Tampa Bay Downs, Woodbine

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	Postulation (KY)	Jorge A. Vargas, Jr.	119	Edward L. Graham	-
2	Sadler's Joy (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	124	Thomas Albertrani	-
3	Scholar Athlete (ON)	Trevor McCarthy	116	H. Graham Motion	-
4	Catcho En Die (ARG)	Junior Alvarado	116	Naipaul Chatterpaul	-
5	Wake Forest (GER)	Javier Castellano	121	Chad C. Brown	-
6	Call Provision (NY)	Jose L. Ortiz	116	Chad C. Brown	-
7	Hi Happy (ARG)	Luis Saez	121	Todd A. Pletcher	-
8	Bigger Picture (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	124	Michael J. Maker	-
9	One Go All Go (VA)	Chris Landeros	121	Charles L. Dickey	-
10	Money Multiplier (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	121	Chad C. Brown	-

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