Gulfstream Park hosts five stakes on Saturday,
headed by the $400,000 Holy Bull (G2) for three-year-olds at 1 1/16. The
expected heavy favorite is Mohaymen, who enters undefeated in three starts
including victories in the Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2) at Aqueduct in November.
Another undefeated sophomore, Awesome Banner, will be a strong favorite himself
in the seven-furlong Swale (G2) earlier in the card.
Cathryn Sophia will put her two-for-two mark on the line in the $200,000 Forward
Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream on Saturday in an attempt to join the Kentucky
Oaks (G1) leaderboard. A pair of one-mile turf contests for sophomores — the
$100,000 Sweetest Chant S. (G3) for fillies and $100,000 Kitten’s Joy S. — are scheduled on the undercard.
Also on Saturday, Jerome S. (G3) romper
Flexibility tops a field of seven in the $200,000 Withers S. (G3) at
Aqueduct and
Sunday Rules will take on the boys in the $150,000 California Cup Sprint as
part of Sunshine Millions Day at Santa Anita Park.
For the full previews of these stakes, visit the TwinSpires.com blog via the
above links.
Also at the blog on Wednesday:
Nominations for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) have been released, and
leading American hope California Chrome has a local prep penciled in on his
calendar.
Vance Hanson takes a look at
Thursday’s mandatory races in the first round of the National Handicapping
Championship (NHC) and discusses why it might be worthwhile for those not at
the Las Vegas tournament to play along from home.
John Mucciolo recaps last week’s
one-day of action at Aqueduct in his weekly notebook.