Nyquist, Songbird assigned top weights in 2015 Experimental
Free Handicap
Champions
Nyquist and Songbird were the top rated two-year-olds of 2015 according to the
Experimental Free Handicap. Nyquist was assigned the high weight of 126
pounds while Songbird was the highest-weighted filly and second-highest weighted
juvenile Thoroughbred at 125 pounds.
Alto Belle remains the top choice in
Sunday’s rescheduled $100,000 Busanda S. at Aqueduct despite a pair of
fillies joining the original field of seven sophomores entered in the Road to
the Kentucky Oaks points race.
Churchill Downs unveiled the
officialy-licensed artwork created by American graphic artist John Mattos for
the 2016 “Art of the Kentucky Derby” series.
Kellie Reilly touted a Dubai Turf (UAE-G1) match up between between
Japanese Horse of the Year Maurice and defending race winner Solow in The
Dispatch Box and went on to
analyze a Gulfstream Park allowance that might have Kentucky Derby (G1)
ramifications.
Vance Hanson discussed his
picks for Saturday stakes at Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and Sam Houston.