Withers (G3) winner
Sunny Ridge headlines a field of eight entered in Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham
(G3) at Aqueduct. The Holy Bull gelding, who might bypass the Kentucky Derby
(G1) in favor of the latter two classics and a summertime tilt at the Haskell
Invitational (G1), will be opposed by undefeated allowance winner Shagaf and the
Todd Pletcher-trained Rally Cry, among others.
Songbird makes her second start of the year when facing nine rivals in the
$100,000 Santa Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. Many of her the
unbeaten champion’s rivals in the 1 1/16-mile contest have already suffered
defeat at the hands of the filly, who is seeking a perfect six-for-six in the
race.
Meanwhile,
Pletcher will have four of the seven entrants in the $500,000 Gulfstream Park H.
(G2) on Saturday. The one-mile event headlines a card that also includes the
$200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) and $150,000 The Very One (G3) on the turf.
Also at the TwinSpires.com blog on Wednesday, James Scully discusses
Mohaymen’s Fountain of Youth (G2) in his weekly
Kentucky Derby Report and John Mucciolo looks back at last week’s action in
New York in his weekly
Aqueduct Notebook.