Late-blooming 2-year-olds shine in weekend horse racing
Havnameltdown and Justique won the Bob Hope Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar on Sunday. Golden Sixty won his 7-years-old debut in Hong Kong. Serifos won Grade 1 Mile Championship in Japan. Godolphin won Bahrain International Trophy.
Havnameltdown won Sunday's $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar. It was his third win from four starts. No Love for Juba won Saturday night's West Virginia Futurity at Charles Town. Not on Herb pressed the pace in Saturday's Joseph R. Peluso Memorial for Louisiana-breds at Fair Grounds. Rivzonaroll won the Sun Power Stake for Illinois- breds. Dangerous Ride won in the $60,00 Juvenile Stages at Gulfstream Park. Big Save and Cheerful Charlie came second and third.
Justique won the Dezi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday. Stonewall Star won at Aqueduct on Sunday. Free Drop Maddy won Friday's Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial for state-breds at Fair Grounds. Navy Goat won Saturday's $60,000 Juvenile Fillies Stake at Gulfstream Park.
She Can't Sing won the $300,000 Grade III Chilukki Stakes for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs. Ice Orchid was second, followed by Liberty M D and the favorite, Coach. The 5-year-old Bernardini mare won for the fourth time this year.
Churchtown won Saturday's $135,000 Gio Ponti Stakes for 3-year-old turfers. Miss Dracarys won Sunday's Forever Together Stake for fillies and mares.
Full Screen won the Lake Ontario Stakes on Friday. Strega won Ashbridges Stake on the all-weather track on Thursday. Sunday's $175,000 Grade II Kennedy Road Stages was canceled because of bad weather.
The Chosen Vron won the Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar by 3 1/4 lengths. Big City Lights finished second, Coalinga Road third and None Above the Law fourth.
A G's Charlotte won the first stakes race of the season. Ova Charged charged to the lead in Friday's $75,000 Happy Ticket Stakes. Brian's Iron Mike won Saturday's Monte Man Stake. Who Took the Money came from well off the pace to get the winner's share in Saturday’s $ 75,00 Scott's Scoundrel Staking.
Top Harbor won the Oakland Stakes by 3/4 of a length. Psycho Dar finished third.
Golden Sixty won the three local preps for the Longines Hong Kong International Races. California Spangle, Romantic Warrior and Lucky Sweynesse also won. The favorite, Wellington, faded through the final yards to finish sixth. The winner of last season's BMW Hongkong Derby, romantic warrior, has eight wins from nine starts in Hong kong. He finished 1-2 with Tourbillon Diamond in the BOCHK Jockey Club Cup. It was a tough decision whether to run Romantic Warriors at 1,600 meters or 2,000 meters.
Serifos won the Group 1 Mile Championship at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan. Danon the Kid was second, Sodashi third, Soul Rush fourth and Schnell Meister fifth. Gastrique won Saturday's Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Tokyo Race Course.
Dubai Future won the Bahrain International Trophy. Godolphin came up short in the first three editions of the race. Jockey Daniel Tudhope saved ground with Dubai Future. The focus now shifts to the upcoming Bahrain Turf Series. Sheik Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa is chairman of Bahrain's Turfing Club. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has supported the competition since its inception.
