Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct
Triple Crown contenders from the past three seasons will compete in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct this weekend. Del Mar wraps up its season with a big weekend card featuring a pair of Grade I turf affairs. Oaklawn Park and Tampa Bay Downs opened last weekend and get their stakes slate going with two races for 2-year-olds.
Zandon is the favorite for Saturday's Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Florida Derby winner White Abarrio, O Besos, Mind Control and Epicenter are also in the field. Zandon finished third in Kentucky Derby seven months ago. White abarri finished sixth in Louisville. He could get a boost to January's Pegasus World Cup Invitational. If he wins, he might consider staying on one turn.
Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Tuskegee Airmen is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Remsen. Super Chow headlines a field of seven for Saturday's $100,000 Inaugural Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Winning Time got to the lead in Tuesday's Pennsylvania Nursery Stake at Parx Racing and held off 81-1 shot Veeson by 3/4 length at the finish. Most of the nine 2-year-olds entered for Sunday's Grade III Cecil B. Cecil St. at Woodbine are on the grass.
Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
Julia Shining is a full sister to Malathaat. She won her last race at Keeneland by 2.5 lengths. Dorth Vader is the favorite for Saturday's $100,000 Sandpiper at Tampa Bay Downs. Girl Trouble won Tuesday's Future Stars Filly Division at Parx Racing. Ligura is favorite in Saturday’s $ 100,00 Grade III Jimmy Durante at Del Mar. There are also the $50, 000 Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante Stakes for state-breds at Hawthorne Race Course and the $75,500 Glacial Princess for Pennsylvania- breds in Mahoning Valley.
Distaff's Go For Wand Handicap at Aqueduct is a handicapping challenge with 11 fillies and mares set for the one-turn mile. Battle Bling is the 3-1 favorite on the tight morning line after three straight wins. Dr B, Betsy Blue and Bank Sting are at single-digit odds. Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at aqueductiveuct.
Pletcher and Prat team up with the morning-line favorite, Wit, among 11 entries for Saturday's $400,000 Grade I Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. Practical Joke colt comes off a second, beaten just a neck, in the Grade III Bryan Station at Keeneland. Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Filly & Mare Turf. Wakanaka, Avenue de France and England's Rose all rate a good chance in the 1-mile race.
Triple Crown contenders from past three seasons face off in Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Turf Sprint. Stormy Liberal at Del Mar and Pan Zaretta for fillies and mares at Fair Grounds are also worth watching.
T O Keynes is the favorite for Sunday's Group 1 Champions Cup at Chukyo Racecourse in Japan. He is racing against Crown Pride, who won the Grade II UAE Derby in Dubai and went to the Kentucky Derby. T O Keynes finished eighth in the $20 million Grade I Saudi Cup earlier this year. Crown Prides has been injured since the end of September and finished second in two starts leading up to this race.
The Wizard of Eye won the British Stallion Studs EBF Hyde Stakes at Kempton Park on Monday. The win earned him a guaranteed start in the All-Weather Mile Championships on Finals Day. Yoozuna won a Fast-Track Qualifier for the £200,000 Easter Classic at Deauville. He will probably run two times at Cagnes-sur-Mer over the winter and then the Championships at Newcastle.
Ascot Racecourse announced Tuesday that the total prize money available in 2023 will be a record £17 million across 25 race days. Purses for Royal Ascot 20th will also be £9.52 million, up 10 percent from £8.65 million in 2022.
