Big Woodbine Day Tops Saturday's Graded Stakes

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's graded stakes races, capsules and entries. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Click on links for full preview.

2:14 p.m.—$125,000 Bold Venture Stakes (G3) at Woodbine (TVG)

Over a 26-race career that has yielded 21 wins and the Sovereign Award as Canada's Horse of the Year in 2017, 7-year-old Pink Lloyd has established himself as a world-class champion and fan favorite. On Saturday, the Old Forester gelding will be looking for a measure of revenge in the Bold Venture Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs after finishing fifth to Yorkton in the 2018 edition of the race. 

4:21 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 3 Locust Grove Stakes at Churchill Downs (TVG)

Sather Family's seven-time winning filly Mylady Curlin will attempt to collect her fourth-straight stakes victory as she takes on eight fillies and mares in Saturday's 36th running of Locust Grove going 1 1/16-miles. 

Entries: Locust Grove S. (G3)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 8

• Grade III
• 1 1/16m
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 4:21 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Pink Sands (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	121	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1
2	2Moonlit Garden (KY)	Florent Geroux	121	Brad H. Cox	9/2
3	3Mylady Curlin (KY)	Shaun Bridgmohan	123	Brad H. Cox	5/2
4	4Skeptic (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	121	George R. Arnold, II	20/1
5	5Escape Clause (MB)	Tyler Baze	123	Don Schnell	3/1
6	6Cosmic Burst (PA)	Miguel Mena	121	Donnie K. Von Hemel	20/1
7	7Go Google Yourself (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	121	Paul J. McGee	3/1
8	8Red Dane (ITY)	Edgar Morales	121	Charles Lopresti	15/1
9	9Rose of Malibu (KY)	Jon Kenton Court	121	C. R. Trout	20/1

4:30 p.m.—$250,000 Canadian Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine (TVG)

Starship Jubilee ran perhaps the best race of her career in the 2018 running of the Canadian Stakes, springing an 11-1 upset as the second longest shot in a field of six, which included a pair of favored Chad Brown shippers. On Saturday, Starship Jubilee will have to be equally sharp to defend her title in the 1 1/8-mile turf race for fillies and mares. 

Entries: Canadian S. Presented by the Japan Racing Association (G2T)

Woodbine, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 7

• Grade IIT
• 1 1/8m
• Turf
• $250,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 4:30 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Touriga (BRZ)	Tyler Gaffalione	121	H. Graham Motion	6/1
2	2Holy Helena (ON)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	121	James A. Jerkens	5/2
3	3Magnetic Charm (GB)	Kazushi Kimura	110	William J. Haggas	8/1
4	4Dixie Moon (ON)	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	115	Catherine Day Phillips	20/1
5	5Competitionofideas (KY)	Joel Rosario	121	Chad C. Brown	8/5
6	6Starship Jubilee (FL)	Luis Contreras	119	Kevin Attard	7/2
7	7Giovanna Blues (KY)	Gary Boulanger	117	Francine A. Villeneuve	12/1

4:53 p.m.—$200,000 Pocahontas Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs (FS2 and TVG)

LNJ Foxwoods' 12 1/2-length Ellis Park maiden winner Portrait tops a field of nine 2-year-old fillies entered in Saturday's 51st running of the Pocahontas. 

Entries: Pocahontas S. (G2)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 9

• Grade II
• 1 1/16m
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:53 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Shadilee (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	118	Michael J. Maker	10/1
2	2His Glory (FL)	James Graham	118	Thomas M. Amoss	20/1
3	3Portrait (KY)	Shaun Bridgmohan	118	Brad H. Cox	3/1
4	4Lazy Daisy (KY)	Abel Cedillo	118	Doug F. O'Neill	8/1
5	5Blood Curdling (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	Dane Kobiskie	5/1
6	6Morning Gold (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	Kenneth G. McPeek	3/1
7	7British Idiom (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Brad H. Cox	4/1
8	8Lotta Ott (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	118	Steven M. Asmussen	8/1
9	9Addilyn (KY)	Miguel Mena	118	Antonio Sano	15/1

5:26 p.m.—$200,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs (FS2 and TVG)

The "Road to the Kentucky Derby" officially begins Saturday as 10 promising 2-year-olds, led by Albaugh Family Stables' 19 1/4-length maiden Dennis' Moment, were entered in the 38th running of the 1 1/16-miles Iroquois Stakes.

Entries: Iroquois S. (G3)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 10

• Grade III
• 1 1/16m
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 2 yo
• 5:26 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Zyramid (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	118	Steven M. Asmussen	10/1
2	2Letmeno (KY)	Calvin H. Borel	118	Ian R. Wilkes	10/1
3	3Scabbard (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	Eddie Kenneally	5/1
4	4Rowdy Yates (OK)	Tyler Baze	120	Steven M. Asmussen	7/2
5	5Automate (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	J. Keith Desormeaux	30/1
6	6Flute Maker (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	Kenneth G. McPeek	8/1
7	7Juggernaut (KY)	James Graham	118	J. Keith Desormeaux	10/1
8	8Dennis' Moment (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Dale L. Romans	9/5
9	9Lebda (KY)	Trevor McCarthy	118	Claudio A. Gonzalez	10/1
10	10January Won (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	118	Kenneth G. McPeek	15/1

5:42 p.m.—$1,000,000 Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine (FS2 and TVG)

Got Stormy, coming off an impressive win over males in the grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga Race Course, will be looking to replicate that feat when she goes to post as the one to beat in Saturday's Woodbine Mile, a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' race for the Breeders' Cup Mile. 

Entries: Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. (G1T)

Woodbine, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 9

• Grade IT
• 1m
• Turf
• $1,000,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 5:42 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1El Tormenta (ON)	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	123	Gail Cox	20/1
2	2Lucullan (KY)	Luis Saez	119	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	8/1
3	3Silent Poet (ON)	Gary Boulanger	123	Nicholas Gonzalez	15/1
4	4Synchrony (KY)	Flavien Prat	123	Michael Stidham	6/1
5	5Got Stormy (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	123	Mark E. Casse	8/5
6	6Awesometank (GB)	John F. Egan	116	William J. Haggas	8/1
7	7Raging Bull (FR)	Joel Rosario	123	Chad C. Brown	3/1
8	8American Guru (KY)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	119	Michael J. Doyle	30/1
9	9Made You Look (KY)	Luis Contreras	119	Chad C. Brown	12/1
10	10Emmaus (IRE)	Channing Hill	119	Conor Murphy	20/1
11	11Admiralty Pier (KY)	Patrick Husbands	119	Barbara J. Minshall	30/1

6:17 p.m.—$300,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine (TVG)

Old Persian, who impressed in taking the group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic Sponsored by Longines in March, brings his sizable turf talents to Woodbine for Saturday's Northern Dancer Turf Stakes. 

Entries: Northern Dancer Turf S. (G1T)

Woodbine, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Race 10

• Grade IT
• 1 1/2m
• Turf
• $300,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 6:17 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Old Persian (GB)	James Doyle	126	Charles Appleby	1/1
2	2Cooler Mike (ON)	Patrick Husbands	119	Nicholas Nosowenko	20/1
3	3Focus Group (KY)	Joel Rosario	123	Chad C. Brown	5/2
4	4Nessy (KY)	Luis Saez	119	Ian R. Wilkes	8/1
5	5Sir Sahib (KY)	Luis Contreras	119	Kevin Attard	12/1
6	6Tiz a Slam (ON)	Steven Ronald Bahen	123	Roger L. Attfield	3/1