Saturday's Graded Stakes Capsules, Post Times, Entries

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Yorkton, shown winning the 2019 Bold Venture Stakes on synthetic at Woodbine, searches for his first dirt win in the World of Trouble Sprint Stakes

Each week, the NTRA and BloodHorse will provide a guide to the best stakes races in North America. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). 

This weekend is a rare quiet one at this point in the calendar with only a couple of graded stakes slated: the World of Trouble Sprint Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park and the Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park. There will be no such pause next weekend as the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) will be one of nine graded stakes on the Feb. 29 card at Gulfstream and is set to serve as the seasonal bow for Dennis' Moment, the favorite in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) who stumbled badly at the start and never threatened.

America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national racing broadcast on FS2, will broadcast Feb. 22 from 3-6:30 p.m., showing action from Aqueduct Racetrack, Oaklawn Park, Gulfstream Park, and Santa Anita Park. 

Airing on FS2, and produced by NYRA, America's Day at the Races is presented by America's Best Racing, Runhappy and Claiborne Farm. Saturday's stakes coverage kicks off with World of Trouble Stakes and will ultimately shift to the West Coast for the Buena Vista, where Jolie Olimpica will look to sustain her perfect 4-for-4 record and build off her North American debut.

BloodHorse race previews of the stakes below can be accessed by clicking on the race headers.

Saturday, Feb. 22

4:04 p.m.—$100,000 World of Trouble Sprint Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on FS2 and TVG

Chiefswood Stables Limited's Yorkton will enter Saturday's World of Trouble Sprint at Gulfstream Park as the only multiple graded-stakes winner in a field of eight older horses. The 6-year-old son of Speightstown , however, will be on a quest to win his first graded stakes on dirt in the six-furlong sprint. Yorkton, whose greatest successes have come over Woodbine's synthetic surface, has run only four times outside of Canada, twice on dirt, once at Gulfstream and another time at Keeneland. He was unplaced in both races, though one start came following a troubled start and another over a wet track. 


Entries: World of Trouble Sprint S. (G3)

Gulfstream Park, Saturday, February 22, 2020, Race 9

  • Grade III
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 4:04 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Epic Dreamer (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Kelly J. Breen 4/1
2 2Lasting Legacy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Paco Lopez 122 Jason Servis 7/5
3 3Sweetontheladies (FL) Marcos Meneses 120 Henry Collazo 15/1
4 4Admiral Lynch (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Jason Servis 7/2
5 5Jackson (FL) Luis Saez 122 Jose Pinchin 10/1
6 6Fast Pass (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Cristian A. Torres 122 Peter R. Walder 8/1
7 7Goldenlion (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Silvia Zapico 118 Amador Merei Sanchez 30/1
8 8Yorkton (ON) Chris Landeros 124 Stuart C. Simon 8/1

5:29 p.m.—$200,000 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park on FS2 and TVG

Ultra impressive in her U.S. debut, Jolie Olimpica (BRZ) seeks to remain unbeaten as she heads a field of 12 older fillies and mares going one mile on turf in the Buena Vista at Santa Anita. Recent grade 1 winner Lady Prancealot, graded stakes winner Carressa, and recent graded stakes-placed fillies La Sardane and Mucho Unusual all lend depth to what figures to be an enticing race.

A group 1 winner going one mile on turf in her final Brazilian start on June 9, 2019, Jolie Olimpica was off as the 6-5 favorite in the Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) at 5 ½ furlongs on turf Jan. 11 and won going away late, prevailing by 1 ¼ lengths under Mike Smith. 


Entries: Buena Vista S. (G2T)

Santa Anita Park, Saturday, February 22, 2020, Race 5

  • Grade IIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 2:29 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Jolie Olimpica (BRZ) Mike E. Smith 122 Richard E. Mandella 8/5
2 2Carressa (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 122 John A. Shirreffs 4/1
3 3Muchly (GB) UMBERTO RISPOLI 120 Simon Callaghan 15/1
4 4Mucho Unusual (CA)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 122 Tim Yakteen 8/1
5 5Sold It (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mario Gutierrez 120 Doug F. O'Neill 50/1
6 6Meal Ticket (FL)Keeneland Sales Graduate Tiago Josue Pereira 120 Matthew Chew 15/1
7 7Brill (KY) Geovanni Franco 120 Don Chatlos 12/1
8 8Lady Prancealot (IRE) Joe Bravo 124 Richard Baltas 5/1
9 9Super Patriot (CA) Ruben Fuentes 120 Richard Baltas 12/1
10 10La Sardane (FR) Flavien Prat 120 Neil D. Drysdale 12/1
11 11Keeper Ofthe Stars (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Abel Cedillo 122 Jonathan Wong 20/1
12 12Tiny Tina (KY) Drayden Van Dyke 120 Philip D'Amato 15/1