Weekend Stakes Rundown: Turf Mile Saturday
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Alert Bay will look to repeat his winning performance in the San Francisco Mile
Each week BloodHorse.com looks forward to the weekend's biggest races. Consider this your guide to the best stakes in North America. This week we have a trio of grade 3 turf miles Saturday, Churchill Downs' opening night, and more. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern) and full previews are available through the links below.
Saturday, April 29
3:25 p.m.—$100,000 Miami Mile (G3T) at Gulfstream Park
All Included, a son of Include , won the Appleton Stakes (G3T) last time out April 1 and came in second in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1T) one race prior. The Appleton, also at a mile on the turf, was All Included's first graded stakes victory, although he finished third three times in grade 1 and grade 2 events in 2015-16.
Miami Mile S. (G3T)
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, April 29, 2017, Race 5
- 1m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo's & up
- 3:25 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Diamond Bachelor (KY) |
Nicky Figueroa | 119 | Patrick L. Biancone | 20/1 |
| 2 | 2War Correspondent (KY) | Tyler Gaffalione | 119 | Christophe Clement | 2/1 |
| 3 | 3Lubash (NY) | Luca Panici | 123 | Christophe Clement | 9/2 |
| 4 | 4Our Way (FL) |
Nik Juarez | 121 | H. James Bond | 7/2 |
| 5 | 5All Included (KY) | Javier Castellano | 123 | Todd A. Pletcher | 8/5 |
| 6 | 6Applicator (KY) | Magomet A. Kappushev | 117 | Mikhail Yanakov | 30/1 |
| 7 | 7Zulu (KY) |
Javier Castellano | 121 | Todd A. Pletcher | 6/5 |
6:54 p.m.—GG: $100,000 San Francisco Mile (G3T) at Golden Gate Fields
Alert Bay, G. G. Ryder, and Stryker Phd—the elder statesmen of Northern California—will face off once again in the San Francisco Mile. The multiple graded stakes winners are all exiting the same race, an April 2 allowance on Golden Gate Fields' synthetic main track that Alert Bay won by a length over fellow San Francisco Mile entrant Star Student. Alert Bay won the San Francisco Mile in 2016.
San Francisco Mile S. (G3T)
Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 29, 2017, Race 7
- 1m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo's & up
- 3:54 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1G. G. Ryder (CA) | Irving Orozco | 122 | Jerry Hollendorfer | 5/1 |
| 2 | 2Stryker Phd (WA) | William Antongeorgi III | 122 | Larry D. Ross | 12/1 |
| 98 | 3Patentar (FR) | SCRATCHED | 0 | UNKNOWN | - |
| 4 | 4Many Roses (CA) | Abel Cedillo | 122 | Ellen L. Jackson | 8/1 |
| 5 | 5Camino Del Paraiso (CA) | Ricardo Gonzalez | 122 | O. J. Jauregui | 8/1 |
| 6 | 6Alert Bay (CA) |
Juan J. Hernandez | 122 | Blaine D. Wright | 8/5 |
| 7 | 7Star Student (KY) |
Julien Couton | 122 | Dan L. Markle | 6/1 |
7:09 p.m.—SA: $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park
No better than ninth in four trips outside of California, Golden Pegasus Racing and Earle Mack's Bolo will stay home instead of getting caught up in Kentucky Derby week for a third straight year. The son of Temple City has never run out of the top three in six starts on the Santa Anita Park grass.
Thunder Road S. (G3T)
Santa Anita Park, Saturday, April 29, 2017, Race 7
- 1m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo's & up
- 4:09 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Perfectly Majestic (KY) |
Kent J. Desormeaux | 122 | Robert B. Hess, Jr. | 7/2 |
| 2 | 2Twentytwentyvision (KY) | Flavien Prat | 122 | Richard E. Mandella | 7/2 |
| 3 | 3Bolo (KY) | Mike E. Smith | 126 | Carla Gaines | 5/2 |
| 4 | 4Mithqaal (KY) |
Rafael Bejarano | 122 | Doug F. O'Neill | 15/1 |
| 5 | 5Fabozzi (KY) |
Corey S. Nakatani | 122 | Mark Glatt | 6/1 |
| 6 | 6Farhaan (KY) | Tyler Baze | 122 | Philip D'Amato | 6/1 |
| 7 | 7Sawyer's Hill (KY) |
Martin A. Pedroza | 122 | Kristin Mulhall | 7/2 |
10:11 p.m.—$100,000 William Walker Stakes at Churchill Downs
Syndergaard will make his first start since finishing fifth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Nov. 5. Prior to the Breeders' Cup, the New York-bred son of Majesticperfection finished second in the Oct. 8 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park and won the Funny Cide Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 29.
William Walker S.
Churchill Downs, Saturday, April 29, 2017, Race 9
- STK
- 6f
- Dirt
- $100,000
- 3 yo
- 10:11 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Syndergaard (NY) | John R. Velazquez | 118 | Todd A. Pletcher | 4/5 |
| 2 | 2Capture the Glory (KY) | Dick Cardenas | 118 | Will Gallagher | 15/1 |
| 3 | 3En Hanse (KY) | Julien R. Leparoux | 120 | Michael J. Maker | 5/1 |
| 4 | 4The Money Monster (KY) |
Jose Lezcano | 118 | William I. Mott | 6/1 |
| 5 | 5Classic Cotton (FL) | Ricardo Santana, Jr. | 118 | Troy S. Wismer | 6/1 |
| 6 | 6Conquest Wildcat (FL) |
Corey J. Lanerie | 118 | Randy L. Morse | 5/1 |
| 7 | 7Silver Bullion (KY) |
Florent Geroux | 118 | D. Wayne Lukas | 12/1 |
Sunday, April 30
6:30 p.m.—$100,000 Santa Barbara Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park
Estrechada wasn't far off in the Feb. 2 Astra II Stakes, when she finished just 1 1/4 lengths behind eventual grade 2 winner Goodyearforroses, and will try the 1 1/2-mile distance again on the Santa Anita grass in the Santa Barbara. The only two entrants with a victory at 1 1/2 miles are Evo Campo, who won the 2016 Possibly Perfect Stakes at the distance, and Laseen, who won a French handicap at 12 furlongs last year.
Santa Barbara S. (G3T)
Santa Anita Park, Sunday, April 30, 2017, Race 6
- 1 1/2m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
- 3:37 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Estrechada (ARG) | Stewart Elliott | 122 | Mike Puype | 7/2 |
| 2 | 2Place des Vosges (KY) |
Corey S. Nakatani | 122 | Richard Baltas | 3/1 |
| 3 | 3Dressed to a T (CA) | Flavien Prat | 122 | Ben D. A. Cecil | 8/1 |
| 4 | 4Hiking (KY) | Brice Blanc | 122 | Simon Callaghan | 10/1 |
| 5 | 5Responsibleforlove (IRE) | Kent J. Desormeaux | 122 | Neil D. Drysdale | 12/1 |
| 6 | 6Betty Draper (KY) | Santiago Gonzalez | 122 | James M. Cassidy | 20/1 |
| 7 | 7Mrs. Norris (KY) | Victor Espinoza | 122 | Eoin G. Harty | 10/1 |
| 8 | 8Evo Campo (IRE) | Rafael Bejarano | 122 | Patrick Gallagher | 7/2 |
| 9 | 9Laseen (IRE) | Mike E. Smith | 122 | James M. Cassidy | 9/2 |