Weekend Stakes Rundown: Pre-Thanksgiving Lull

Each week BloodHorse.com looks forward to the weekend's biggest races. Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week there’s only one graded stakes on the schedule, but there are still several horses of interest involved in other races. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern).

Saturday, Nov. 18

2:55 p.m.—$80,000 Bet on Sunshine Stakes at Churchill Downs

Katherine Ball's homebred Limousine Liberal is the commanding favorite on a significant drop in class from the graded level. The Successful Appeal  gelding has placed in his last two starts—the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) and the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1). Prior to those placings, Limousine Liberal won three straight stakes in Louisville—the Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by Twinspires.com (G2), the Aristides Stakes (G3), and the Kelly's Landing Overnight Stakes.

Entries: Bet on Sunshine S.

Churchill Downs, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 5

• STK
• 7f
• Dirt
• $80,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 2:55 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Le Ken (ARG)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	120	Ignacio Correas, IV	5/1
2	2The Truth Or Else (KY)	Robby Albarado	120	Kenneth G. McPeek	5/1
3	3Sir Navigator (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	120	McLean Robertson	20/1
4	4Pinson (FL)	C.J. McMahon	120	Randy L. Morse	20/1
5	5Storm Advisory (PA)	Alex L. Canchari	120	Robertino Diodoro	8/1
6	6Warrior's Club (KY)	Chris Landeros	120	D. Wayne Lukas	12/1
7	7Uncontested (KY)	Channing Hill	118	Wayne M. Catalano	8/1
8	8Limousine Liberal (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	124	Ben Colebrook	4/5

3:47 p.m.—$150,000 Artie Schiller Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

Last-out Knickerbocker Stakes (G2T) winner Blacktype will look to secure his third straight victory on the turf in New York. In last year's Artie Schiller the Dunkerque gelding closed from last to just miss catching winner Macagone.

Entries: Artie Schiller S.

Aqueduct Racetrack, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 8

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $150,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 3:47 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Night Prowler (KY)	Javier Castellano	118	Chad C. Brown	5/1
2	2Fire Away (KY)	John R. Velazquez	118	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1
3	3Hollywood Hideaway (KY)	Luis Saez	118	Barbara J. Minshall	10/1
4	4Wolf Rock (KY)	Nik Juarez	118	Kelly Rubley	20/1
5	5Blacktype (FR)	Joel Rosario	124	Christophe Clement	3/1
6	6A Lot (KY)	Junior Alvarado	118	Chad C. Brown	6/1
7	7Marengo Road (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	118	Michael J. Trombetta	20/1
8	8Converge (NY)	Dylan Davis	124	Naipaul Chatterpaul	30/1
9	9Delta Prince (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	120	James A. Jerkens	5/2
10	10Monster Bea (KY)	Joe Bravo	118	Mark E. Casse	15/1
11	11Tizzarunner (MD)	Manuel Franco	120	Michael J. Maker	15/1
12	12Kantune (FL)	Rider TBA	119	Mark E. Casse	4/1

4:38 p.m.—$125,000 Frost King Stakes at Woodbine

Be Vewy Vewy Quiet began his career with two impressive victories, but has missed in his last two starts at odds-on. The 2-year-old Silent Name  gelding won his debut by 11 1/4 lengths in July at Woodbine, then took the Clarendon Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths in August. Be Vewy Vewy Quiet was defeated in his next two starts—the Colin Stakes and the Bull Page Stakes—but was beaten by less than a length in both.

Entries: Frost King S.

Woodbine, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 8

• STK
• 7f
• All Weather Track
• $125,000
• 2 yo
• 4:38 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Cat's Whisper (ON)	Slade Callaghan	123	Shelley E. Fitzgerald	20/1
2	2Handsome Like Me (ON)	Jesse M. Campbell	123	Nicholas Gonzalez	20/1
3	3Sheriff Clarke (ON)	Ismael Eluid Mosqueira	120	Dale A. Desruisseaux	20/1
4	4Inge (ON)	Patrick Husbands	120	Lorne Richards	12/1
5	5Royal Laser (ON)	Alan Garcia	123	Sid C. Attard	10/1
6	6Beer Pressure (OH)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	123	Nicholas Gonzalez	8/1
7	7Smooth Talk (ON)	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	123	Catherine Day Phillips	5/2
8	8Silent Sting (ON)	Luis Contreras	123	Sid C. Attard	9/2
9	9Be Vewy Vewy Quiet (ON)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	123	Robert P. Tiller	2/1
10	10Josie's Riddle (ON)	Jerome Lermyte	120	Steve Owens	20/1

5:24 p.m.—$100,000 Cardinal Handicap (G3T) at Churchill Downs

Dom Felipe's Dona Bruja, the winner of the Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (G3T) on the Churchill Downs turf course in June, will seek her second stakes victory over that surface. Dona Bruja made her U.S. debut in the Mint Julep in June. Following that victory the 5-year-old daughter of Storm Embrujado (ARG) recorded a one-length score in the Modesty Handicap (G3T) at Arlington International Racecourse in July.

Entries: Cardinal H. (G3T)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 10

• Grade IIIT
• 1 1/8m
• Turf
• $100,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 5:24 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Lovely Loyree (IL)	Fernando De La Cruz	116	Michele Boyce	15/1
2	2Tricky Escape (KY)	Christopher P. DeCarlo	119	Lynn A. Ashby	8/1
3	3Rattataptap (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	114	William I. Mott	20/1
4	4La Piba (KY)	Jon Kenton Court	115	Brad H. Cox	30/1
5	5Weep No More (KY)	Robby Albarado	115	George R. Arnold, II	15/1
6	6Coco Channel (KY)	Julie Burke	110	Charles Lopresti	50/1
7	7Beauly (GB)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	Brendan P. Walsh	5/1
8	8B Rockett (NY)	Alex L. Canchari	114	Victoria H. Oliver	30/1
9	9Linda (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	118	Ian R. Wilkes	9/2
10	10Fair Point (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	116	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1
11	11Res Ipsa (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	118	Ian R. Wilkes	8/1
12	12Dona Bruja (ARG)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	122	Ignacio Correas, IV	8/5

5:34 p.m.—$100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar

Just noses apart in their debut Oct. 27 at Santa Anita Park, Dream Tree and Midnight Bisou will face off again in the Desi Arnaz. Dream Tree, who went off at 4-5, just held off a late drive from 21-1 longshot Midnight Bisou to win the six-furlong maiden special weight event. Also entered is last-out maiden winner Ms Bad Behavior, who broke through by 3 1/4 lengths Oct. 15 at Santa Anita.

Entries: Desi Arnaz S.

Del Mar, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 5

• STK
• 7f
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 2:34 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Steph Being Steph (KY)	Stewart Elliott	120	Brian J. Koriner	6/1
2	2Ms Bad Behavior (ON)	Tiago Josue Pereira	120	Richard Baltas	5/2
3	3Midnight Bisou (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	118	William Spawr	3/1
4	4Smiling Tigress (CA)	Tyler Baze	120	David Bernstein	10/1
5	5Secret Spice (KY)	Corey S. Nakatani	120	Richard Baltas	6/1
6	6Dream Tree (KY)	Drayden Van Dyke	120	Bob Baffert	2/1

6:48 p.m.—$50,000 Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields

Antone Metaxas' Zakaroff upset the Feb. 18 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at 48-1, but has yet to find the winner's circle since. The Slew's Tiznow  gelding was pulled up early in the March 19 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita and did not finish, then returned from a nearly six-month layoff to run fifth in an optional-claiming allowance back at Golden Gate Fields Sept. 8.

Entries: Oakland S.

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 7

• STK
• 6f
• All Weather Track
• $50,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 3:48 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Quick and Silver (FL)	Silvio Ruiz Amador	123	William Delia	12/1
2	2Star Student (KY)	Julien Couton	123	Dan L. Markle	8/1
3	3Zakaroff (KY)	Rocco Bowen	120	Steven Specht	20/1
4	4Right Hand Man (KY)	Ricardo Gonzalez	120	Jeff Bonde	12/1
5	5Outside Nashville (KY)	Abel Cedillo	123	Jerry Hollendorfer	8/1
6	6Percy's Bluff (WA)	Frank T. Alvarado	123	Jerry Hollendorfer	4/1
7	7I Will Score (KY)	William Antongeorgi III	123	Jerry Hollendorfer	5/2
8	8Mach One Rules (WA)	Pedro M. Terrero	123	Frank Lucarelli	8/1
9	9P Club (CA)	Aaron T. Gryder	123	Ryan Kenney	20/1
10	10Westley (WA)	Juan J. Hernandez	123	Blaine D. Wright	7/2

Sunday, Nov. 19

1:18 p.m.—$125,000 New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

The only two entrants entering off last-out victories are the longest shots on the board—Nobody Move and Cloud Control. The others are all exiting stakes races, however, and Sudden Surprise, Loki's Vengeance, and Gold for the King are all multiple stakes winners.

4:38 p.m.—$100,000 Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine

Grace and Dignity has been very impressive in the first two starts of her career, and the Animal Kingdom  filly will step into stakes competition for the first time. She won her debut by 5 1/2 lengths in September at Woodbine and took her second start by 5 1/4 last time out Oct. 18 in an optional-claiming allowance in Toronto.

Entries: Glorious Song S.

Woodbine, Sunday, November 19, 2017, Race 8

• STK
• 7f
• All Weather Track
• $100,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:38 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Perfection Cat (KY)	Jesse M. Campbell	117	Julia Carey	10/1
2	2Star Hunter (KY)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	115	Nick Joseph Caruso	20/1
3	3Enchanted Tale (ON)	Sunny Singh	115	Harold Ladouceur	20/1
4	4Grace and Dignity (ON)	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	117	Catherine Day Phillips	2/5
5	5Win the War (KY)	Patrick Husbands	117	Mark E. Casse	4/1
6	6Madame X. (KY)	Luis Contreras	117	Susan S. Cooney	6/1

7 p.m.—$100,000 Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar

Grade 3 winners Solid Wager and Gold Rush Dancer have back class, but will face a field of talented California-breds. The top four finishers from the Oct. 7 Harris Farms Stakes at Fresno will stretch out another furlong in the Cary Grant. Tribal Storm took the six-furlong Harris Farms by a half-length over Jimmy Bouncer, who was followed by Prime Issue and Solid Wager.