Charles Town Classic Tops Saturday's Graded Stakes List

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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Imperative will try to win the Charles Town Classic a third time April 20

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's top stakes races in North America and beyond. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). For full preview, click race link. 

4:51 p.m.—$125,000 Whimsical Stakes (G3) at Woodbine (TVG)

Shakopee Town, a homebred for Bill and Al Ulwelling, makes her Canadian debut in the Whimsical Stakes on opening day of the 2019 Woodbine Thoroughbred meet. A four-time winner from 10 starts, Shakopee Town, now trained by Kevin Attard, will be contesting her fifth race of the year, a campaign that's already yielded two wins and a second.

 

5:30 p.m.—$250,000 Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland (TVG)

Michael Hui's Zulu Alpha, winner of his past two starts in graded stakes company, headlines a field of 10 going 1 1/2 miles on the turf. The winner of the grade 3 Sycamore Stakes here last fall when trained by John Ortiz, Zulu Alpha is now conditioned by Mike Maker and comes into Saturday's race off victories in the 1 1/2-mile grade 3 W.L. McKnight Handicap (G3) and the grade 2 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park.


Entries: Dixiana Elkhorn S. (G2T)

Keeneland, Saturday, April 20, 2019, Race 9

  • Grade IIT
  • 1 1/2m
  • Turf
  • $250,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:30 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Vettori Kin (BRZ) Corey J. Lanerie 118 Kenneth G. McPeek 20/1
2 2Hunter O'Riley (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 118 James J. Toner 15/1
3 3Leitone (CHI) Chris Landeros 118 George Weaver 30/1
4 4Soglio (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 118 Michael J. Maker 4/1
5 5Canessar (FR) Feargal Lynch 118 Arnaud Delacour 6/1
6 6Tiz a Slam (ON) Julien R. Leparoux 120 Roger L. Attfield 15/1
7 7Bigger Picture (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Michael J. Maker 9/2
8 8Red Knight (NY) Luis Saez 118 William I. Mott 5/1
9 9Final Copy (ON) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Roger L. Attfield 20/1
10 10Zulu Alpha (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 120 Michael J. Maker 8/5

5:37 p.m.—$1,000,000 Charles Town Classic Stakes (G2) at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races (TVG)

Grade 1 winner Discreet Lover is set to make his first start since finishing eighth in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) last November. Owned and trained by Uriah St. Lewis, Discreet Lover—a $10,000 purchase at public auction—became one of racing's great Cinderella stories when he captured the grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup last September. Among those attempting to derail him Saturday will be veteran Imperative, winner of the Charles Town Classic in 2014 and 2017, and last year's winner Something Awesome.


Entries: Charles Town Classic S. (G2)

Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races, Saturday, April 20, 2019, Race 11

  • Grade II
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $1,000,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:37 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Mongolian Groom (KY) Geovanni Franco 118 Enebish Ganbat 6/1
2 2Nanoosh (KY) Emisael Jaramillo 118 Jorge Navarro 10/1
3 3Diamond King (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 118 John C. Servis 4/1
4 4Rally Cry (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 118 Todd A. Pletcher 9/2
5 5Imperative (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jacob Radosevich 118 Anthony T. Quartarolo 20/1
6 6Discreet Lover (FL) Christian Hiraldo 118 Uriah St. Lewis 5/1
7 7Something Awesome (ON) Edgar S. Prado 118 Jose Corrales 12/1
8 8Runnin'toluvya (WV) Oscar Flores 118 Timothy C. Grams 12/1
9 9War Story (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kendrick Carmouche 118 Jorge Navarro 7/2
10 10Unbridled Juan (ON) J. D. Acosta 118 Jose Corrales 15/1
11 11Bobby G (KY) Xavier Perez 118 Jose Corrales 30/1



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6:12 p.m.—$200,000 Kona Gold Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park (TVG)

Dr. Dorr and Kanthaka head a field of five older sprinters in Saturday's Kona Gold Stakes going 6 1/2-furlongs. Supplemented at a cost of $4,000, 6-year-old Dr. Dorr will be making his second start off of a 7 1/2 month layoff while 4-year-old Kanthaka will be making his fourth graded stakes start of the current meet.


Entries: Kona Gold S. (G2)

Santa Anita Park, Saturday, April 20, 2019, Race 5

  • Grade II
  • 6 1/2f
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 3:12 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Dr. Dorr (KY) Joseph Talamo 122 Bob Baffert 9/5
2 2Cistron (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 122 John W. Sadler 5/2
3 3All Out Blitz (KY) Tyler Baze 122 Simon Callaghan 4/1
4 4Zatter (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 122 Bob Baffert 10/1
5 5Kanthaka (KY) Flavien Prat 122 Jerry Hollendorfer 2/1