Bowies Hero to Golden Gate for San Francisco Mile

The connections of Bowies Hero hope a change of scenery and some class relief help the grade 1 winner get the 2019 season off on the right foot when he faces an expected nine other rivals in the $250,000 San Francisco Mile Stakes (G3T) April 27 on the grass at Golden Gate Fields.

Bowies Hero reached a career high (so far) last season when he rallied from fifth to score a half-length victory in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T) in March on the turf at Santa Anita Park. After that effort, the son of Artie Schiller went off form, finishing off the board in his final three starts of the season—all in grade 1 or grade 2 stakes.

In preparation for the horse's 5-year-old season debut, trainer Philip D'Amato has worked Bowies Hero regularly since late February, initially at San Luis Rey Training Center and more recently on the training track at Santa Anita. 

Agave Racing Stable, ERJ Racing, and Madaket Stables' Bowies Hero has compiled a 6-1-2 record from 16 starts with earnings of $664,670.

Bowies Hero will start from the inside Saturday while morning-line second choice River Boyne drew the outside post. Trained by Jeff Mullins for Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal, River Boyne enters off a fourth-place finish in the Kilroe Mile.

The San Francisco Mile is one of six stakes scheduled for Golden Gate Saturday. In the other races:

•    Reddam Racing and Ciaran Dunne's Sold It, fifth in last year's Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos Racecourse, will try for her first stakes win in the $75,000 California Oaks for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather main track.

•    In the $75,000 Golden Poppy Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf, Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal's Zaffinah enters off back-to-back grade 3 placings on the turf at Santa Anita this season.

•    In the $75,000 Lost in the Fog Stakes for older sprinters on the main track, Peter Redekop B.C.'s Anyportinastorm will try to improve on his third-place finish in last year's edition of this six-furlong race.

•    In the $100,000 California Derby, Del Secco DCS Racing's Sparky Ville makes his first start since his narrow victory in the San Vicente Stakes (G2) Feb. 10 at Santa Anita. After winning that seven-furlong race, the Candy Ride  gelding will stretch out to his longest start to date in the 1 1/16-mile race on the main track.

•    Fillies and mares sprinting on the turf will take the spotlight in the $75,000 Camilla Urso Stakes, where Nicholas Alexander's S Y Sky enters off a runner-up finish in the Irish O'Brien Stakes sprinting down the hill March 31 at Santa Anita.

Entries: Camilla Urso S.

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Race 12

• STK
• 5f
• Turf
• $75,000
• 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 6:06 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Alliford Bay (KY)	Juan J. Hernandez	121	Blaine D. Wright	7/2
2	2Vronilla Parfait (CA)	Frank T. Alvarado	117	Sergio Ledezma	15/1
3	3S Y Sky (CA)	Flavien Prat	123	Philip D'Amato	9/5
4	4I Love Romance (CA)	Jorge I. Velez	117	Jonathan Wong	15/1
5	5Go On Mary (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	117	Doug F. O'Neill	2/1
6	6Ima Happy Cat (CA)	Ricardo Gonzalez	117	Dan L. Markle	10/1
7	7Claudia Mae (CA)	Francisco Duran	117	Tirso Rivera	15/1
8	8Impecunious (CA)	Silvio Ruiz Amador	117	Frank Lucarelli	20/1
9	9Spring Heat (CA)	Cristobal Herrera	117	Clifford DeLima	20/1

Entries: San Francisco Mile S. (G3T)

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Race 10

• Grade IIIT
• 1m
• Turf
• $250,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 5:10 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Bowies Hero (KY)	Geovanni Franco	122	Philip D'Amato	5/2
2	2Blitzkrieg (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	122	Doug F. O'Neill	6/1
3	3Mithqaal (KY)	Silvio Ruiz Amador	122	Jonathan Wong	20/1
4	4Le Ken (ARG)	Diego Sanchez	122	Ronald L. McAnally	5/1
5	5Wentwood (GB)	Juan J. Hernandez	122	Dermot K. Weld	12/1
6	6Many Roses (CA)	Cristobal Herrera	122	Ellen L. Jackson	15/1
7	7Grecian Fire (CA)	William Antongeorgi III	122	Jerry Hollendorfer	15/1
8	8Choo Choo (KY)	Irving Orozco	122	Jerry Hollendorfer	15/1
9	9Souter (GB)	Julien Couton	122	Mark Glatt	6/1
10	10River Boyne (IRE)	Flavien Prat	122	Jeff Mullins	3/1

Entries: California Derby

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Race 9

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• All Weather Track
• $100,000
• 3 yo
• 4:35 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Rey Coliman (CA)	Catalino Martinez	116	Felix Rondan	20/1
2	2Mayor Cobb (KY)	Jorge I. Velez	116	Jonathan Wong	20/1
3	3The Creep (WV)	Juan J. Hernandez	119	Jonathan Wong	10/1
4	4Angelo's Pride (CA)	Silvio Ruiz Amador	116	William Delia	20/1
5	5Sparky Ville (KY)	Flavien Prat	119	Jeff Bonde	2/1
6	6Kingly (KY)	Mario Gutierrez	116	Bob Baffert	5/2
7	7More Ice (FL)	Rafael Bejarano	119	Jerry Hollendorfer	8/1
8	8Visitant (KY)	William Antongeorgi III	119	John F. Martin	10/1
9	9Erlich (KY)	Julien Couton	116	Blaine D. Wright	7/2

Entries: Lost in the Fog S.

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Race 8

• STK
• 6f
• All Weather Track
• $75,000
• 4 yo's & up
• 4:00 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Summersimage (CA)	Catalino Martinez	123	Ricardo Perez	3/1
2	2Tough Sunday (CA)	Flavien Prat	123	Steven Miyadi	7/2
3	3Algenon (KY)	Julien Couton	123	Duane Offield	15/1
4	4Touched by Autism (CA)	Silvio Ruiz Amador	123	Marcia Stortz	6/1
5	5Whatwasithinking (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	123	Frank Lucarelli	15/1
6	6Sequentially (KY)	Frank T. Alvarado	123	John F. Martin	6/1
7	7Candy Zip (NY)	Francisco Monroy	123	Robert A. Bean	20/1
8	8Anyportinastorm (FL)	Juan J. Hernandez	123	Blaine D. Wright	9/5

Entries: California Oaks

Golden Gate Fields, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Race 4

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• All Weather Track
• $75,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 1:46 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Karsavina (AZ)	Catalino Martinez	122	William Delia	20/1
2	2Sold It (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	122	Doug F. O'Neill	9/5
3	3Soothing (KY)	Juan J. Hernandez	122	Robert B. Hess, Sr.	5/1
4	4Creative Romance (KY)	Alejandro Gomez	122	Ed Moger, Jr.	8/1
5	5Respect My Candor (KY)	Flavien Prat	122	Bill McLean	8/1
6	6Oh My Oh (CA)	Julien Couton	122	Quinn Howey	6/1
7	7California Canter (CA)	Francisco Monroy	122	Holly Evans	15/1
8	8Apache Princess (CA)	William Antongeorgi III	122	J. Keith Desormeaux	5/2