Stakes Guide, Entries for a Saturday Between Classics

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Intrepid Heart will try the Peter Pan Stakes (G3) May 11 at Belmont Park

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

1:30 p.m.—$200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (G3) at Belmont Park (TVG)

Following an eight-month layoff, Klaravich Stables' two-time grade 1 winner Separationofpowers will make her 4-year-old debut in the Vagrancy, a 6 1/2 furlong test for fillies and mares on the main track. Trained by Chad Brown, Separationofpowers won the grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course two starts back as the favorite defeating multiple graded stakes winner Mia Mischief by a neck. She last raced in the grade 1 Cotillion at Parx Racing, finishing a distant fourth on September 22. 


Entries: Vagrancy H. (G3)

Belmont Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 1

  • Grade III
  • 6 1/2f
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 1:30 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Pacific Gale (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joe Bravo 118 John C. Kimmel 5/2
2 2Heavenhasmynikki (OH) Kendrick Carmouche 117 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 8/1
3 3Dawn the Destroyer (KY) Javier Castellano 118 Kiaran P. McLaughlin 2/1
4 4Separationofpowers (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 120 Chad C. Brown 7/5
5 5Holiday Disguise (NY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Lezcano 116 Linda Rice 8/1

3:08 p.m.—$300,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park (TVG)

After two impressive wins to start his career, Robert and Lawanna Low's Intrepid Heart will seek a graded stakes caliber victory when he headlines a field of five in Saturday's Peter Pan Stakes. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the 3-year-old son of Tapit  enters the 1 1/8-mile test for sophomores off of a half-length first-level allowance victory at Keeneland.


Entries: Peter Pan S. (G3)

Belmont Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 4

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $300,000
  • 3 yo
  • 3:08 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Intrepid Heart (KY) John R. Velazquez 116 Todd A. Pletcher 7/5
2 2Federal Case (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 116 Todd A. Pletcher 8/1
3 3Global Campaign (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 116 Stanley M. Hough 8/5
4 4Sir Winston (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 120 Mark E. Casse 8/1
5 5Final Jeopardy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 116 Jason Servis 3/1

4:45 p.m.—$200,000 Beaugay Stakes (G3T) at Belmont Park (FS2 and TVG)

A pair of grade-or-group stakes winners will give trainer Chad Brown a one-two punch of domestic and foreign contenders in the six-horse Beaugay Stakes for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf. Brown will send out Klaravich Stables' Competitionofideas off a four-month layoff following a 2 3/4-length win in the grade 1 American Oaks Dec. 29 at Santa Anita Park and will also get his first chance to see Homerique race live. After going 2-1-2 in six starts in France, Peter Brant purchased the Exchange Rate filly, with Brown picking up the training duties. 


Entries: Beaugay S. (G3T)

Belmont Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 7

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/16m
  • Inner turf
  • $200,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:45 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Chipolata (FR) Eric Cancel 115 Christophe Clement 4/1
2 2Andina Del Sur (KY) Luis Saez 119 Thomas Albertrani 5/1
3 3Competitionofideas (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 121 Chad C. Brown 7/5
4 4Matty's Magnum (KY) Junior Alvarado 119 David G. Donk 20/1
5 5Homerique (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 119 Chad C. Brown 9/5
6 6Binti Al Nar (GER) John R. Velazquez 119 Peter Schiergen 10/1

5:35 p.m.—$100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes (G3) at Arlington International Racecourse (TVG)

Goneghost will be making his second start of 2019 in this year's Hanshin. The lightly raced 6-year-old has hit the board in 6 of his 7 tries on an all-weather surface including a second place finish in last year's Addison Cammack Stakes at Arlington. 


Entries: Hanshin Cup S. (G3)

Arlington International Racecourse, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 7

  • Grade III
  • 1m
  • All Weather Track
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 4:35 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Gita's Lad (IL) Victor Santiago 117 Scott Becker 10/1
2 2Revved Up (KY) Ty Kennedy 117 Mark E. Casse 8/1
3 3Reride (KY) Pedro L. Cotto, Jr. 117 Ignacio Correas, IV 8/1
4 4Richiesinthehouse (IL) Jose Valdivia, Jr. 117 Larry Rivelli 6/1
5 5Sir Anthony (IL) Mitchell Murrill 117 Anthony Mitchell 9/2
6 6Nun the Less (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rodney A. Prescott 124 Cipriano Contreras 7/2
7 7Eckersley (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Sophie Doyle 117 Christopher Davis 20/1
8 8Machtree (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Carlos H. Marquez, Jr. 117 Ben Colebrook 20/1
9 9Goneghost (IL) Christopher A. Emigh 117 Scott Becker 5/1
10 10Lanier (KY) Declan Cannon 117 Brett T. Santangelo 6/1
11 11What's Up Dude (IL) Jose E. Lopez 117 Mark J. Cristel 30/1

6:03 p.m.—$100,000 Santa Barbara Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park (TVG)

Causeforcommotion ran second in this race last year and most recently finished third in an allowance optional claiming test at Santa Anita on April 14. 


Entries: Santa Barbara S. (G3T)

Santa Anita Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 5

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/2m
  • Downhill turf
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 3:03 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Animosity (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 121 Patrick Gallagher 7/2
2 2Causeforcommotion (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Geovanni Franco 121 J. Eric Kruljac 9/5
3 3Kodiak West (IRE) Drayden Van Dyke 121 Neil D. Drysdale 6/1
4 4Lynne's Legacy (CA) Alonso Quinonez 121 Doug F. O'Neill 2/1
5 5Guiliana (FR) Flavien Prat 121 Leonard Powell 7/2
6 6Queen Bee to You (CA) Ruben Fuentes 121 Michael Pender 15/1

6:24 p.m.—$700,000 Man o' War Stakes (G1T) at Belmont Park (MSG+ and TVG)

Trainer Aidan O'Brien sends a pair of top contenders in the Man o' War including group 1-placed Hunting Horn as well as Magic Wand, a group 2-winning daughter of Galileo (IRE). The well-traveled pair arrived in New York Tuesday and enter Saturday's turf test from fourth and fifth-place finishes respectively in the group 1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan Racecourse. 


Entries: Man o' War S. (G1T)

Belmont Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019, Race 10

  • Grade I
  • 1 3/8m
  • Inner turf
  • $700,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 6:24 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Hunting Horn (IRE) Michael Hussey 119 Aidan P. O'Brien 10/1
2 2Zulu Alpha (KY) Javier Castellano 121 Michael J. Maker 4/1
3 3Village King (ARG) John R. Velazquez 116 Todd A. Pletcher 15/1
4 4Arklow (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 119 Brad H. Cox 8/1
5 5Magic Wand (IRE) Wayne Lordan 116 Aidan P. O'Brien 3/1
6 6Focus Group (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 121 Chad C. Brown 5/2
7 7Epical (KY) Tyler Baze 121 James M. Cassidy 10/1
8 8Channel Maker (ON)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 124 William I. Mott 6/1
9 9Kulin Rock (KY) Kendrick Carmouche 116 Michael J. Maker 20/1