United Nations Tops a Summer Saturday of Graded Stakes

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Zulu Alpha will try the United Nations Stakes (G1T) June 22 at Monmouth Park, the top stakes Saturday

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.

3:33 p.m.—$150,000 Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Graded stakes winner Valedictorian looks to rebound from an eighth-place finish last time out in the grade 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile when she faces five challengers in the 1 1/16-miles Eatontown. Among the top threats are stakes winner Dynatail, who has won three of her last four starts including the Susquehanna Stakes June 1.


Entries: Eatontown S. (G3T)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 7

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 3:33 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Valedictorian (NJ) Paco Lopez 123 Kelly J. Breen 8/5
2 2Maid To Remember (GB) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 116 H. Graham Motion 8/1
3 3Conquest Hardcandy (NY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 116 James T. Ryerson 5/1
4 4My Sistersledge (MD) Nik Juarez 116 Michael J. Trombetta 6/1
5 5Dynatail (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Lezcano 123 Michael Dini 9/2
6 6Inflexibility (ON) Jose L. Ortiz 116 Chad C. Brown 2/1

4:55 p.m.—$125,000 Singspiel Stakes (G3T) at Woodbine (TVG)

Millionaire and fan favorite Melmich looks to add another chapter to his accomplished career, when he goes postward in Saturday's Singspiel Stakes. Claimed for $20,000 on September 26, 2014, the gelded son of Wilko is a graded stakes star for owners Stephen Chesney and Cory Hoffman, and trainer Kevin Attard. 


Entries: Singspiel S. (G3T)

Woodbine, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1 1/2m
  • Turf
  • $125,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 4:55 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Tiz a Slam (ON) Steven Ronald Bahen 125 Roger L. Attfield 6/5
2 2Avie's Mesa (ON) David Moran 118 Josie Carroll 6/1
3 3Sir Sahib (KY) Eurico Rosa Da Silva 118 Kevin Attard 10/1
4 4Itstartswithadrink (ON) Leo Salles 118 Clint Abraham 20/1
5 5Melmich (ON) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 118 Kevin Attard 1/1

5 p.m.—$150,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Following back-to-back runner-up efforts in his last two outings, Diamond King aims to get back into the winner's circle when he heads a field of seven for the 1 1/16-miles Iselin. Trained by John Servis, Diamond King was most recently second in the Salvator Mile Stakes at Monmouth May 25. 


Entries: Philip H. Iselin S. (G3)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 10

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:00 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Bal Harbour (KY) Joe Bravo 116 Todd A. Pletcher 3/1
2 2Navy Commander (PA) Luis Saez 116 Robert E. Reid, Jr. 12/1
3 3Runnin'toluvya (WV) Angel Suarez 123 Timothy C. Grams 3/1
4 4Just Call Kenny (VA) Nik Juarez 116 Patrick B. McBurney 8/1
5 5Diamond King (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 116 John C. Servis 2/1
6 6Zanotti (KY) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 116 Juan Carlos Guerrero 10/1
7 7Monongahela (PA) Jose Lezcano 116 Jason Servis 7/2

5:10 p.m.—$500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown (TVG)

Saturday's Ohio Derby features a competitive field of seven, including grade 3 winner and classic-placed Owendale and the undefeated stakes winner Bethlehem Road. Winner of the grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland and then third in the Preakness Stakes (G1), Owendale is the 9-5 morning line favorite in the Ohio Derby. 


Entries: Ohio Derby (G3)

Thistledown, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 9

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $500,000
  • 3 yo
  • 5:10 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Math Wizard (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 120 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 8/1
2 2Owendale (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 122 Brad H. Cox 9/5
3 3Long Range Toddy (KY) Jon Kenton Court 124 Steven M. Asmussen 5/2
4 4Global Campaign (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 122 Stanley M. Hough 3/1
5 5Going for Gold (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose A. Bracho 120 Anthony T. Quartarolo 20/1
6 6Bethlehem Road (KY) Luis A. Rodriguez Castro 120 Dee Curry 6/1
7 7Dare Day (OH) Luis Raul Rivera 120 Jeffrey A. Radosevich 15/1

5:28 p.m.—$300,000 United Nations Stakes (G1T) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Trainers Chad Brown and Michael Maker, who have accounted for the past two winners of the United Nations Stakes, have each entered a pair of runners for Saturday's 66th edition of the race. Brown, who has won the Eclipse Award as the sport's top trainer the past three years, scored an upset with 23-1 shot Funtastic  in last year's United Nations as part of a 1-2 finish for his barn. Maker's Bigger Picture, who won the United Nations Stakes in 2017, finished third last year. Brown will try for his fourth United Nations victory overall with Arrocha and Focus Group. Maker has Bigger Picture in the United Nations for the fourth straight year, with the hard-hitting 8-year-old gelding joined by stablemate Zulu Alpha this time around. 


Entries: United Nations S. (G1T)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 11

  • Grade IT
  • 1 3/8m
  • Turf
  • $300,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:28 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Bigger Picture (KY) Joe Bravo 123 Michael J. Maker 3/1
2 2Channel Cat (KY) Luis Saez 118 Todd A. Pletcher 7/2
3 3Arrocha (BRZ) Antonio A. Gallardo 118 Chad C. Brown 12/1
4 4Focus Group (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 123 Chad C. Brown 2/1
5 5Catcho En Die (ARG) Nik Juarez 118 Naipaul Chatterpaul 10/1
6 6Zulu Alpha (KY) Channing Hill 123 Michael J. Maker 4/1
7 7Hunter O'Riley (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Paco Lopez 118 James J. Toner 12/1
8 8Monarchs Glen (GB) Jose Lezcano 118 William I. Mott 15/1

7:36 p.m.—$100,000 Wilshire Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park (TVG)

A winner of five of seven starts on the Santa Anita turf but idle since Nov. 3, trainer Phil D'Amato's Storm the Hill returns to action Saturday as she defends her title against 11 fillies and mares in the Wilshire Stakes at one mile on the grass.


Entries: Wilshire S. (G3T)

Santa Anita Park, Saturday, June 22, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:36 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Ollie's Candy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kent J. Desormeaux 121 John W. Sadler 5/1
2 2Storm the Hill (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Bejarano 121 Philip D'Amato 7/2
3 3Simply Breathless (GB) Flavien Prat 123 Neil D. Drysdale 6/1
4 4Poster Girl (GB) Evin A. Roman 121 Matthew Chew 12/1
5 5Meal Ticket (FL) Mike E. Smith 121 Matthew Chew 8/1
6 6Achira (KY) Martin Garcia 121 John A. Shirreffs 20/1
7 7Gliding By (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mario Gutierrez 121 Richard Baltas 8/1
8 8Don't Blame Judy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 121 J. Eric Kruljac 20/1
9 9Ippodamia's Girl (KY) Norberto Arroyo, Jr. 121 Andrew Lerner 8/1
10 10A Little Bit Me (KY) Geovanni Franco 121 Richard Baltas 6/1
11 11Tapped (KY) Drayden Van Dyke 121 Richard Baltas 6/1