A fundraiser benefiting Mike Recio, who is hospitalized in the intensive care unit, will be held Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. ET at McCarthy’s Irish Bar in Lexington. Source
Month: July 2021
Leader of the Band Turns Tables in Monmouth Oaks
Leader of the Band staged a prolonged rally from mid-pack, eventually collaring 6-5 favorite Edie Meeny Mino Mo at the sixteenth pole, and went on to a two-length victory in the $259,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3). Source
Calumet’s Lexitonian Upsets Alfred Vanderbilt at 34-1
Battling back on the inside after being passed in early stretch by Special Reserve, Calumet Farm’s Lexitonian stubbornly won the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) July 31 at Saratoga Race Course. Source
Essential Quality Lands Narrow Jim Dandy Score
Departing the outside post in a field of five for the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course, Essential Quality raced outside rivals throughout and made his move while swinging wide off the turn for home under regular rider Luis Saez. Source
Lexitonian Upsets Alfred G. Vanderbilt at 34-1
Battling back on the inside after being passed in early stretch by Special Reserve, Calumet Farm’s Lexitonian stubbornly won the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) July 31 at Saratoga Race Course. Source
Drain the Clock, Jackie’s Warrior Rematch in Amsterdam
Two months after dueling in the June 5 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, 3-year-olds Drain the Clock and Jackie’s Warrior square off again Aug. 1 in the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course. Source
Shedaresthedevil Battles Western Foes in Clement Hirsch
Shedaresthedevil tackles several Southern California graded stakes-winning distaffers in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar Aug. 1, a “Win & You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Source
Pink Lloyd Aims for Fifth Straight Vigil Stakes Score
Pink Lloyd is among a field of six older male sprinters in the CA$150,000 Vigil Stakes (G3) over six furlongs on the main track, rematched against Souper Stonehenge, who beat him in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) in June. Source
Written Tycoon Crowned Champion Australian Sire
Written Tycoon, in a stud career traversing three states and 14 years, has won his maiden Australian general sires championship, ending the four-year reign of prolific rival Snitzel, and the first ‘Victorian’ stallion to do so in more than 40 years. Source
Pink Lloyd Aims for Fifth Straight Vigil at Woodbine
Pink Lloyd is among a field of six older male sprinters in the CA$150,000 Vigil Stakes (G3) over six furlongs on the main track, rematched against Souper Stonehenge, who beat him in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) in June. Source
