We finish up with the Keeneland hat trick with today’s eighth race which is the Beaumont Stakes, which is a Grade 2 race on the main track going about 7 furlongs. Post time for these six three-year-olds is set for approximately 4:44 pm Eastern.
Resilience, Sierra Leone and Stronghold posted impressive victories on Saturday in New York, Kentucky and California, respectively, in win-and-you’re-in prep races on the road to the 150th Kentucky Derby, the preeminent competition for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses in the United States.
After another 90-minute wait, we will close the day with the Santa Anita Derby, which is the tenth race of a 12-race card at the Great Race Pace. Post time for this race is for approximately 7:45 pm, and you can watch this race live on FanDuel TV and on CNBC.
After the race at Aqueduct, the spotlight turns to Keeneland for the Blue Grass Stakes where we have 11 horses heading to the gate for an approximate post time of 5:52 pm Eastern time.
Happy Saturday everybody! We head into the final major weekend of prep races today though she still have the last chance race next weekend in Keeneland, but we have the final 200 point races (100 points to the winner) today and we will see who will fill out the top 20 for the Kentucky Derby standings with the Lexington set for next Saturday
About this time of year, we start talking about rites of passage. Baseball season has begun. Weather is starting to turn warmer in most parts of the country. In Kentucky, the winter has ended as Turfway Park completed their winter meet, and it is on for the April Keeneland meet in Lexington, Kentucky for the three weeks, and three straight days and articles with races from the Lexington oval.
We rack up the frequent flyer miles today as we head out to the west coast for a stakes race at Santa Anita. Race 7 today is the Wilshire, which was a race that was rescheduled for today after last weekend’s washout. But it is the start of a big weekend of racing on the west coast which will culminate with the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday evening East Coast time.
We head to our usual Wednesday stop at Tampa Bay Downs for today’s fifth race which is a race for older female optional claimers going seven furlongs. Post time is for approximately 2:19 pm Eastern time.
Happy Tuesday everyone! We stay at Parx for Tuesday’s Quills Picks Winners, and today, we have 8 three-year-old maiden claiming fillies going six furlongs today. Post time for today’s race is set for approximately 2:59 pm Eastern time.