TEXAS STALLION STAKES WINNER COYOTE LEGEND FAVORED IN $100,000 USA STAKES

Dan Leary
Director of Communications
Lone Star Park

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Clarence Scharbauer Jr’s Coyote Legend, winner of the $100,000 Texas Stallion Stakes (Stymie Division) at Lone Star Park on May 8, returns as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the 14th Running of the $100,000 USA Stakes for three-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the turf this Monday.

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif.  - Tuscan Evening remained perfect in 2010 and picked up the first Grade 1 victory of her career, holding Forever Together safe in the final yards to win the $250,000 Gamely Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park.

TIZAQUEENA WIRES ARLINGTON MATRON

David Zenner
Arlington Park

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Jockey Inez Karlsson earned her first graded stakes victory when she guided Jim Tafel’s Country Flavor to a three-quarter-length win in the Grade III $100,000 Hanshin Cup on Saturday at Arlington Park. The son of Empire Maker covered the mile over Polytrack in 1:38.16.

Jon Forbes
NYRA/Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. – Hour Glass benefitted from a hot pace and a rail-skimming ride by jockey David Cohen to take the 60th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap by a hard-fought half-length at Belmont Park on Saturday.

THUNDER BREW RALLIES TO SCORE IN LAMPLIGHTER ON TURF

John Heims
Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Unwritten denied Joey P. a fourth victory in the $100,000 John J. Reilly Handicap with a strong front-running score, and Thunder Brew enjoyed a quick trip over the turf course in the $100,000 Lamplighter Stakes as Monmouth Park kicked off the Memorial Day weekend in style on Saturday with a crowd of 13,083 looking on, a 26.4 percent increase over last year.

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Starlight Partners’ Ailalea assumed command at the head of the stretch and then held off a late bid from Tap Tap Tapping by a length to win the 36th running of the $110,200 Dogwood (GIII) for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs.

Darren Rogers
Senior Director,
Communications & Media Services
Churchill Downs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Zayat Stables’ Riley Tucker, under a ground-saving trip from jockey Shaun Bridgmohan captured the 22nd running of the $107,900 Aristides (GIII) by two lengths over Atta Boy Roy on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course
 
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Martin Racing Stable and Dan Morgan’s 5-year-old mare Dubai Majesty made eight of the first 10 starts of her career at Calder Race Course for owner-breeder Harold Plumley and trainer Joe Calascibetta, finishing second in the 2008 edition of the $250,000 Azalea Stakes behind Indyanne on Summit of Speed day.

Brian Pochman
Lone Star Park

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Monday’s 14th running of the $150,000 Dallas Turf Cup Handicap, for three-year-olds and up, to be run at a mile and a sixteenth over turf, features West Point Thoroughbreds’ multiple graded stakes winner El Gato Malo, trained by Craig Dollase.

EVENING JEWEL MAKES TURF DEBUT IN HONEYMOON

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Compari, who made a successful transition to the graded stakes ranks when taking the Arcadia Handicap on April 3 at Santa Anita, will step into an even tougher spot in the $250,000 Shoemaker Mile on Monday at Hollywood Park.