Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association Inc.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Pinnacle Racing Stable and Bill Kaplan’s Musical Romance, champion female sprinter of 2011, headlines a field of 10 fillies and mares entered Monday for Thursday’s 11th running of the $300,000 Vinery Madison (G1) at seven furlongs on the main track.

The Vinery Madison will go as the eighth race on Thursday’s nine-race program with a 4:42 p.m. (EDT) post time. First post time Thursday is 1:05 p.m.

The Vinery Madison was…

Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association Inc.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Defending champion Get Stormy heads a list of 19 older grass specialists nominated to the 24th running of the $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) to be run next Friday.

According to Keeneland racing secretary Ben Huffman, other horses considered as probable for the race include Turallure, Big Blue Kitten, Data Link, Doubles Partner and Hollinger.

Entries for the Maker’s 46 Mile will be taken Tuesday.

The 24th running of the $300,000…

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

 ARCADIA, Calif. – Consummately consistent Creative Cause is the 6-5 morning line favorite to lead the way to Kentucky among 10 entrants in Saturday’s 75th running of the mile-and-one-eighth, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, a Grade I event that has produced 15 Kentucky Derby champions.

Never more than one length behind at the wire in any of his seven starts, Creative Cause’s four wins include a hard-fought, three-quarter-length victory over the highly regarded and slightly favored…

Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association Inc.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Stephanie’s Kitten, winner of the Darley Alcibiades (G1) here last fall and the subsequent Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G2), headlines a field seven 3-year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 75th running of the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1).

The Central Bank Ashland, run at 1 1/16 miles on the main track, is the first of five Grade 1 stakes to be run during the 15-day Spring…

(NYRA/Aqueduct Racetrack report)

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Undefeated Gemologist turned in his final serious work for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Resorts World Casino New York City Wood Memorial this morning at Palm Meadows training center, breezing five furlongs in 1:00.44. Exercise rider Hector Ramos was aboard for the move, the fastest of six workouts at the distance.

“I was really, really pleased,” said Todd Pletcher, who trains the homebred son of Tiznow for WinStar Farm, by telephone. “He was…

APRIL FOOL’S STAKE NAMED IN HONOR OF PLIMPTON CHARACTER

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – After chasing 2011’s champion turf horse Acclamation in his last two starts, Haimish Hy almost certainly will find the company more compatible when returning to action Sunday among six starters in Santa Anita’s inaugural running of the $70,000 Sidd Finch Stakes at one mile on turf.

Named in honor of George Plimpton’s fictional baseball player and subject of a notorious article and April…

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Bob Baffert’s 3-year-old filly Eden’s Moon, whose dramatic development has coincided with increased distances, will attempt to build upon her devastating win in the one mile Las Virgenes Stakes when the daughter of Malibu Moon is likely to be a heavy favorite in the 73rd running of the Grade I, $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks on Saturday at 1 1/16 miles.

With two sparkling wins from three starts, Eden’s Moon has become…

(Edited Gulfstream Park report)

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gourmet Dinner was a significant presence on the 3-year-old scene as the 2011 Florida Derby (G1) approached.

The Florida-bred son of Trippi was a close third in the Holy Bull (G3) behind eventual Florida Derby winner Dialed In then followed that performance with a second to Soldat in the Fountain of Youth (G2). More than four lengths in the rear was major stakes winner To Honor and Serve.

However, the stress of…

Jack Will
Gulfstream Park

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Barbara Hunter’s 6-year-old Kentucky homebred mare Keertana defines high class and consistency with earnings of more than $1 million and a career record of 28-11-6-7 for trainer Tom Proctor. It’s no wonder she could go off favored to win Saturday’s $150,000 Orchid Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park at 1½ miles on turf.

A daughter of Johar, Keertana will bid to reverse a decision here last month when she finished second by…

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – An added distance attraction transpires on Sunday when the mile-and-one-half San Luis Rey Stakes, postponed from last Sunday due to wet conditions, unites with the mile-and-one-eighth Santa Ana Stakes for fillies and mares to give Santa Anita a pair of Grade II, $150,000 turf stakes.

Upset by 11-1 British import Slim Shadey in last month’s Grade II San Marcos Stakes, Bourbon Bay will seek redemption among six entrants in the 61st running…