On Saturday at Gulfstream, fillies and mares will take to the turf in the 31st edition of the $150,000 Very One Stakes. Carded at a mile and three-eighths on the turf, the Grade 3 has drawn a field of eight.
Riposte (GB) tops the international field at morning line odds of 5-2 for trainer Bill Mott. Bred and owned by Juddmonte Farms, the five-year-old daughter of Dansili (GB) has won four of her eleven starts and comes into this race off of consecutive graded stakes wins on the turf in New York. She has been on the shelf since winning the New York (G2) at Belmont in June and has been training steadily in Florida for her return. Joel Rosario will be aboard from post position six.
Christophe Clement will saddle the second choice, Irish Mission, at odds of 3-1. A six-year-old daughter of Giant’s Causeway, the former Canadian champion is a six-time career winner with over $1.2 million in earnings. A multiple graded stakes winner, she will be making her first start of the year and was last seen winning the La Prevoyante (G3) at Gulfstream. John Velazquez will be in the irons and they will break from post position three.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 9-2 is Kitten’s Point, a homebred for George Strawbridge’s Augustin Stable. Trained by Graham Motion, the five-year-old daughter of Kitten’s Joy has won four of her twelve career starts, two of which came at Gulfstream Park. She was last seen winning the Astra Stakes at Santa Anita in January and has had a bullet workout since that race. Flavien Prat has retained the mount and they will break from post five.
Saturday, January 29 at Gulfstream Park is one of the biggest races of the year: the Pegasus World Cup (G1)! This $3 million race, covering a mile and an eighth on the Gulfstream dirt track, drew a field of nine handicap horses. The eyes of the racing world will be on Gulfstream on Saturday, and you can bet it from the comfort of your own home here in Canada!
The Kentucky Derby trail makes its way to Oklahoma on Friday, December 17 for the Remington Springboard Mile! The race drew a field of nine up-and-coming two-year-olds to go a mile on the main track. The prizes are rich: a $400,000 purse, as well as Road to the Kentucky Derby points (10-4-2-1) for the first four horses across the wire.
The Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), California’s most important Kentucky Derby Prep in December, is coming up on Saturday, December 11! The race features the most promising two-year-olds in California, set to go a mile and a sixteenth over the dirt at Los Alamitos Racecourse. The race offers a purse of $300,000, as well as Road to the Kentucky Derby points, apportioned 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishers.
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