With a compact field set to contest the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes December 26 at Aqueduct, multiple grade 1 winner Palace is set to make the final start of his career in the six furlong sprint.
Listed as the 2/1 morning line favorite, Palace exits a second-place finish in the Grade 3 Fall Highweight November 26 at Aqueduct. The Linda Rice-trained six year-old appears to be rounding back into form with a trio of on-the-board finishes in his last three starts. Palace has one win in six starts this year with a victory in the Hudson Stakes October 24 at Belmont after a banner year in 2014 that included a pair of grade 1 wins to go with a grade 2 score. Jockey Cornelio Velazquez will be aboard breaking from post 3.
The speedy Green Gratto (3/1) pulled a major upset winning the Fall Highweight at long odds, and could be dangerous once again if left to an uncontested early lead. Backers will have to take a much shorter price on the five year-old veteran horse who has just 2 wins in 15 starts this year. Jockey Kendrick Carmouche will be in the irons breaking from post 2.
Fabulous Kid (7/2) is another returning from the Fall Highweight where the David Jacobson trainee finished third. It was the best of his three stakes tries in a career that has seen the four year-old son of Congrats win 5 of 19 starts. Manuel Franco gets the call breaking from post 5.
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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