Horse Racing News on May 27, 2013
Cresran's homebred Tiz Miz Sue has been mixing it up with Grade 1 company ever since July 2011 and finally got the victory while becoming a millionaire at the same time in Monday's $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park.
Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara's Comma to the Top wired the field as the 3-5 favorite in Monday's Grade 3, $100,250 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Midnight Lucky earns graded stakes in dominating performance in the $300,000 Grade I Acorn Stakes.
The old adage "pace makes the race" sums up how Monday's Grade 2, $200,000 Sands Point unfolded at Belmont Park, where Patricia Generazio's homebred Discreet Marq got away with pedestrian splits to make a winning debut for Christophe Clement.
Under a flawless ride by Hall of Fame comebacker Gary Stevens, Glen Hill Farm's Marketing Mix held off Tiz Flirtatious in Monday's Grade 1, $250,500 Gamely at Hollywood Park, and so made a winning reappearance of her own.
Posted 5/27/13 4:33 PM by Jack Shinar
Sahara Sky, invading from Southern California for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, needed every inch of the long Belmont Park stretch run to catch pacesetting Cross Traffic in a heart-pounding finish to the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap May 27.