Noted: April 13
– Perfect Drift made his season debut today, finishing second in a 1 1/8 mile allowance race over the turf at Keeneland today. The seven-year-old veteran will start next in the Woodford Reserve at Churchill on May 6. “We’re staying on the turf, because it’s softer on his feet,” said trainer Murray Johnson. In other results: Diplomat Lady wired the field in the Beaumont, finishing 2 1/4 lengths ahead of Lake Alice.
– Everyone loves Rafael: “America’s hottest young jockey is having a breakout season and fans are leaping aboard for the ride.”
– New Jersey racing officials handed out suspensions and fines to harness driver Eric Ledford and others accused in the horse-doping case that broke at the Meadowlands earlier this month.
