Odds and Ends
Trainer Allen Jerkens, 81, on why he doesn’t think of retiring:
“This is a lot better than staying home and doing nothing,†he said. “It’s wonderful to be out here and see all your friends and win a race every once in a while. It’s just wonderful.â€
There’s nothing better than being at the racetrack. Just ask the mayors of Monmouth and Belmont. (130 check-ins at Suffolk Downs? Awesome.)
G1 Prioress winner Franny Freud is an Omnisurface Star.
Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra both worked on Monday morning. The big mare worked five furlongs handily in 1:01.20 at Hollywood, in company with an allowance-winning stablemate, while the reigning HOTY did the same in 1:01.30 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga.
Here’s something you don’t often hear said about Frank Stronach, at least among racing fans: “He’s a hero.”
Boys of Tosconova, an impressive maiden winner at Belmont last Friday, was given a Beyer speed figure of 103 for that five furlong race, the best number, by far, of any juvenile yet this year.
