Monday Evening Notes
– I’d say the glow is off Saratoga: Fans booed the results of a stewards’ inquiry into today’s eighth race (Newsday). The race was won by Karelian, scratched from Saturday’s record-setting Baruch Stakes (Blood-Horse), who bumped Dreadnaught in the stretch after eventual place horse Heat of the Night richocheted off him. For the sake of my exacta, I was rooting for the stewards to take down Heat of the Night; they declined to change the order of finish.
– Nobiz Like Shobiz worked five furlongs handily over the Oklahoma turf course in :58.54. The Tagg trainee is headed to the Kent Breeders’ Cup at Delaware on September 1. Also on the work tab: Curlin, who worked five furlongs in 1:01.65 over the training track. The move was the best of nine at the distance. Discreet Cat posted his first official workout in months, going three furlongs in :37.39 over the main track.
– Remember, it’s all about the stud fee: “He hadn’t won a Grade 1 yet, so this is very good,” said trainer Larry Jones of Hard Spun’s King’s Bishop win on Saturday. “It’s very important for his stallion career to have the Grade 1 under him. This is a very important race for making stallions, and that was one reason we looked at it” (ThoroTimes).
