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This Weekend: Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial, and Illinois Derby |
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Written by Gohorsepower.com
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Sunday, 01 April 2007 |
It's the last month of prep races for next month's Kentucky Derby! This weekend is headlined by the Santa Anita Derby, the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, and the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne.
Saturday, April 7 Stakes for three-year-olds
At Santa Anita
Santa Anita Derby [G1]- $750,000 guaranteed- 1 1/8 miles- 3 yo - dirt
- Television broadcast on NBC at 5:00 PM Eastern.
Providencia S. [G3]- $100,000 added- 1 mile- 3 yo fillies- turf
Liquidity better prepared - ESPN
Cobalt Blue - NBC Sports
Level Red and Black Seventeen - Brisnet
At Aqueduct
Bay Shore S. [G3]- $150,000 guaranteed- 7 f- 3 yo - dirt
Carter H. [G1]- $300,000 guaranteed- 7 f- 3 yo's & up - dirt
Excellsior Breeders' Cup S. [G3]- $200,000 added- 1 1/8 miles- 3 yo's & up - dirt
Wood Memorial S. [G1]- $750,000 guaranteed- 1 1/8 miles- 3 yo - dirt
Entries will be taken Wednesday
Nobiz Like Shobiz ready -- Bloodhorse
DRF - Tuesday update on Circular Quay to skip Wood
Circular Quay will keep training until the Kentucky Derby
(Previous Circular Quay Wood Memorial plan- Cincinatti Enquirer)
At Hawthorne
Illinois Derby [G2]- $500,000 guaranteed- 1 1/8 miles- 3 yo - dirt
Lost Code S.- $45,000 added- 6 f- 3 yo - dirt
Meafara S.- $45,000 added- 6 f- 3 yo fillies- dirt
Entries will be taken Thursday
DRF - 9-12 Illinois Derby probables
Summer Doldrums may race Illinois Derby or Wood Memorial - DRF
Cowtown Cat probable for Illinois Derby - DRF
At Keeneland
Ashland S. [G1]- $500,000 guaranteed- 1 1/16 miles- 3 yo fillies- all weather track
Lafayette S.- $100,000 added- 7 f- 3 yo - all weather track
Friday, April 6: Central Bank Transylvania S. [G3]- $150,000 guaranteed- 1 mile- 3 yo - turf
Sedgefield for Transylvania Stakes - DRF
Keeneland Racing
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