Ready Set

Feel the Thunder Stables’ Gran Estreno, two-time winner of the Grade III Washington Park Handicap at Arlington Park, closed steadily in the final furlong and inched clear to win by a half-length over Stacey Moak’s Southern Anthem in Wednesday’s $54,000 allowance/optional claiming feature for older h...Read More

In the last 24 hours we’ve seen the two full brothers of the late 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro run at Delaware Park. Lentenor, a 3-year-old colt, finished third in an optional claiming race on the turf on Tuesday. Today, the 4-year-old Nicanor was a well-beaten sixth by ...Read More

Lael Stable’s Ready Set scored an upset victory against Nicanor in the $50,700 Eight Thirty Stakes at Delaware Park Aug. 25. With Brian Joseph Hernandez aboard, Ready Set chased the early pacesetter Hugo, who set fractions of :45.47 for the half mile and 1:09.20 for the three-quarters, before defeat...Read More

Just as Well, the lone grade I winner in a field of eight older horses going 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland Polytrack, has been assigned top weight of 123 pounds for the $150,000 Ben Ali (gr. III) April 18.Read More