Saturday,
Dec. 31
Fort
Lauderdale Stakes - Gulfstream Park
Win: Colonel
Liam
This five-year
horse is bred out of Kentucky and he has raced at Belmont Park, Churchill
Downs, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream and Saratoga Race Course. His stake race wins
include the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational on Jan. 29 at
Gulfstream.
Place:
Decorated Invader
This
Thoroughbred is also five years old and bred in Kentucky. Decorated Invader
finished fourth in the Artie Schiller Stakes at Aqueduct on Nov. 13. Sired by
Declaration of War, he finished in the money in his previous two turf races
this year.
Show: Shadow
Sphinx
Shadow Sphinx
took second in the Artie Schiller Stakes this November as one of his six races
in the money this year. The seven-year gelding has raced since 2017 and he is
trained by Michael Maker. He is starting at No. 4 with jockey Paco Lopez
getting the ride.
Joe
Hernandez Stakes - Santa Anita Park
Win: Front
Run the Fed
The
Kentucky-bred six-year horse is trained by Chad Brown and he races for
Klaravich Stables. Front Run the Fed is a son of Fed Biz and siblings of Storm
Cat and Maria’s Storm. He won the Van Clief Stakes at Colonial Downs on July
18, beating Grateful Bred and Matta with a time of 1:02.77 for a sprint of 5 ½
furlongs.
Place:
Gregorian Chant
The six-year
gelding has finished first, second or third in five of the last six races this
year. Gregorian Chant took third in his last two races at Santa Anita. He
covered 6 ½ furlongs in the Grade 2 Eddie D. Stakes on Oct. 1 and a mile in the
Lure Stakes on Oct. 29.
Show: Smooth
Like Strait
Trained by
Michael McCarthy, Smooth Like Strait is finishing up his five-year campaign.
The Kentucky-bred horse finished second or third earlier in the year in three
races before the ninth-place finish at Keeneland and seventh at Del Mar. They
were both major graded events.
Previously posted on ScoresandStats.com