Things are hotting up including the weather and there is racing all over the place.
Del Mar is in action now and hosts the San Clemente Gr 2 over 1600m for the 3yo fillies with 12 to run. We don't know much about these lassies but the Morning Line has Medora on 8/5 for Eurton-Fresu – she's by Honor Code. Iscreamuscream is one of two d'Amato runners and this daughter of Twirling Candy is on 3/1 and will be ridden by Hector Berrios. His other runner Zona Verde is one we like and is on 8/1 with J J Hernandez on board.
Over at Monmouth it's Haskell Stakes day with the Gr 1 feature being run over 1800m and at present there are 8 runners. Todd Pletcher saddles three runners, two of whom are owned or part owned by Mike Repole – Mindframe and Fierceness – so it is a question of whether he will run them both or move one to another race next weekend.
Mindframe is on 9/5 and the son of Constitution will be ridden by Irad Ortiz. Fierceness is on 5/2 with Plat riding . Also on 5/2 is Dornach, the full brother to Mage and their sire Good Magic won this race. We like him a lot but are leaning towards the third of the Pletcher runners in Tuscan Sky 9/2 by Vino Rosso and Javier Castellano had the ride.
Should one of the Repole runners come out you could add Timberlake 8/1 to the multliples.
Earlier the United Nations is Gr 2 over 2200m turf and is quite open with the current favourite being Far Bridge for Christophe Clement and JL Ortiz. Webslinger is on 9/2 for Casse-Saez and Starting Over 6/1 for Maker-Camacho.
At Saratoga there's the Coaching Club American Oaks Gr 1 for 3yo fillies and only five runners – maybe because of the presence of Thorpedo Anna who is odds-on to win this for McPeek and Brian Hernandez. The main challenger is Candied, a daughter of Candy Ride who is on 5/2 for Pletcher-Manny Franco.
