Hit the Road Edges Smooth Like Strait in Kilroe Mile bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Smooth Like Strait Tops Competitive Group In Frank Kilroe Mile Sponsored by:
Smooth Like Strait winning the Mathis Brothers Mile under Umberto Rispoli
In what may be the best betting race of the day, trainer Michael McCarthy s Smooth Like Strait heads a deep and competitive field of 10 older horses in Saturday s Grade 1, $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (turf) at Santa Anita.
A winner of the opening day Mathis Brothers Mile on Dec. 26, Cannon Thoroughbreds homebred Smooth Like Strait is a head away from three consecutive graded stakes wins and merits top billing in a close call over recent lights-out Grade 3 winner Hit the Road.
Maxfield Confirmed for Santa Anita Handicap bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hit The Road Gives Blacker First Graded Stakes Win In Thunder Road Sponsored by:
Hit the Road and Umberto Rispoli winning the Thunder Road
Idle since winning a restricted stakes at Del Mar July 10, Hit the Road hit the comeback trail running Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., as he strode home to a brilliant 3 ¾-length win in the Grade 3, $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes, providing trainer Dan Blacker with his first-ever graded stakes win. Ridden to his third consecutive win by Umberto Rispoli, Hit the Road got one mile on turf in a scintillating 1:33.35, eclipsing Om s 2018 Thunder Road record time of 1:33.54.
Miller Sends Out Tough Older Pair in Thunder Road bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.