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Mandaloun schooling at Churchill Downs on Oaks Day.
Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox will not saddle a starter in the Preakness, he announced on Thursday. Derby runner-up Mandaloun and Grade 1 Arkansas Derby runner-up Caddo River had been under consideration for the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Cox said Caddo River had not yet done enough training to pursue the Preakness after putting in a four-furlong work over a wet Churchill track in :48.80 on Monday. The Shortleaf Stable homebred will instead target the G3 Matt Winn Stakes there at the end of May.
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Maxfield wins the Alysheba under Jose Ortiz
Godolphin homebred Maxfield, undefeated until last month s Santa Anita Handicap (third), redeemed himself with a facile 3 1/4-length victory on Kentucky Oaks Friday at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old son of Street Sense pulled away from his rivals with ease as the 1-2 favorite in the G2 Alysheba Stakes, dominating under Jose Ortiz to complete 1 1/16 miles over the fast main track in 1:41.39. Trained by Brendan Walsh, Maxfield has now won six of his seven lifetime starts to earn nearly $900,000.
“We re just delighted to get him back in the winner s circle again,” Walsh said. “He s a remarkable horse.”
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Maxfield pulls away to a 3 1/4-length victory in the Mineshaft Stakes
Trainer Brendan Walsh confirmed to the
Daily Racing Form on Sunday that the undefeated 4-year-old Maxfield will make his next start in Saturday s Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in Arcadia, Calif. The Godolphin-owned son of Street Sense has won four stakes races in his stop-and-start career, including the Feb. 13 Mineshaft (G3) at his winter base, the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La.
“It will be a good test for him to go a mile and a quarter and in a Grade 1 as well,” Walsh told
drf.com. “It would be nice to win a Grade 1 as an older horse.”