Paradise Woods, fresh off a dominating 10 ½ length win, looms a complete standout in the Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes at at Santa Anita on Saturday, June 1.
A Thread of Blue & Forty Under to clash in the Grade 2, $500,000 Penn Mile at Penn National Race Course on Saturday, June 1. Bet online at OTB
A pair of talented stakes debuters will be saddled by trainer Chad Brown in the Grade 3, $200,000 Pennine Ridge - a 1 1/8-mile event for 3-year-olds over the inner turf at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 1.
Bet the Cross Country Pick 5 at OTB on Saturday, June 1, featuring stakes action from Belmont Park and from Penn National.
New York-breds will take center stage on the Memorial Day holiday slate Monday at Belmont Park as the New York Racing Association hosts its annual Big Apple Showcase Day, featuring an 11-race all New York-bred card, including six stakes races worth $900,000 in purses, highlighted by the $200,000 Commentator and $200,000 Critical Eye.
Belvoir Bay and stablemate Painting Corners both figure prominently in the Grade II, $200,000 Monrovia Stakes on the Santa Anita Park turf on Sunday, May 26.
Marckie's Water and Ashleyluvssugar will square off again in the Grade II, $200,000 Charles Whittingham over the Santa Anita Park turf on Saturday, May 25.
Trainer Chad Brown sends out a pair of turf specialists, Projected & Almanaar, in the Grade 2 $200,000 Monmouth Stakes on Saturday, May 25.
Skywire, the son of Afleet Alex, headlines the field for the Grade 3 $125,000 Marine Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday, May 25.
Fog of War makes his 3-year-old debut in the $100,000 Paradise Creek Stakes, a seven-furlong test for sophomores, on the Belmont Park turf on Saturday, May 25.