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Bodexpress Joins List Of Clark Probables Alongside Code Of Honor, Mr Freeze, Owendale

Top Racing LLC, Global Thoroughbred and GDS Racing Stable's multiple graded stakes placed colt Bodexpress has added his name to the expanding lineup for next Friday's Grade 1, $500,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare, according to trainer Gustavo Delgado's assistant and son Gustavo Delgado Jr.

Bodexpress, a three-time winner, finished 13th in the G1 2019 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The colt drew notoriety following his 71-1 runner-up effort behind Maximum Security in the G1 $1 million Florida Derby. While still a maiden, Bodexpress drew in off the also-eligible list to run in the Kentucky Derby. Most recently, the 4-year-old son of Bodemeister dominated a 1 1/16-mile allowance event at Gulfstream Park West by 11 ¼ lengths.

Other top older horses expected to enter the Clark include W.S. Farish's multiple G1winner Code of Honor; Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister's 2019 Clark third-place finisher Mr Freeze; and Rupp Racing's three-time G3 victor Owendale.

Entries for the Clark will be taken Sunday. Additional horses that could join the field, according to Churchill Downs assistant racing secretary and stakes coordinator Dan Bork: Albaugh Family Stables LLC and Helen K. Groves Revocable Trust's two-time winner Coastal Defense; Bonne Chance Farm, LLC and Stud R D I LLC.'s recent Keeneland turf allowance winner In Love (BRZ); and Imperial Racing's 2019 UAE Derby (GII) winner Plus Que Parfait.

Trainer Bret Calhoun reported he nominated multiple graded stakes winners By My Standards and Mr. Money to the Clark. They are expected to work Friday and could enter the race.

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Laurel Park Closing To Patrons Beginning Friday, Owners And Horsemen Still Permitted

Laurel Park will close to the general public effective 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, but will continue to accommodate owners and other licensed horsemen who wish to attend the races.

The current Maryland Jockey Club COVID-19 protocols and procedures will remain in effect for all participants and owners during live racing. The grandstand will remain open during the races with the current access privileges. Further details will be released as they become available.

Pimlico Race Course will remain open for full-card simulcasting under COVID-19 restrictions, as will the eight Maryland Jockey Club-operated off-track betting facilities in Maryland: the Maryland State Fair at Timonium, Long Shot's in Frederick, G Boone's Restaurant and Bar in Boonsboro, Greenmount Station in Hampstead, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore; MGM National Harbor Casino in Fort Washington; Hollywood Casino Perryville, and Riverboat on the Potomac off the the coast of Colonial Beach, Va.

Maryland Jockey Club earlier in November tightened protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic by closing to riders who aren't based at Laurel Park and limiting access to the backstretch.

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Betting the Chilukki Stakes on a Budget

Saturday’s $100,000, Grade 3 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs drew a competitive field of nine fillies and mares ages 3 and older to contest a one-turn mile on Churchill’s dirt track.

No News Is Good News At Arqana

Arqana concluded its trade this week with a single session of National Hunt breeding stock, which had been moved from the December Sale to allow for shorter sessions while Covid-related restrictions remain in place.

The 10-year-old mare No News (Fr) (Gentlewave {Ger}), sold as part of the dispersal of stock from Haras de la Croix Sonnet, was the leading light of the sale, selling for €125,000 to Haras des Sablonnets. From the celebrated dual-purpose family which includes the highly sought-after jumps stallion No Risk At All (Fr), the mare (lot 918) was sold in foal to Goliath Du Berlais (Fr), a son of Saints Des Saints (Fr) who joined his father on the roster of Haras d’Etreham’s National Hunt wing Haras de la Tuilerie this year.

This year’s foal out of No News, from the first crop of Cloth Of Stars (Ire), was one of the bestsellers among the weanlings at the sale. She fetched €60,000 as lot 923 and the only foal to sell for more than this was also from the first crop of the Haras du Logis stallion. Sold as lot 910, the Cloth Of Stars half-brother to recent GI-winning hurdler Theleme (Fr) (Sidestep {Aus}) fetched €75,000 and was knocked down to Saubouas Bloodstock. They were the only two lots by G1 Prix Ganay winner Cloth Of Stars in the sale; another six will be offered at Arqana’s December Sale.

Also popular among the mares was the classy Baie Des Iles (Fr) (Barastraight {Ire}), a seven-time winner in France and Ireland who was sold for €97,000 to Sebastian Desmontils of Chauvigny Global Equine form Haras du Hoguenet. The 9-year-old grey mare (lot 902) is in foal for the first time to leading French dual-purpose stallion Doctor Dino (Fr).

Princesse Kap (Fr) (Kapgarde {Fr}) also commanded a sales tag of €97,000 when sold to Tim Richardson’s Equine Advisory Agency from Haras de l’Etoile du Berger. Like Baie Des Iles, Princesse Kap won the G2 Prix des Drags during her racing days along with another two Grade 3 contests among her nine victories. She was sold in foal to Haras de Montaigu resident No Risk At All, the sire of 2020 Champion Hurdle winner Epatante (Fr).

The sale concluded five days of trade at Arqana since Saturday, all of which have been conducted outdoors while France remains in lockdown. Of the 144 horses offered, 104 sold (72%) for an aggregate of €2,310,000. The average price was €22,212.

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