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By My Standards, C Z Rocket Face Off In Monday’s Steve Sexton Mile

Monday, Memorial Day, May 31 is Lone Star Million Day at Lone Star Park. Five stakes worth a total of $1.1 million will be up for grabs, with the Grade 3, $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile headlining the card.

The one-mile dirt contest drew a field of eight and is scheduled as the 11th and final race of the evening.

Multiple Grade 2 winner By My Standards drew post three for trainer Bret Calhoun, and will make the Sexton his second start of 2021. In April, the 5-year-old son of Goldencents won the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile by a game nose over Rushie, the latter expected to target the Met Mile on the Belmont Stakes undercard. Gabriel Saez retains the mount.

C Z Rocket, the 7-year-old gelding trained by Peter Miller, has already won two races this season. He defeated reigning Breedesr' Cup Sprint champion Whitmore in both the Hot Springs Stakes and the G3 Count Fleet Sprint, and will be stretching out to a mile under the hands of jockey Florent Geroux.

The 5-year-old gelding Sherriff Brown enters the starting gate off three straight wins in allowance company for trainer Todd Fincher. Out of the champion New Mexico-bred Rose's Desert (15-10-5-0, $$626,035) and sired by Curlin, Sherriff Brown is a half-brother to graded stakes winner Runaway Ghost (15-8-3-0, $783,509) and stakes winner Senor Buscador (3-2-0-0, $145,247).

Here is the field in post position order with jockey and trainer.

1) Silver Prospector, Ricardo Santana, Jr.,Steven M. Asmussen
2) Sheriff Brown, Ty Kennedy, Todd W. Fincher
3) By My Standards, Gabriel Saez, W. Bret Calhoun
4) Warrior's Charge, Joel Rosario, Brad H. Cox
5) Hunka Burning Love, David Cabrera, Karl Broberg
6) Harvey Wallbanger, Danny Sorenson, Danny Pish
7) Mo Mosa, Ramon Vazquez, Michael J. Maker
8) C Z Rocket, Florent Geroux, Peter Miller

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None Above The Law Steals Sunday’s Alcatraz Stakes At Golden Gate

Three-year-old gelding None Above the Law became a multiple stakes winner at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday afternoon in the $75,000 Alcatraz Stakes for 3-year-olds on firm turf. The grey/roan equine sat off a fast pace early, made a dash to the lead in the midstretch and pulled away for a convincing length-and-a half victory under jockey Irving Orozco. None Above the Law completed the one mile on grass in 1:35.56.

Sent off as the 9-5 post time favorite, None Above the Law paid $5.80 to win, $3.60 to place and $2.80 to show. Runner up finisher Seattle Bold, who set front-running fractions of 23.14, 46.33, 1:10.32 and 1:23.63 on the lead before getting reeled in within the final furlong, paid $5.00 to place and $3.80 to show. Third place finisher Jungle Cry returned $3.80 to show. Chief Jackson ran fourth, followed by Top Harbor, J.T's Watch, Ida Claire, Top Executive, Stalking Shadow and Que Sera Sir Ralph.

None Above the Law, who won the Silky Sullivan Stakes at Golden Gate Fields on Tapeta in April, has now made 4 trips to the winner circle from 10 starts, with 1 second and 1 third place finish. Career earnings add up to just under $175,000. None Above the Law, out of the Northern Afleet mare Legally Blanca, is trained by Peter Miller and owned by Downstream Racing LLC. He was bred in California by J. Kirk and Judy Robison.

Live racing at Golden Gate Fields returns on Friday afternoon, with first post slated at 1:20 PM PT. Next week, Golden Gate Fields offers racing Friday through Monday, with a special Memorial Day Monday holiday card on the docket.

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Go East Young Man: Heriberto Figueroa Moving Tack To Monmouth Park

While there's been a lot of talk about jockeys who say they won't be riding at New Jersey's Monmouth Park this summer because of the strict riding crop rules put in place by the state's racing commission, agent John Salamone is eager to report that he will be representing 21-year-old Heriberto Figueroa, who is moving his tack from Southern California to the Jersey Shore for the meet that begins May 28.

“It's a great opportunity to take a kid who has a bright future,” said Salamone, who will also represent Jomar Torres for the third consecutive year at Monmouth while handling Chantal Sutherland's book at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. “He can sit on a horse and ride,” Salamone added, “and he doesn't use the whip that much.”

New Jersey's rule, the strictest in North America, prohibits use of the whip for anything other than safety purposes.

Salamone said he was contacted by jockey Jose Ortiz, who got to know Figueroa at Puerto Rico's Escuela Vocacional Hipica riding school, where Jose and brother Irad Ortiz Jr. graduated, along with many other top riders.

“He called me and said he wanted to move East,” Ortiz said of Figueroa. “I know the kids from the jockey school, and I think he can ride a little bit. Heriberto has a great work ethic. He's a very nice, humble person and I know he's going to work as hard as he can. Monmouth is a great meet for him to ride.”

Figueroa launched his career in his native Puerto Rico, then rode during the Gulfstream Park Championship Meet in 2018 before heading to California, where he made an immediate impact, teaming up frequently with leading trainer Peter Miller. He finished his first full year as an apprentice with 103 wins from 582 mounts and finished in the top three in 47% of his races.

Figueroa won stakes for Miller and trainer Richard Baltas, who sent the jockey to Ohio last year to win the $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint Stakes aboard Vertical Threat.

“He's a great kid who always works hard and has a good attitude,” Miller said of Figueroa. “We won quite a few races together and I think he has a lot of talent.”

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Evin Roman Named Jockey Of The Week For Stakes Triple At Golden Gate

As one of only three jockeys to win multiple stakes races, Evin A. Roman was named Jockey of the Week for April 19 through April 25. The award, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys' Guild, the organization which represents more than 950 active riders in the United States as well as retired and permanently disabled jockeys.

Riding regularly at Golden Gate Fields, Roman had mounts in seven of the eight stakes races during Gold Rush Weekend.

On Saturday's card, trainer Jonathan Wong gave a leg up to Roman on Stalking Shadow in the California Derby for 3-year-olds going a mile and one-sixteenth on Tapeta. Stalking Shadow went off at odds of 7-1 and paid $16.20 for the win stopping the clock in 1:45.22. Also on Saturday, Southern California trainer Peter Miller shipped Anyportinastorm to Golden Gate Fields for the Lost in the Fog Stakes with Roman in the irons. Roman and Anyportinastorm stalked the pacesetter Bettor Trip Nick before taking control at the quarter pole to post a 2-1/2 length win in the six furlong contest for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta paying $12.60.

The nightcap on Sunday once again teamed Peter Miller and Evin A. Roman with the favorite None Above the Law in the Silky Sullivan Stakes. Originally scheduled for one mile on the turf, weather conditions forced it to run at one mile on Tapeta. Roman settled None Above the Law at the back of the field, made a wide sweeping run to prevail by 2-3/4 lengths over his 10 rivals in a final time of 1:36.75.

“I want to thank all of the trainers, the owners, my agent Leo (Rodriguez) for their support,” said Roman. “It was a great weekend. It felt very good to win three stakes. The horses ran very well.”

A graduate of the famous Escuela La Vocacional Hipica jockey school in Puerto Rico, Roman won the 2017 Eclipse Award as Outstanding Apprentice and is a multiple leading rider at tracks in California.

Roman's weekly stats were 23-6-4-5 for a 26% win percentage and 65.2% in-the-money percentage.

Total purse earnings were $226,400. He is currently in second place in the Golden Gate Fields standings just two behind meet leader Kyle Frey.

Roman out polled fellow jockeys Kyle Frey who also won three stakes races at Golden Gate Fields, Stewart Elliott who led all riders in wins with 10, Jose L. Ortiz who led all jockeys by purse earnings and Umberto Rispoli who won two stakes races at Santa Anita.

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