This Saturday is the marquee day of racing for the summer meet at Monmouth Park with six stakes races highlighted by the 56th edition of the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes and a national telecast on NBC from 5-6 p.m. ET.
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Daddy’s Lil Darling Daughter Savethelastdance Leads O’Brien Squad In Saturday’s Irish Oaks
The Curragh will stage another Classic two days of racing this weekend with Saturday featuring the Group 1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks with eight of the top fillies in Europe set to line up in the Group 1 contest.
Epsom Oaks runner up Savethelastdance and Warm Heart, winner of the prestigious Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, lead a strong team trained by Aidan O'Brien, who will also be represented by Library and Be Happy.
Savethelastdance is the first foal out of American-trained Grade 1-winning millionaire Daddy's Lil Darling. The Galileo filly won the listed Cheshire Oaks in impressive fashion before her second-place finish in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks.
Other contenders include Ribblesdale Stakes runner up Lumiere Rock who represents Joseph O'Brien, Azazat trained by Dermot Weld, and Comhra trained by Jim Bolger, while the Ralph Beckett trained Bluestocking is the sole British trained runner and will carry the colors of the race sponsor Juddmonte.
The Group 2 Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes has attracted eight runners including the British trained pair of White Lavender and Art Power. The home trained team is lead by Ladies Church, Go Athletico and Ana Syra.
Okita Soushi, Rosscarbery and Emily Dickinson are among the eleven runners in the Group 2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup, while eight two year olds will face the starter in the Group 3 Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey Stakes including Buyin Buyin, Pearls and Rubies and Kairyu and The Caribbean.
A very competitive field will line up for the valuable Paddy Power Scurry with the Gordon Elliott trained Coachello set to carry top weight of 10 stone. Other notable contenders include Big Gossey, Verhoyen, Aussie Girl and Gustavus Weston.
The are ten runners in the La Celia Wines Sprint, eleven in the Barberstown Castle EBF Maiden while there are eleven juveniles in the opening Juddmonte EBF Maiden.
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2023 Coaching Club American Oaks at a Glance
A week before 3-year-old males get their prep for the Travers Stakes in the Jim Dandy Stakes, the 3-year-old fillies tune up for the Alabama Stakes in Saturday’s Coaching Club American Oaks at
Two-Year-Old Spotlight Presented By Stonestreet Bred & Raised: Will The Omaha Beach Rookies Do Turf?
Summer means an increased focus on 2-year-olds, most notably at some of the country's most prominent meets.
Each week, we'll look at a race of interest to those looking for horse racing's next rising stars.
The Paulick Report 2-Year-Old Spotlight, presented by Stonestreet Bred & Raised, is hosted this week by bloodstock editor Joe Nevills.
On this week's episode, Nevills looks at Friday's opener at Saratoga Race Course, a 5 1/2-furlong turf maiden special weight.
Among the horses of interest in the field is a colt from the first crop of Spendthrift Farm's Omaha Beach, who is projected to have a major say in this year's freshman sire race. Though he was a multiple Grade 1 winner on dirt, Omaha Beach has the back class and pedigree to suggest his runners could be dual-surface threats. We'll know more after Friday's race.
Watch this week's 2-Year-Old Spotlight video below:
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