TURFWAY PARK hosts 3 stakes races including Saturday’s $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes (Grade 3) for 3 and 4 year olds at 1 1/8 miles. It will be morning line favorite Tamarando verses a field of 12, which includes We Miss Artie, Poker Player and Almost Famous. Not to be outdone, SUNLAND PARK hosts a total of seven stakes this weekend, featuring the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Grade 3) for 3 year olds. A full field of nine that includes Midnight Hawk, Commissioner, Chitu, Bourbonize and Tanzanite Cat will do battle for 1 1/8 Miles.
Other races to watch: SANTA ANITA’s San Luis Rey Stakes, (Grade 2) $200,000; 4 and up for 1 1/2 Miles (Turf). GULFSTREAM PARK’s Inside Information Stakes (Grade 2) $200,000; 4 and up at 7 Furlongs. AQUEDUCT’s Excelsior Stakes (Grade 3) $150,000; 3 and up for 1 1/8 Miles. LAUREL PARK’s Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes $100,000; 3 and up for 1 1/8 Miles.
