THIS WEEK AT GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Schedule: Thursday through Sunday Post time: 11:15 a.m. Thur., 12:15 p.m. Fri., 12:45 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Feature races: $50,000-added Golden Gate Debutante on Friday; Grade 3, $100,000 Berkeley Handicap and $50,000-added Oakland Stakes on Saturday Feature simulcast race: Grade 1, $500,000 Clark Handicap on Friday at Churchill Downs Update: Most of the races lost because of the cancellations Friday and Saturday will be added to programs during the remainder of the fall meeting that ends Dec. 9. … Brahms Command, Tomlin and Steal the diamonds shorten to 6 furlongs and move to the main track for the Golden Gate Debutante. Brahms Command set the pace in the Pike Placer Dancer Stakes after rallying from seventh place to break his maiden going 5½ furlongs in his previous start. Swing Thoughts, Silk Ransom and Boom chica boom — the 1-2-3 finishers from an allowance/$40,000 optional claimer Nov. 2 — also will run in the Golden Gate Debutante. … Defending champion Editore and San Francisco Mile winner Flamboyant head a field of 12 for the Berkeley Handicap. G. G. Ryder runs in the 11⁄16-mile race for the fifth straight year. Gabo’s Macondo seeks his fourth straight victory. Bella Luma, a 4-year-old filly who won the Golden Poppy Stakes, will face males for the first time. … Eight of the original nine entrants for the Oakland Stakes that was canceled Saturday were re-entered Wednesday. Sir Vronski, whose 21 wins are the most of any horse stabled at Golden Gate Fields, seeks his first stakes victory in the 6-furlong event. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer runs recent claims: Awesome Anywhere and Annie’s Candy. Elsewhere: Seeking the Soul seeks a repeat victory in the Clark Handicap. Also in the field of eight are Leofric, Prime Attraction and Hence — the 1-2-4 finishers from the Fayette Stakes — and Triple Crown participant Bravazo. … The first round of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager runs Thursday through Sunday. Undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Game Winner is the 8-1 morning-line favorite. Hollendorfer has two horses listed: Instagrand at 10-1 and Gunmetal Gray at 30-1.