Enterprising wins at Del Mar
Enterprising won the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-olds by 1 1/ lengths as turf racing resumed
4 at Del Mar on Saturday. Ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, Enterprising ran 1 1/ miles on the
16 turf in 1:41.31 and paid $5, $3.80 and $2.80. I’ll Wrap It Up returned $10 and $4, while Sammy Mandeville was another half-length back in third and paid $4.20 to show. Turf racing had been suspended for six days after the deaths or injuries to several horses. It resumed with three races on Saturday. Serious, a 4-year-old filly who broke bones in her left front foot on July 31, is recovering. She was injured in a 5-furlong turf sprint, forcing the seaside track to suspend turf races while it worked on the recently installed course.
Seek Again edged Grand Arch by a neck Saturday in the Grade 2 $500,000 Fourstardave at Saratoga Race Course. Ridden by Joel Rosario for Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the 4-year-old son of champion sprinter Speighstown ran a mile on the inner turf course in a track-record 1:33.25, surpassing the previous mark of 1:33.42 set by L’Oiseau d’Argent on Aug. 5, 2004. Seek Again, owned by Juddmonte Farm, paid $6.70, $3.80 and $3.10. Grand Arch returned $8 and $3.70, and Jack Milton paid $2.90 to show. Dorsett, Sayaad and Silver Max, the 3-2 betting favorite who set the pace for a half-mile before dropping back, completed the order of finish.
Cassatt took the lead early on and drew off in the stretch to win the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on Saturday afternoon. Ridden by Kerwin Clark and trained by Larry Jones, the 3-year-old filly ran the 1 1/ miles
16 over a fast track in 1:44.2 and returned $5.40, $4.40 and $4. She finished 3 3-4 lengths ahead of Aqua Regia, who was disqualified to third for interference with Saintly
Joan around the far turn. Saintly Joan, who had finished 1 1/ lengths
4 behind Aqua Regia, paid $22 and $12.60, while Aqua Regia returned $9.80. The win in the Grade III race was the third consecutive victory for Cassatt, who has now earned $115,400 overall.