Dr. No No gets in a gallop for the Golden State Juvenile on the BC Friday undercard at Santa Anita. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire)
> Four Undercard Stakes on Breeders’ Cup’s Future Stars Friday
>> Post Time Friday Is 11:30 A.M.; 1st Breeders’ Cup Race At 2 P.M.
Stable Notes By Victor Ryan
ARCADIA, Calif.—Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday kicks off with four consecutive undercard stakes starting at 11:30 a.m. PT.
The first race is the $150,000 Qatar Golden Mile for 2-year-olds on turf, which drew a field of eight. The 5-2 favorite on the morning line is Go With Gusto for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. Jockey Joel Rosario will be aboard.
By Medaglia d’Oro, Go With Gusto won his debut at Woodbine in August then came back to be third in the GI Summer Stakes, both at a mile on turf.
Also set to go in the Qatar Golden Mile is Mo Fox Givin (6-1), who was entered in the Juvenile Fillies Turf but relegated to the also-eligible list. By Mo Town, Mo Fox Givin will be making her first start for Santa Anita-based trainer Leonard Powell. In two prior starts for trainer Kelsey Danner, he was a debut winner Colonial Downs at 1 1/16 miles on turf then second by a head in a one-mile allowance on turf Sept. 29 at Churchill Downs.
Following the Qatar Golden Mile is the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies going seven furlongs on the main track. It attracted a field of 11 including 8-5 morning-line favorite Mirinda for trainer Gary Mandella.
By Mitole, Mirinda exits a sharp front-running debut victory by 6 ½ lengths going five furlongs here Sept. 10. Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who was aboard for the debut, will again be in the irons Friday.
The third race Friday is the listed Senator Ken Maddy for fillies and mares on the hillside turf course. European import White Moonlight for Godolphin and trainer Saeed bin Suroor is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in a deep field of 13. White Moonlight was a multiple stakes winner in Europe and is exiting a seventh-place finish in the GIII Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood Aug. 2.
The fourth race Friday is the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile for California-bred or California-sired 2-year-olds. A field of 12 is entered. The lukewarm 7-2 program favorite is Dr. No No for trainer Brian Koriner. A Kentucky-bred by California-based stallion Smiling Tiger, Dr. No No has won two of three starts including the six-furlong I’m Smokin Stakes here Sept. 8.
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