Grade 1 winner Carson’s Run launches his 3-year-old season in the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday as grass racing kicks into high gear at Aqueduct.
Regular jockey Dylan Davis will again pilot Carson’s Run, listed at 9-to-5 odds for his first start since the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Christophe Clement trains.
Later Saturday, Happy Am I will make her first stakes appearance in the Roxelana Stakes, the feature race on opening night at Churchill Downs.
Happy Am I has won three in a row for trainer Dallas Stewart, who will give a leg up to Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez in the 6-furlong sprint.
West Point also has O Besos primed to make his first of the year in the $200,000 St. Matthews Stakes for male sprinters on Thursday at Churchill.
O Besos will be back at the scene of his fourth-place finish in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the call for Greg Foley.
