Dick Jerardi: Race Day in America

A LOOK AT SOME of the important races around the nation today:

Mairzy Doates Handicap

$300,000, Calder (Race 6), 1 3/8 miles (turf), 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares (Post 3:02).

1. Lady Tropicana, jockey Eduardo Nunez, morning line 30-1

2. Mauralakana, jockey Rene Douglas, morning line 8-5

3. Leap in the Sun, jockey Joe Bravo, morning line 8-1

4. J'ray, jockey Manoel Cruz, morning line 2-1

5. The Real Future, jockey Daniel Coa, morning line 20-1

6. Oh Deanne O, jockey Kent Desormeaux, morning line 12-1

7. Private Betty, jockey Elvis Trujillo, morning line 6-1

8. Eclisse, jockey Herb McCauley, morning line 6-1

Mauralakana could be the first of several stakes winners today for the strong Christophe Clement barn. She is proven at marathonlike distances. J'ray was second in the wild running of the Doc ...