Down the Stretch for June 5, 2023

We tackle horse racing on a chronological basis and by doing so, gets thrills from $100,000 races at Mohawk, 70 year-old amateur driver Robert Ciavardini and jockey Pierre Mailhot still winning at Fort Erie in his 40th year of riding. We visit the early returns from Woodbine’s new and intriguing bet. Then it’s on to quarter horse results from Ajax Downs and a good start for JB Botello. Is Justin Stein ready to break out? Will Churchill Downs solve its disturbing problem? Can anyone stop driver James MacDonald, and just how good was Saturday for apprentice riders, Sofia Vives, Amanda Vandermeersch and Deshawn Bynoe?. That same day, Patrick Husbands put on a Stakes clinic, and that night at Mohawk was jammed with big money Stakes legs and splits, Then, on Sunday, a breakthrough win for Keveh Nichols as he snapped a long losing streak.