Sunset Glow has been tabbed as the morning line favorite at odds of 8-5 for trainer Wesley Ward. A gray daughter of Exchange Rate, she has been on the board in all seven starts and is a three-time winner. She made her sophomore debut in April after finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and was third after setting the pace. Joel Rosario will be aboard from post position three.
Second choice at 5-2 on the morning line is My Year Is a Day (FR) who will be making her first start in the United States. She ran seven times as a juvenile in France and was on the board in six of them with three wins. A bay daughter of King’s Best, she will be making her first start for trainer Graham Motion and will have John Velazquez in the irons from post four.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 4-1 is Feathered for trainer Todd Pletcher. A bay daughter of Indian Charlie purchased for $300,000 as a juvenile, she is trying to return to form after finishing off of the board in both starts this year. She will be switching surfaces and trying the turf for the first time and will have Javier Castellano aboard from post position six.
The field is set for the $1 million Haskell, where Nyquist will be trying to re-stake his claim as the top three-year-old in the country.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $300,000 United Nations Stakes. Scheduled to be run at a mile and three-eighths on the turf, the Grade 1 event has drawn a field of ten colts and geldings.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes, a key prep race for the Haskell Invitational (G1). The Grade 3 event will be contested at a mile and a sixteenth and has drawn a field of seven three-year-olds.
With five grade 1 races and a grade 2, the undercard for the June 11 Belmont stakes could be the best single day of racing on the calendar outside of the Breeders’ Cup.
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