The Grade 1 King's Bishop is the sprinting counterpart to the Travers, with 3-year-olds going 7 furlongs over the main track for a $250,000 purse.  Undefeated Lost in the Fog shipped in from Golden Gate Fields and was sent off as the 3-10 favorite in the field of seven, despite training in bar shoes over the last week due to a quarter crack.  Among his challengers were 9-1 second choice The Daddy and 10-1 third choice Social Probation. However, it was another walk in the park for Lost in the Fog.  After a rough start, jockey Russell Baze got him to the inside to save ground and hustled him to the front, and he ran very fast fractions of 22.09 and 44.61, with 20-1 shot Fusaichi Rock Star desperately trying to keep up.  On the turn, Fusaichi Rock Star tired from the fast pace and dropped back to finish last.  Social Probation made a futile rush from seventh to grab second, but was no challenge for Lost in the Fog, who finished 4 3/4 lengths clear in a hand ride, finishing the distance in 1:22.56.  It was 3/4 length back from Social Probation to 24-1 shot Better Than Bonds, who was a head in front of The Daddy in fourth.


Winning trainer Greg Gilchrist said, "That's pretty much what all his races have been like. Everybody keeps waiting for him to get beat, but it hasn't happened yet, and it's going to take an awfully good horse to beat him."  Asked about the quarter crack, Gilchrist said, "I checked the foot after the race and the quarter crack had not split open. There was no blood. But we'll take him back home and continue to train him with the bar shoe."


Winning jockey Russell Baze said, "The race set up pretty much the way we thought it would. He was getting tired inside the sixteenth-pole. He runs the second quarter as fast, if not faster, than the first quarter and he can finish from there. He's an exceptional animal, and it is really going to take an exceptional animal to beat him. You've got to take your hat off to Greg (Gilchrist). He's taken good care of this horse, and entered him in races where he belongs."


Calvin Borel, aboard second place finisher Social Probation, said, "(Lost in the Fog) came out pretty good on us (at the start). My horse had to make up a lot of ground. It was unbelievable, the ground we had to make up. If that didn't happen, I think we could have gotten to him. He only beat us by three lengths. He may still have beaten us, but it would have been a much better race."


Robert Reinacher, trainer of third place finisher Better Than Bonds, said, "He ran good. I thought possibly we could be second, and we almost were second. He ran great. We'll take a look at the Jerome."


The Hopeful is one of the first Grade 1 races of the year for juvenile colts.  Just five went to the gate in this $250,000 event at 7 furlongs, including 3-5 favorite Henny Hughes.  Javier Castellano sent 6-1 third choice Too Much Bling to the front right away, and he battled with 2-1 second choice First Samurai through a quarter in 22.22 and a half in 44.81.  Rounding the turn, First Samurai took over the lead from the outside, and was 2 1/2 lengths clear with a furlong to go.  Favorite Henny Hughes rallied late from third but could not catch First Samurai, who was 4 1/4 lengths clear at the wire, completing the distance in 1:23.25.  It was a length back to Too Much Bling in third.


Winning jockey Jerry Bailey said, "My horse was off the bridle and going easy, I didn't ask my horse until we left the three-eighths pole. I glanced back and saw Henny Hughes and I just wanted to get first run on him. I didn't want him to have a head of steam coming by me and get eyeball to eyeball.''



Winning trainer Frank Brothers said, "That's why they line up; maybe the next time Henny Hughes breaks sharp and has things his way. It's the time of year when all the good 2-year-olds come out. Our horse has come out swinging and he's doing well.''  Brothers said he would go next in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont.


Jockey Gary Stevens, aboard beaten favorite Henny Hughes, said, "He was in a good spot, I was where I wanted to be and he came up empty down the lane. He didn't give me any kind of second run today for whatever reason. I knew I was done by the 5/16 pole. I was running for second money.''


The Grade 2 Fourstardave is a $200,000 handicap for older horses going 1 1/16 miles over the inner turf course.  Brazilian bred Leroidesanimaux was sent off as the 7-10 favorite in the field of six, with Silver Tree the 3-1 second choice.  When the gate opened, new jockey John Velazquez sent the favorite to the front saving ground on the hedge the whole way, and set a moderate pace of 23.23, 47.31, and 1:10.77 over the firm going.  Around the turn, Jerry Bailey asked Silver Tree for run by Leroidesanimaux still had something left, as he found another gear and got 1 1/4 lengths clear at the line, getting the 1 1/16 miles in a new course record time of 1:39.92.  It was just a length back from Silver Tree to 25-1 longest shot Steel Light in third.


Winning trainer Bobby Frankel said, "He's a good horse so it was just a matter of getting him fit," said Frankel. "He has been training well and has been ready to run for a while. The Breeders' Cup Mile is our main objective. We will also look at the Kelso."
Winning rider John Velazquez said, "It was a nice mount to pick up. I really had no anxious moments other than when I dropped the reins in the stretch.  As soon as the other horses came to him, he just kept going."