Wild Promises Schools for Del Mar's Palomar Handicap

Wild Promises at Del Mar Tuesday morning, 9/8/09.

Trainer Greg Gilchrist was in the Del Mar paddock this morning to oversee the schooling of Wild Promises, who shipped in from Northern California for the closing day feature, the Grade 2 Palomar Handicap for fillies and mares three years old and up at 1-1/16 miles on the turf.

A 5-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Wild Event, Wild Promises is a multiple stakes winner with a record of 13 victories from 19 starts. She is coming off an impressive repeat victory in the Luther Burbank Handicap at Santa Rosa on Aug. 8. Wild Promises is owned by the estate of Harry Aleo, best known for campaigning champion sprinter Lost in the Fog.

Greg Gilchrist Takes Two Stakes Runners to Gulfstream Park

Northern California based trainer Greg Gilchrist will send out two very nice mares owned by the Estate of Harry Aleo in stakes at Gulfstream Park this weekend.

Wild Promises, a 5-year-old daughter of Wild Event, will be the likely favorite in Saturday's $100,000 Honey Fox Stakes. In December, I was very impressed watching Wild Promises gallop in the morning at Golden Gate Fields.

Victorina, a 6-year-old mare by Delaware Township, will run in Sunday's $75,000 Ocala Stakes. She has won both of her starts this year -- the Paseana Handicap at Santa Anita on Jan. 2 and the Campanile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields in Feb. 7. Jockey Edgar Prado picks up the mount on Victorina.

Best of luck to the NorCal connections!

Wild Promises Gallops for Greg Gilchrist at Golden Gate Fields

Today dawned crisp and clear in northern California, a beautiful morning to watch the workouts at Golden Gate Fields. I visited with trainer Greg Gilchrist and watched his good filly Wild Promises out for a gallop, catching a video of her as she passed the viewing stand twice.

Gilchrist said Wild Promises is pointing toward the Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 24. The 4-year-old daughter of Wild Event, owned by the estate of Harry Aleo, won the grade 3 My Charmer Handicap at Calder on Dec. 6, her fifth straight stakes win.