Breeders’ Cup Champ Nobals, Dettori, Headline Turf Sprint Stakes

 

Breeders’ Cup Champ Nobals, Dettori, Headline Hawthorne Turf Stakes

 

STICKNEY, IL – Top turf sprinters will be the focus on Sunday at Hawthorne as a pair of $100,000 stakes events will take place at 5 ½ furlongs on the Hawthorne turf. 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Champion Nobals headlines the Robert S. Molaro Memorial for the boys while Frankie Dettori is set to ride for trainer Wesley Ward in the Lady Carey Turf Sprint.

The Molaro goes as race six on the Sunday card with a 5:30 PM Central post time. The field of seven is led by 4-5 morning line favorite Nobals for owner Patricia’s Hope LLC of Vince Foglia and trainer Larry Rivelli. A winner of 12 of 26 career starts for over $1.75 million, Nobals was the game winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita. In eight starts since that Breeders’ Cup score, Nobals has won a pair of races, including the Grade 2 Kennedy Road at Woodbine in November of 2024. In 2025 he posted runner-up performances in the Big Daddy at Turfway and the Karl Boyes Stakes at Presque Isle. Jareth Loveberry has the mount aboard Nobals on Sunday. Also, from the Rivelli barn is Uncashed, as the 9-2 second choice with Walter Rodriguez in the saddle. With over $300,000 in lifetime earnings, Uncashed has won nine times from 18 career starts, including winning three of four on the Hawthorne main track.

The Field for the Robert S. Molaro Memorial:

PP          Horse                                Jockey                 Trainer                M/L

1            Nobals                              J. Loveberry       L. Rivelli              4-5

2            Midnight Special             S. Gonzalez        D. Simonovich   12-1

3            Mondogetsbuckets        M. Pedroza, Jr.  C. Block               6-1

4            Nagy And Da Bears         A. Santos            F. Alonso            30-1

5            Bal A Kazoo                      J. Ramos             R. Gorham         5-1

6            Dark Vintage (IRE)           O. Mojica            C. Block               8-1

7            Uncashed                         W. Rodriguez     L. Rivelli              9-2

 

Race eight Sunday is the second running of the Lady Carey Turf Sprint as a full, competitive, field of fillies and mares will line up. Champion jockey Frankie Dettori is slated to ride 7-2 morning line favorite Saturday Flirt for owner Mrs. Fitriani Hay and trainer Wesley Ward. The lightly raced three-year-old filly has won three of four career starts, most recently scoring in the Soaring Softly Stakes at Saratoga in her most recent start. If shifted to the main track, Ward and Dettori may shift their focus to main track only entrant and stakes winner Dreamaway.

Larry Rivelli sends out a trio in the Lady Carey of Foxxy Cleopatra, Rich City Girl, and Shezafunkydrummer. All accomplished runners, Foxxy Cleopatra has won three of six lifetime starts, including her last two in turf sprints. Rich City Girl won in her only turf try at Kentucky Downs last fall and most recently took the Goldfinch at Prairie Meadows in her most recent start. Shezafunkydrummer earned over $250,000 during her juvenile campaign and is slated to make her 2025 debut in the Lady Carey.

Rodolphe Brisset sends out B G Warrior with Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. slated to ride. With earnings of over $500,000, B G Warrior comes off a solid second-place performance in the Clarksville Handicap on the turf at Horseshoe Indianapolis in her most recent start.

The field for the Lady Carey Turf Sprint

PP          Horse                                Jockey                 Trainer                M/L

1            Foxxy Cleopatra              J. Loveberry       L. Rivelli              4-1

2            Rich City Girl                    W. Rodriguez     L. Rivelli              8-1

3            Shezafunkydrummer     O. Mojica            L. Rivelli              10-1

4            Out Too Late (GB)           J. Ramos             M. Maker           6-1

5            Saturday Flirt                   L. Dettori            W. Ward             7-2

6            B G Warrior                      M. Pedroza, Jr.  R. Brisset            5-1

7            Talkin Tipsy                      R. Diaz                 J. Arnett              12-1

8            Sharp Hero                       O. Hernandez    A. Meraz             10-1

9            Gray Lightning                 E. Esquivel          A. Hernandez    12-1

10          Beehive                             J. Felix                 M. Boyce            15-1

11          Yamile’s                            A. Bendezu        D. Miller             30-1

12          Dreamaway – MTO         L. Dettori            W. Ward             5-2

 

Hawthorne Race Course, Chicago’s Hometown Track, is open daily for full-card simulcasting as well as for sports wagering in the Fanatics Sportsbook. The summer thoroughbred meet began on March 27 and races through November 3. For information about Hawthorne Race Course visit our website www.HawthorneRaceCourse.com.