Golden Gate's stakes-filled meet begins Wednesday

Golden Gate Fields begins its Spring Meet on Wednesday and will feature 11

stakes worth $965,000. The 29-day meet continues through June 19.

The stakes action begins on Saturday with the $150,000 Golden Bear Breeders'

Cup S. for three-year-olds. Swale S. (G2) winner LOST IN THE FOG (Lost Soldier),

who is undefeated in five career starts, is expected to compete in the six-furlong

event. The Greg Gilchrist trainee most recently won the Bay Shore S. (G3) at

Aqueduct by 4 1/4 lengths on April 9.

On Sunday,

three-year-olds will take to the Lakeside Turf Course for the $100,000 Alcatraz

Breeders' Cup S. The one-mile event likely will include TEXCESS (In Excess

[Ire]), winner of the $1 million Delta Jackpot S. last November.

Highlights of the meet include the $100,000 Yerba Buena Breeders' Cup

H. (G3) on May 21 and the $100,000 Berkeley H. (G3) on June 11. Non-graded

events include the $100,000 Golden Poppy Breeders' Cup S. on Memorial Day and the $100,000 Rolling Green Breeders' Cup H.

on June 4.