Echo Zulu returns to winning ways in Dogwood

The 2 year old defending champion is chubby and ‘Rising Star TDN’ ECHO ZULU (f, 3, Gunman–Letgomyecho, by Menifee) won five bets on Saturday for his male with a dominant performance in GIII Dogwood S. under the lights at Churchill Downs. Last seen tasting defeat for the first time as a grueling fourth behind Secret Oath (Arrogate) in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks on this track, Keeneland’s $300,000 September coveted purchase was 51 cents off the dollar to get back on the winning path and did it right. Going fastest against the inner fence, Steve Asmussen pointed the way through fractions just right because you can throw a blanket over five of them at half a mile. They were all stacked up behind the champ, ready to pounce if the favorite faltered, but Echo Zulu went through her gears in the long and a half long final stretch and overcame the five-year-long rope. paragraph to the benefit of Tarabi (First Samurai). Colorful mischief (Into Mischief) came in third. Add GunmanSaturday afternoon’s Class I sweeps at Parx were 11-1 Sixtythreecaliber in Seneca Overnight S. and Gunite in Fort Harrod S. ahead of Echo Zulu’s tour-de-force. All articles and charts for Dogwood will be posted in this space on Sunday, and the results will appear in Monday’s TDN. Sales History: $300,000 Ylg ’20 KEESEP. OL&N Racing LLC & Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Betz / J Betz / Burns / CHNNHK / Magers / CoCoEquine / Ramsby (KY); T-Steve Asmussen.

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