Mendez Upsets Well-Bet Ward Baby at Keeneland Debut
Via Joe Bianca
On an action-packed weekend, the details are relatively light, about the frustrations of two-year-old longtime powerhouse Wesley Ward in Friday’s opening match against Keeneland and the revelation of the payout. bought $1.25 million on the Aqueduct on Saturday.
Friday Details: Laoban Full-Sister Debuts in Keeneland
1st-Keeneland, $60,904, Msw, 4-8, 2yo, 4 1/2f,: 53.16, ft, 5 lengths.
Wesley Ward’s annual tradition of dominating Keeneland’s April races is 2 years earlier and is often interrupted immediately by California’s emerging junior coach Luis Mendez – starting the horse his first at Keeneland – and Flavien Prat thanks to the five-length winner King ADROCK (c, 2, Uncaptured – Gardening on leave, by Colonel John) during the opening of the meeting on Friday. The $25,000 Fasig-Tipton purchase in October sped up the pace, taking over early in the period and smartly discarding the obvious 51-10 second pick after 2-5 Ward baby Dominicana (Uncle Mo). A favorite for being a man with a face to face with ugliness, the $300,000 September purchase of Keeneland wasn’t great and showed short pace before falling back to sixth. Dominicana still possesses plenty of advantages, as a full sister to Laoban, who broke his maiden streak in the eighth start – with a 27-1 lead in the GII Jim Dandy S . Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
Saturday details: $1.25 million American pharoah Colt Debuts
3-Aqueduct, $80,000, Msw, 4-9, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:39.96, gd, 1 length.
Freeway barns’ Colton Charlemagne (American pharoah) brings the appeal to this Big A mile of turf with its $1.25 million acquisition of Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling and is a half-brother to the MGSW/GISP Travel Column (Frosted), but the black bay broke some length behind the field and never joined as FLYING MONEY (g, 5, Street Sense–Collect the Cash, by Dynaformer) succeeded on his ninth start-up. One person to watch coming out of this race is the 16-1 runner-up Howe Street (Honor code) for coach Jorge Abreu. Breaking through from the outer pole in a 12-horse field, the cross-bred John Gunther came second among the stalls, made his way wide into the club’s turn and bravely swerved through traffic in the ramp to finish. put a quick end second before blowing away the winner of the gallop. The dark bay has earned 81 Beyer for the effort. Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
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