Pink Lloyd His dispatch before he retired to LongRun was anything but a gimme. The crack sprinter, one of Canada’s most decorated champions, faces the top cast in the CA $175,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) on November 27 at Honeysuckle.
Crosby: Retirement set for Canadian icon Pink Lloyd
The extended six event drew many of the region’s top short-distance runners on Saturday, including Live Oak Plantation’s unrelated entry on Click it to win and Souper Stonehenge , both trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse. Souper Stonehenge was backed with a score of 8-5, followed by Pink Lloyd with a score of 5-2 and Tap it to Win with a score of 5-1.
Campaigned by Robert Tiller, head of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, 9-year-old Pink Lloyd is set to chase his 26th career win at Kennedy Road, a race he won won in 2017 and 2019. He was Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2017. His track record includes four consecutive men’s sprint championship titles (2017-2020) and a pair of major men’s championship titles. older in 2017 and 2019.
This year, Pink Lloyd (Old Forester ) is 2-2-0 in four starts. His two runner-ups in 2021 have both trailed Souper Stonehenge in the Vigil Stakes (G3) and Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) graded company.
Pink Lloyd has since won Bold Venture Stakes (G3) and Ontario Jockey Club Stakes, while Souper Stonehenge remains idle.
Rafael Hernandez returned aboard the Pink Lloyd, while her husband Patrick rode Stonehenge.
Item: Kennedy Road S. (G2)
Honeysuckle, Saturday, November 27, 2021, Race 8
- Level II
- 6f
- All weather tracker
- $175,000
- 3 years or more
- 4:40pm (local)
