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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Laulne goes for second consecutive stakes win at Santa Anita Park, again facing Alluring, Girl of My Dreams, and Antifona from the Angels Flight Stakes.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
After just missing in her debut, West Memorial delivered a sustained run through the stretch to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the $247,165 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes May 2 at Churchill Downs.View the full article -
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'TDN Rising Star' Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), winner of last summer's GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. Aug. 11 and GIII Saranac S. Sept. 1, picked up right where he left off despite a wide trip in Thursday's Opening Verse S. at Churchill Downs. The 9-5 favorite was a three-wide fifth around the first turn and set his sights on the top two entering the far turn. He made his move while three deep at the top of the stretch and fought his way past a game pacesetter in Talk of the Nation (Quality Road) to make it three straight. A disappointing eighth as the favorite in the GII American Turf S. on last year's GI Kentucky Derby undercard, Carl Spackler was unraced since putting them back to back at the Spa last summer. The winner's dam has a 2-year-old full sister to the winner and produced a colt by Uncle Mo this year. “I am real proud of this horse today,” winning trainer Chad Brown said. “His dam (Zindaya) is one of the first horses I trained and won with (for e Five Racing). He came off the layoff and ran great. That was a real good horse inside him (Talk of the Nation) and we had to fight all the way. We are probably going to take him up to Saratoga and see what we can do from there.” OPENING VERSE S., $304,100, Churchill Downs, 5-2, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:35.31, fm. 1–CARL SPACKLER (IRE), 120, c, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Zindaya (GSW, $567,240), by More Than Ready. (350,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $161,975. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 6-4-1-0, $594,225. 2–Talk of the Nation, 120, c, 4, Quality Road–She's Not Here, by Street Cry (Ire). ($470,000 RNA 2yo '22 FTFMAR). O-Joseph Allen LLC & CHC INC.; B-Chc Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $67,250. 3–Smokin' T, 120, h, 5, War Front–Wine Princess, by Ghostzapper. ($295,000 RNA Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-DATTT Stable; B-Dattt Farm LLC (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $33,625. Margins: HD, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 1.99, 4.02, 3.65. Also Ran: Churchtown, Skyro, Accredit, Stitched, Ice Chocolat (Brz), Harlan Estate, Tiverton (GB). Scratched: Ah Jeez, Quality G. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Carl Spackler a Game Winner in Opening Verse Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
When Hall of Famer Wayne Lukas sends out Just Steel (Justify) in this year's GI Kentucky Derby it will be his first starter in the race since 2018. Lukas, 88, is a perpetual optimist, but even he had to be worrying that he had had his last Derby starter. It wasn't Lukas. Even at his age he never slowed down. It was the sport's top owners. Many wouldn't send a horse to an octogenarian, knocking on the door of 90, even one considered to be one of the greatest trainers ever. What he needed was someone who so valued his experience and ability that they didn't worry about the age factor. And he found them. Lukas's most important owners are now Brian Coelho and John Bellinger, who run under the name of BC Stables LLC. Thanks to Lukas, they are about to achieve an important goal, to get a horse into the Kentucky Derby. Just Steel was purchased by Lukas and the BC team for $500,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September sale. He is 20-1 in the morning line, but is coming off the best race of his career, a second-place finish in the GI Arkansas Derby. He has a chance. “I've known Wayne for 10 years and I liked him from day one,” Bellinger said. “He and I hit it off well. With business dealings and partnerships it's all about getting along with people more than anything. Wayne and I saw eye to eye. I didn't care about his age. What I loved was his experience. We moved quickly. We needed to buy some horses and I knew Wayne. I never doubted the decision to go to Wayne. There are other great trainers and they don't know me from Adam. I knew Wayne and he knew me. It was an easy move for me to make.” Bellinger is based in Texas and he and his wife own several companies, the biggest of which is a laboratory business that tests food products. Coelho is from California and owns the largest cattle feeding operation in the state, as well as meat processing plants. The two had talked about going into racing for years, and finally decided to do so just prior to the 2021 Keeneland September sale. “About four years ago, we were in a good position financially and we thought it was a good time in our lives to dabble a little bit,” Coelho said. “We got on the phone with Wayne one September and talked over a plan with the idea that we'd make a run and try to get into the Derby and try to get Wayne back to the Derby one more time. That day we bought four yearlings at Keeneland and here we are. “I think that being in the sport ourselves we were looking for somebody with the experience who could not only train good horses but teach us as well,” Coelho continued. “We felt there was still opportunity with him. With the amount of time we have spent with Wayne and from his knowledge, what we have learned these last four years is invaluable. We had faith he could get us here and he has proven he can do that.” Bellinger and Coelho were just getting started. They bought four more horses at the 2022 Keeneland September sale, including an Into Mischief colt that cost $1 million and a Quality Road colt that cost $1.15 million. Coelho said that he and Bellinger have about 20 horses with Lukas, including five yearlings bought at the 2023 Keeneland Sale. Coelho predicted that this year's 2-year-olds will prove to be the best group they have sent Lukas's way so far. Both Coelho and Bellinger have witnessed first hand what it has meant to Lukas to be given this chance by the owners. “Over the last three years, people who are close to him will tell us that this has revitalized Wayne,” Coelho said. “He's actually in a better place physically and mentally than he was a few years ago because of the opportunities we've given him. Wayne has worked his tail off to get us here. He knows we've invested a lot of money and put a lot of faith in him. He wanted to get here to this year's Derby just as much for us as for himself.” The post BC Stables LLC: In Wayne We Trust appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
West Memorial's freshman sire Caracaro (by Uncle Mo) was handed his first stakes win, as the colt kicked on late in the Kentucky Juvenile S. at Churchill Downs on Thursday. The John Hancock trainee was last seen debuting a close second at Keeneland Apr. 7. Overlooked as a 17-1 shot here, the bay watched as 'TDN Rising Star' Shoot It True (Munnings) and recent Resolute Racing acquisition Mensa (Complexity) battled one another for the lead up the backstretch. The longshot saved his strength around the far turn, but was never that far off the frontrunners as the top of the lane arrived. When the pacesetters began to waver, West Memorial rolled down the center of the course and scooped up the prize. The second to race out of a dam who herself never made it to the track, the winner has a yearling half-brother by Tacitus. Vita Bella was bred to Olympiad for this spring. She is a half-sister to sire Mo Town (Uncle Mo), SP Champagne Lady (Uncle Mo), who went to Barronstown Stud for $1.45 million at last year's Keeneland November Sale while in foal to Flightline, and to 'TDN Rising Star' Justique (Justify). KENTUCKY JUVENILE S., $247,165, Churchill Downs, 5-2, 2yo, 5f, :58.29, ft. 1–WEST MEMORIAL, 118, f, 2, by Caracaro 1st Dam: Vita Bella, by Super Saver 2nd Dam: Grazie Mille, by Bernardini 3rd Dam: Molto Vita, by Carson City ($45,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Swinbank Stables, LLC; B-Equine Futures LLC (KY); T-John A. Hancock; J-Reylu Gutierrez. $150,280. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $160,270. 2–Strummin, 118, c, 2, Flameaway–Queen of the Party, by Kantharos. ($12,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Randle L. Glosson; B-Kali Kleinfelt & Justyn Harper (KY); T-John A. Hancock. $48,800. 3–Akinmusire, 118, c, 2, Will Take Charge–Gotta B Kitten Me, by Lucky Pulpit. ($5,000 Ylg '23 FTDMAY). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Iavarone, Jules Iavarone and Jarrett Collins; B-Perry Martin (KY); T-Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. $24,400. Margins: 1 3/4, 2, 1. Odds: 17.94, 22.30, 6.96. Also Ran: Shoot It True, Tuxedo Park, Mensa, Turnbuckle, Jet Sweep Joe. Scratched: The Queens M G. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Longshot West Memorial’s Strong Kick Upsets Kentucky Juvenile S., First Stakes Win For Freshman Sire Caracaro appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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