Nyquist’s Montador Stamps Authority On Woodchopper Stakes

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Montador (Nyquist) shot to the front with about a furlong to travel and powered home to defeat stablemate Juris Doctor (Constitution) for a first black-type success in Saturday's age-restricted Woodchopper Stakes at the Fair Grounds.

Taken back off the early gallop, Montador raced two deep and with cover down the backstretch. Pulled out into the three path leaving the three-eighths, the homebred went on the attack three off the inside with a furlong to travel and quickly put the race to bed. Juris Doctor traveled into the race looking very strong passing the quarter pole, but was unable to secure a clear run in the final two panels and did well to round out a Stidham exacta.

“I was just a passenger today,” said winning jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. “That performance was just a testament to Mike and his team. All I had to do was give him the cleanest trip possible. Montador did the rest for us.”

Sheikh Mohammed's operation acquired second dam Hystericalady for a sales-topping $3 million at Keeneland November in 2008 and Lady Montdore is one of her six winners. Group 3-placed in France, the mare was repatriated and won the GII Glens Falls Stakes while finishing third in the GI Flower Bowl Stakes.

Montador's juvenile half-brother Beekman Street (Street Sense) won his maiden going a mile over this turf course Nov. 27 and his two younger siblings include the yearling colt Strike Point (Not This Time) and a weanling filly by American Pharoah. Lady Montdore was most recently bred back to Not This Time. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

WOODCHOPPER S., $98,000, Fair Grounds, 12-27, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.31, fm.
1–MONTADOR, 118, c, 3, by Nyquist
1st Dam: Lady Montdore (GSW & GISP-US, GSP-Fr, $318,642), by Medaglia d'Oro
2nd Dam: Hystericalady, by Distorted Humor
3rd Dam: Sacramentada (Chi), by Northair
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin LLC (KY); T-Michael Stidham; J-Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-0, $279,309.
2–Juris Doctor, 116, c, 3, Constitution–Romanticism, by War Front. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($450,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Pin Oak Stud; B-Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables (KY); T-Michael Stidham. $20,000.
3–Faber, 116, g, 3, Improbable–Disobedient, by Into Mischief. ($37,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Al & Bill Ulwelling; B-Anderson Farms Ont Inc & 552727 Ontario Ltd (ON); T-Gary M Scherer. $10,000.
Margins: 4 1/4, 1HF, HD. Odds: 1.10, 3.00, 26.80.
Also Ran: Savion, Joejoe Go, Flying Mohawk, Coco Cool.

 

MONTADOR got the perfect trip in the Woodchopper S. at @fairgroundsnola! @b_hernandezjr was aboard for trainer @stidhamracing!

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— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) December 27, 2025

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