Jackie’s Warrior Just Too Fast in Churchill Downs

[Wandering Eyes]

J. Kirk and Judy Robison's JACKIE'S WARRIOR (c, 4, Maclean's Music–Unicorn Girl, by A. P. Five Hundred) looked like a winner every step of the way in Saturday's GI Churchill Downs S., doling out splits of :22.76 and :45.50 while kept well off the fence and cantering home in the lane to make even-money look like a gift. Reinvestment Risk (Upstart) reported home second, some 3 1/2 lengths behind the winner and just ahead of 2021 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint hero Aloha West (Hard Spun), who had to work a little harder earlier than he like would have preferred to stay within range. Jackie's Warrior, last year's champion sprinter and a winner of the GII Pat Day Mile on this card 12 months ago, stopped the clock in 1:21.95. After exiting a sixth-place run in the Breeders' Cup Sprint with a bone chip, he returned a narrow winner of the GIII Count Fleet H. over a sloppy Oaklawn track Apr. 16. Sales history: $95,000 ylg '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: Ch. Sprinter, 14-10-1-1. O-J. Kirk & Judy Robison. B-J & J Stables (Ky). T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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