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Post by Jon on Jun 27, 2013 0:54:08 GMT -5
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8th Race - Prairie Meadows - Saturday, June 29th, 2013 STAKES. 1 1/8 Mile Dirt. Purse $300,000. Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (Grade 3). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. No nomination fee. $2,000 to pass the entry box and $3,000 additional to start. $300,000 guaranteed of which 60% to the owner of the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth, 2% to sixth. SUPPLEMENTAL NOMINATIONS AT TIME OF ENTRY WITH A FEE OF $6,000 TO ENTER AND START. Weights: Thursday, June 20. Starters to be named through the entry-box by the usual time of closing. This race will not be divided and if the entry number exceeds fourteen (14), preference will be given to Breeders' Cup nominees only of equal weight assignment. Different owners will have equal draw according to weights. The second parts of same owner entries will have no consideration over a single interest. Failure to draw into therace cancels all fees.
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Nicklaus Way 4 G BL 114 Goncalves Leandro R. Wilkes Ian R.
2 Silver Max 4 C BL 118 Albarado Robby Romans Dale L.
3 Red Lead 7 G BL 114 Eikleberry Ry Hartman Chris A.
4 Tiz Ready 4 C BL 112 Tohill Ken S. Chleborad Lynn
5 Prayer For Relief 5 H BL 117 Santana, Jr. Ricardo Asmussen Steven M.
6 Taptowne 5 G BL 115 Borel Calvin H. Glyshaw Tim
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Post by Jon on Jun 27, 2013 0:55:47 GMT -5
Prayer for Relief seeks to end drought in Cornhusker
It has been nearly two years since the five-year-old Prayer for Relief has won a stakes, or any race for that matter. The son of Jump Start's prayers for relief might be answered Saturday night in the familiar surroundings of Prairie Meadows, in suburban Des Moines, where he heads a field of six older horses in the Grade 3, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap at 1 1/8 miles.
Won last year by eventual Breeders' Cup Classic hero Fort Larned, the Cornhusker highlights a card that also includes the Grade 3, $250,000 Iowa Derby and the Grade 3, $200,000 Iowa Oaks.
Prayer for Relief was a hot commodity as a three-year-old in 2011, where he kicked off a three-race win streak at Prairie by taking the Iowa Derby. He latter added the West Virginia Derby and Super Derby to his trophy collection, but has not reached the winner's circle since the latter race in September of that year.
Transferred to trainer Steve Asmussen last summer, Prayer for Relief has run second in three of his past four starts, twice to stablemate Master Rick in the Lone Star Park Handicap and Texas Mile earlier this season. If he can avoid the type of wide trips he endured at Lone Star, the Zayat Stables representative should be difficult to beat.
Silver Max, one of the leading three-year-olds on grass last season, will stick to dirt for the time being following a 9 1/2-length romp in the June 1 Opening Verse at Churchill Downs. Facing only three other rivals in that off-the-turf test, Silver Max opened up a five-length lead at the first call and was under minimal pressure to finish the job.
Always known for his early foot, Silver Max might face pace pressure from Taptowne, the Oaklawn Handicap runner-up who faded late in two subsequent allowance attempts at Churchill. Another with a bit of positional speed is Red Lead, a stakes winner at Sunland Park this past winter.
Ian Wilkes, the trainer of Fort Larned, will saddle the allowance-class Nicklaus Way. Longshot Tiz Ready completes the field.
The 1 1/16-mile Iowa Oaks for fillies is the more intriguing of the two undercard stakes for three-year-olds.
Most of the betting action will center on Bob Baffert's Black-Eyed Susan winner Fiftyshadesofhay, and the Maggi Moss-owned So Many Ways, who captured the Spinaway at Saratoga last summer and most recently rallied to beat 12 rivals in the seven-furlong Eight Belles at Churchill Downs.
Others of note are Grade 2 winner Seaneen Girl and Hitechnoweenie, who captured the local prep, the June 1 Panthers, by three lengths.
The Baffert-trained Manando, third in the Affirmed Handicap and the Sham this season, should be prominent from the start in the Iowa Derby at 1 1/16 miles. Also likely to show speed is Our Double Play, who defeated returning rival Bashaar in the June 1 Prairie Mile.
Other potential contenders are Betweenhereancool, a recent Churchill allowance winner for Steve Asmussen, and the stakes-placed Looking Cool, who went unplaced in a tough renewal of Churchill's Matt Winn two weeks ago.
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Post by cait on Jun 27, 2013 8:00:15 GMT -5
this is sort of the post TC lull - good that other tracks get their "moments"!
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Post by Jon on Jun 30, 2013 0:34:35 GMT -5
Prayer for Relief wins Cornhusker as favorite By Byron King Confidently handled by Ricardo Santana Jr., Prayer for Relief stalked a modest pace in Saturday night’s Grade 3, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap and powered past Taptowne in the stretch to win by 1 3/4 lengths. Although Prayer for Relief had raced close to the pace in two starts this year, running second in both the Texas Mile and Lone Star Handicap, Santana employed different tactics aboard Prayer for Relief in the Cornhusker. He kept his mount under a firm hold, reserving him in fourth in a tightly packed field after a half-mile in 48.33 seconds and three-quarters in 1:12.62. It was then that the field began to separate, first with Taptowne, who had chased the pace in second, taking the lead from Silver Max but ultimately proving unable to withstand the stretch kick of Prayer for Relief. “I knew I had a lot of horse,” Santana said. “I tried to wait.” Silver Max finished seven lengths behind the winner in third, holding that position almost by default, with few others doing much stretch running. The victory for the 5-year-old Prayer for Relief was his first since the summer of his 3-year-old season, when he rattled off four straight victories, including scores in the Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows, the West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer, and the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. A son of Jump Start owned by Zayat Stables and trained by Steve Asmussen, he raced 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:49.96. The favorite, he paid $3.80. DRF - Race vid on DRF site  |
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Post by canterburykid on Jul 1, 2013 7:53:19 GMT -5
A little exposure certainly never hurts, nice to see their having their day in the sun  , I recall many times when the originator of the Claiming Crown Canterbury Park would be on the National Radar & top jocks & trainers would come to town. I'm curious as to when "THE CROWN" will come back home, I'm sure w/ the rebirth of the track its in the "PLAN" |
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, I recall many times when the originator of the Claiming Crown Canterbury Park would be on the National Radar & top jocks & trainers would come to town. I'm curious as to when "THE CROWN" will come back home, I'm sure w/ the rebirth of the track its in the "PLAN"