Lanerie, Asmussen and Moss take meet titles at Churchill Dow
Jun 29, 2014 18:13:51 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Jun 29, 2014 18:13:51 GMT -5
Rosie was hurt but Lanerie was riding like a demon! And take that People for Euthanizing Aimals!!
Lanerie, Asmussen and Moss take meet titles at Churchill Downs
Brisnet
With a commanding lead entering the final day of the 2014 Churchill Downs spring meet, jockey Corey Lanerie had already clinched his fifth Churchill Downs riding title with 55 wins entering Sunday's closing day card.
The recent recipient of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award captured his first title in the spring of 2012 when he tallied 71 victories, came back and won the title again in the fall of 2012 with 29 wins, took the inaugural September meeting in 2013 with 19 wins and followed that with another title last November where he rode 36 winners.
"Once you've accomplished a leading riding title you always want to repeat," Lanerie said. "It's definitely a goal I set for myself coming into this spring. I try not to look into the standings during the meet because I don't want it to affect my focus. So I just try to win as many as I can each week to try to earn a good paycheck."
Lanerie was scheduled to ride nine mounts on Sunday's card, totaling an unprecedented 253 mounts for the meet, at least 70 more than any other jockey this spring under the Twin Spires.
"My agent plays a big role in my success and has a lot of connections here at Churchill," Lanerie explained. "Other than that, it's just putting in work; I've spent a lot of time here over the years and have been able to build up some great relationships."
The highlight of Lanerie's meet was the win he took the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap on Molly Morgan for trainer Dale Romans.
"I'd say the Fleur de Lis was probably the most memorable for me this meet, just because it was a graded stakes and we weren't really expected to win that one," he noted.
Molly Morgan won the Fleur de Lis by four lengths at odds of 10-1, defeating Grade 1 heroine On Fire Baby, multiple Grade 2 victress Fiftyshadesofhay and Grade 3 vixen Flashy American.
Lanerie also was the only jockey to eclipse $2 million in earnings, with $2,006,696 entering the final day of racing at Churchill.
"I'm lucky to have so many opportunities to ride and obviously the more opportunities you have, the more you win," Lanerie remarked. "People like me, thank God, and fortunately they ask for me."
In addition to the 55 wins from his 253 mounts, Lanerie also has scored 47 second-place finishes and has ridden 44 third-place finishers, putting his in-the-money percentage at 60 percent and win percentage a 22 percent entering Sunday.
Trainer Steve Asmussen had also already wrapped up his 14th training title at Churchill Downs entering the final day of spring racing under the Twin Spires. It is the most titles ever won at the Louisville, Kentucky, racetrack.
Entering Sunday's card, Asmussen had 19 wins, nine seconds and 12 third-place efforts from 81 starters with earnings of $1,279,014. Highlighted by a victory in the Kentucky Oaks with Untapable, Asmussen captured a total of five stakes wins for the meet.
"It feels very good," he noted. "It's a special meet with Untapable winning the Oaks. My assistants Darren Fleming and Galen Prewitt have done a wonderful job for us and hopefully the hits keep coming."
His other stakes winners this meet were Cinco Charlie, who won Saturday's Grade 3 Bashford Manor; Tapiture, who captured the Matt Winn; Speedinthruthecity, scorer of the Roxelana; and Regally Ready, victor of the Opening Verse.
Asmussen took his first training title in the fall of 2001, saddling 13 winners. He has won the fall training title six times, the spring title seven times and took the inaugural September meeting title in 2013.
Entering Sunday, Asmussen had saddled 516 winners at Churchill Downs, third on the all-time list behind Bill Mott (678) and Dale Romans (615).
With seven victories entering the final day of Churchill Downs spring meeting, owner Maggi Moss had secured her third leading owner title, highlighted by a victory by Delaunay in the Grade 3 Aristides.
Moss also captured leading owner honors in the spring of 2010 and the spring of 2007. With a record of seven wins, six runner-up finishes and seven thirds, she has accumulated $230,926 in earnings for the meet.
Entering Sunday, six owners were tied for second in wins with four, but none had more than one starter on the Sunday card.
Moss said in a tweet on Saturday that her private goal was to become the leading owner of the Churchill Downs spring meet, that she was really happy and then thanked her trainer Tom Amoss for his efforts.
Churchill Downs will host its second September meeting beginning on September 5. The 12-day meet will feature live racing Friday through Sunday, with the final day on September 28.
Lanerie, Asmussen and Moss take meet titles at Churchill Downs
Brisnet
With a commanding lead entering the final day of the 2014 Churchill Downs spring meet, jockey Corey Lanerie had already clinched his fifth Churchill Downs riding title with 55 wins entering Sunday's closing day card.
The recent recipient of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award captured his first title in the spring of 2012 when he tallied 71 victories, came back and won the title again in the fall of 2012 with 29 wins, took the inaugural September meeting in 2013 with 19 wins and followed that with another title last November where he rode 36 winners.
"Once you've accomplished a leading riding title you always want to repeat," Lanerie said. "It's definitely a goal I set for myself coming into this spring. I try not to look into the standings during the meet because I don't want it to affect my focus. So I just try to win as many as I can each week to try to earn a good paycheck."
Lanerie was scheduled to ride nine mounts on Sunday's card, totaling an unprecedented 253 mounts for the meet, at least 70 more than any other jockey this spring under the Twin Spires.
"My agent plays a big role in my success and has a lot of connections here at Churchill," Lanerie explained. "Other than that, it's just putting in work; I've spent a lot of time here over the years and have been able to build up some great relationships."
The highlight of Lanerie's meet was the win he took the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap on Molly Morgan for trainer Dale Romans.
"I'd say the Fleur de Lis was probably the most memorable for me this meet, just because it was a graded stakes and we weren't really expected to win that one," he noted.
Molly Morgan won the Fleur de Lis by four lengths at odds of 10-1, defeating Grade 1 heroine On Fire Baby, multiple Grade 2 victress Fiftyshadesofhay and Grade 3 vixen Flashy American.
Lanerie also was the only jockey to eclipse $2 million in earnings, with $2,006,696 entering the final day of racing at Churchill.
"I'm lucky to have so many opportunities to ride and obviously the more opportunities you have, the more you win," Lanerie remarked. "People like me, thank God, and fortunately they ask for me."
In addition to the 55 wins from his 253 mounts, Lanerie also has scored 47 second-place finishes and has ridden 44 third-place finishers, putting his in-the-money percentage at 60 percent and win percentage a 22 percent entering Sunday.
Trainer Steve Asmussen had also already wrapped up his 14th training title at Churchill Downs entering the final day of spring racing under the Twin Spires. It is the most titles ever won at the Louisville, Kentucky, racetrack.
Entering Sunday's card, Asmussen had 19 wins, nine seconds and 12 third-place efforts from 81 starters with earnings of $1,279,014. Highlighted by a victory in the Kentucky Oaks with Untapable, Asmussen captured a total of five stakes wins for the meet.
"It feels very good," he noted. "It's a special meet with Untapable winning the Oaks. My assistants Darren Fleming and Galen Prewitt have done a wonderful job for us and hopefully the hits keep coming."
His other stakes winners this meet were Cinco Charlie, who won Saturday's Grade 3 Bashford Manor; Tapiture, who captured the Matt Winn; Speedinthruthecity, scorer of the Roxelana; and Regally Ready, victor of the Opening Verse.
Asmussen took his first training title in the fall of 2001, saddling 13 winners. He has won the fall training title six times, the spring title seven times and took the inaugural September meeting title in 2013.
Entering Sunday, Asmussen had saddled 516 winners at Churchill Downs, third on the all-time list behind Bill Mott (678) and Dale Romans (615).
With seven victories entering the final day of Churchill Downs spring meeting, owner Maggi Moss had secured her third leading owner title, highlighted by a victory by Delaunay in the Grade 3 Aristides.
Moss also captured leading owner honors in the spring of 2010 and the spring of 2007. With a record of seven wins, six runner-up finishes and seven thirds, she has accumulated $230,926 in earnings for the meet.
Entering Sunday, six owners were tied for second in wins with four, but none had more than one starter on the Sunday card.
Moss said in a tweet on Saturday that her private goal was to become the leading owner of the Churchill Downs spring meet, that she was really happy and then thanked her trainer Tom Amoss for his efforts.
Churchill Downs will host its second September meeting beginning on September 5. The 12-day meet will feature live racing Friday through Sunday, with the final day on September 28.