2015 Spiral Stakes
Mar 16, 2015 19:57:26 GMT -5
Post by teenagewildlife on Mar 16, 2015 19:57:26 GMT -5
Imperia vs Conquest Typhoon
www.drf.com/news/spiral-stakes-draws-15-only-12-can-start
A group of 15 3-year-olds were entered Sunday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park, resulting in three exclusions due to the track’s 12-horse starting-gate limit, and Turfway not having an also-eligible list for its signature race.
Although entries closed Sunday, Spiral post positions will not be drawn until approximately 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, when a draw luncheon is hosted at the Horseshoe Casino of Cincinnati, which sponsors the Spiral.
Caesars Entertainment, with Horseshoe Casino being one of its entities, is part owner in Turfway Park.
With riders, the 12 that made the Spiral, a 1 1/8-mile race on Polytrack, are:
Excluded were Pepper Roani, Saham, and Milwaukee Mist.
Although most tracks will run up to 14 horses in stakes races, up from 12 for overnight races, Turfway restricts its stakes to 12 due to one of its starting gates being unable to accommodate more than 12 runners, racing secretary Tyler Picklesimer said.
With preference in the Spiral to graded stakes winners, then stakes winners, and then to horses with the most earnings – the most accomplished horses that entered the Spiral were never in danger of being excluded.
Metaboss and Conquest Typhoon, first and third, respectively, in the Grade 3 El Camino Real at Golden Gate on Feb. 14, are two of the race headliners, along with Imperia, last year’s Grade 3 Pilgrim winner, and John Battaglia winner Royal Son.
www.drf.com/news/spiral-stakes-draws-15-only-12-can-start
A group of 15 3-year-olds were entered Sunday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park, resulting in three exclusions due to the track’s 12-horse starting-gate limit, and Turfway not having an also-eligible list for its signature race.
Although entries closed Sunday, Spiral post positions will not be drawn until approximately 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, when a draw luncheon is hosted at the Horseshoe Casino of Cincinnati, which sponsors the Spiral.
Caesars Entertainment, with Horseshoe Casino being one of its entities, is part owner in Turfway Park.
With riders, the 12 that made the Spiral, a 1 1/8-mile race on Polytrack, are:
- Another Lemon Drop, (Calvin Borel)
Big Family, (Albin Jimenez)
Conquest Typhoon, (Mike Smith)
Dubai Sky, (Jose Lezcano)
Firespike, (Miguel Mena)
Imperia, (Joel Rosario)
Magic Of Believing, (Shane Laviolette)
Metaboss, (Alex Solis)
Royal Son, (Rodney Prescott)
Task Force Glory, (Rafael Hernandez)
Watchyourownbobber, (Rajiv Maragh)
Wireless Future, (Florent Geroux)
Excluded were Pepper Roani, Saham, and Milwaukee Mist.
Although most tracks will run up to 14 horses in stakes races, up from 12 for overnight races, Turfway restricts its stakes to 12 due to one of its starting gates being unable to accommodate more than 12 runners, racing secretary Tyler Picklesimer said.
With preference in the Spiral to graded stakes winners, then stakes winners, and then to horses with the most earnings – the most accomplished horses that entered the Spiral were never in danger of being excluded.
Metaboss and Conquest Typhoon, first and third, respectively, in the Grade 3 El Camino Real at Golden Gate on Feb. 14, are two of the race headliners, along with Imperia, last year’s Grade 3 Pilgrim winner, and John Battaglia winner Royal Son.