Winning Cause bids to stay perfect on Polytrack
May 24, 2013 0:03:27 GMT -5
Post by Jon on May 24, 2013 0:03:27 GMT -5
This would have been a good spot for Java's War LOL
Winning Cause bids to stay perfect on Polytrack in Marine
Winning Cause had enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby after capturing the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, but connections instead opted to keep him on the Polytrack that suits him so well. The Todd Pletcher trainee will accordingly line up in the next logical spot for a sophomore of his profile -- Sunday's C$150,000 Marine Stakes at Woodbine.
The well-bred son of Giant's Causeway brings a perfect three-for-three mark on Polytrack, all at Keeneland. He has yet to win on any other surface, with his best result from four other starts being a runner-up effort in the January 21 Jimmy Winkfield over Aqueduct's inner dirt. Winning Cause has since won two straight at Keeneland's spring meet, taking an April 6 allowance before wheeling back successfully in the April 20 Lexington at this same 1 1/16-mile trip. Julien Leparoux will stay aboard in search of the hat trick.
His most dangerous opponent is Up with the Birds, who was also last seen at Keeneland, just missing in the April 5 Transylvania on turf. The Sam-Son Farms homebred sports a two-for-three record on the Woodbine Polytrack. A 3 1/2-length maiden winner in September, he similarly dominated the November 10 Coronation Futurity in his juvenile finale. Up with the Birds wintered at Fair Grounds, where the Malcolm Pierce pupil rallied in time to take the March 2 Black Gold in his prep for the Transylvania.
Ghost Hunter, runner-up to Winning Cause in that Keeneland allowance two back, was most recently a close third in a Churchill Downs allowance on Derby Day. The Ghostzapper colt was edged by the well-regarded Bellarmine and Code West, who has since come back to win impressively at Pimlico and is on course for the June 8 Belmont Stakes. Ghost Hunter was subsequently transferred from Kim Chapman to David Cotey, and he will make his debut for the barn here.
Five Iron has twice finished second in local stakes. Best of the rest behind eventual Canadian Horse of the Year Uncaptured in last September's Swynford, the Brian Lynch colt was a closing runner-up in the April 21 Woodstock last time out. The form was boosted when Woodstock winner Dan the Tin Man came back to score in the Tom Ridge at Presque Isle, but Five Iron has a bit to prove at this longer trip. Completing the short field are recent allowance winner Drenched and Ontario-bred maiden scorer Silent Admirer.
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Winning Cause bids to stay perfect on Polytrack in Marine
Winning Cause had enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby after capturing the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, but connections instead opted to keep him on the Polytrack that suits him so well. The Todd Pletcher trainee will accordingly line up in the next logical spot for a sophomore of his profile -- Sunday's C$150,000 Marine Stakes at Woodbine.
The well-bred son of Giant's Causeway brings a perfect three-for-three mark on Polytrack, all at Keeneland. He has yet to win on any other surface, with his best result from four other starts being a runner-up effort in the January 21 Jimmy Winkfield over Aqueduct's inner dirt. Winning Cause has since won two straight at Keeneland's spring meet, taking an April 6 allowance before wheeling back successfully in the April 20 Lexington at this same 1 1/16-mile trip. Julien Leparoux will stay aboard in search of the hat trick.
His most dangerous opponent is Up with the Birds, who was also last seen at Keeneland, just missing in the April 5 Transylvania on turf. The Sam-Son Farms homebred sports a two-for-three record on the Woodbine Polytrack. A 3 1/2-length maiden winner in September, he similarly dominated the November 10 Coronation Futurity in his juvenile finale. Up with the Birds wintered at Fair Grounds, where the Malcolm Pierce pupil rallied in time to take the March 2 Black Gold in his prep for the Transylvania.
Ghost Hunter, runner-up to Winning Cause in that Keeneland allowance two back, was most recently a close third in a Churchill Downs allowance on Derby Day. The Ghostzapper colt was edged by the well-regarded Bellarmine and Code West, who has since come back to win impressively at Pimlico and is on course for the June 8 Belmont Stakes. Ghost Hunter was subsequently transferred from Kim Chapman to David Cotey, and he will make his debut for the barn here.
Five Iron has twice finished second in local stakes. Best of the rest behind eventual Canadian Horse of the Year Uncaptured in last September's Swynford, the Brian Lynch colt was a closing runner-up in the April 21 Woodstock last time out. The form was boosted when Woodstock winner Dan the Tin Man came back to score in the Tom Ridge at Presque Isle, but Five Iron has a bit to prove at this longer trip. Completing the short field are recent allowance winner Drenched and Ontario-bred maiden scorer Silent Admirer.
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