It was an exciting end to the massive performance of the January 30 John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3T) $200,000 as two hardened veterans hit the strings. After nearly five minutes of deliberation at the end of Connally’s match, Sam Houston Racing Park management ruled that the child is 6 years old Another mystery and 7 years old Fantasioso simply inseparable at the wire. Dead heat.
A full field of 12 lined up for the three-way grass test at Sam Houston, with Ajourneytofreedom , one of three candidates for coach Mike Maker, is rated as the favorite. When the portal opened, both Bloom Racing Stable and Team Block’s coach Ignacio Correas’ Fantasioso and Another Mystery hit speeds in eighth and 10th place respectively after early splits: 24.30 and: 50.54. As the racehorses crawled past six springs in 1:15.48 and a mile in 1:41.18, Fantasioso, led by rider James Graham, began his assault on the runners-up at the start of the stretch. road, with Another Mystery starting to run high under Jareth Loveberry with five-wide bids around the turn. Down the lane, Fantasioso fought head-to-head with Strong Tide .
“They were slow ahead of us, which didn’t help us but (Fantasioso) finished the right way,” Graham said after the race. “He felt that the other horse was coming and they went down the rope together so couldn’t be upset about it.”
Another Mystery ($23.60) and Fantasioso ($10.80) ran a mile and a half on solid grass in 2:31.28.
Another Mystery’s Loveberry said, “He’s really captured some time in the fifth and sixteenth column and I know we’ll have a good ride home,” said Another Mystery’s Loveberry. “I knew he had his head down at the right moment. I just don’t know if we were good (Fantasioso) but we did.”
“As my dad would say, (Another mystery) cried for three turns and we were just set to finish it,” said coach Chris Block. “He’s been training great to achieve this and I’m confident he’ll run well.”
Strong Tide took the lead in third while Ajourneytofreedom performed best of the Maker trio, coming in at sixth.
Fantasioso, bred in Argentina by Luther Eduardo Carlos, earned his first US win at Connally. A bet winner is graded multiple times and a 1 is placed in his hometown, he is sent to Correas’ warehouse at Keeneland last year when I was 6 years old. He is by Strategy Prince and out of Lucky Roberto mare Soy Maja wins.
Another mystery is an Illinois hybrid of Team Block Temple City out of the tough race Ioya Two (Lord At War), a graded bet winner also campaigned by Team Block. The dam of nine winners from 10 ponies to race, Ioya Two is now the dam of three graded stake winners with Another Mystery’s Connally scores along with Ioya Bigtime (Dynaformer) and Great results (Grand Slam).
Videotapes: John B. Connally Turf Cup S. (G3T)
Red Run Prevails at Texas Turf Mile
Males of the first crop in 2021 Gunman rewrote the history books with his cardinal athlete flight, overshadowing Uncle Mo The record for progeny earnings in the first crop was set in 2015. The male of six land stake winners, the brilliant stallion now boasts a stake winner on the back turf. when the Red Run Bob Bork Texas Turf Mile Stakes late rally point $200,000.
Red Run Stands Up to Win the Texas Turf Mile Stakes
Red Run was actually the first male winner when it debuted last May at the age of 2 at Churchill Downs. After three failed bets on both turf and grass, the Winchell Thoroughbreds finished in a solid second place after starting the first match in an allowable option match on the 27th. November went twice on dirt roads at Churchill.
Defeated 5-1 on Sunday’s field, Red Run ran near the back of the early pack under driver Joel Rosario while taking priority. The facility is stolen trail in the field. After a first quarter in high spirits: 22.99 booked by Chanceux , Red Run gradually improved his position at the end and launched a strong year-wide bid home, hot Stolen Base on his heel. However, intern Steve Asmussen closed faster than favorite, and prepared a game Lineage stride in front of the rope.
Red Run ($12.80) is more than half dominant over Bloodline, who is a quarter length ahead of Stolen Base 1. He raced a mile on a firm turf in 1:37.75.
“Bob Bork opened Sam Houston, the first pari-mutuel track in Texas, and we started running here regularly 20 years ago,” Asmussen said. “(Bork) is someone who is very credited with growing and going up. Sam Houston has always been nice to us and to win this race is very special.
“(Red Run) was Gun Runner’s first winner. We were pretty rushed with him (when he was 2 years old). He’s a nice pony with good action sequences. I think he’s He is developing properly and he has a very good future.”
Red Run is the first pony among Tapit mare Red House, she is the full sister of 3-year-old champion and Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) heroine Can’t touch and a younger half-sister from 1st grade Paddy O’Prado . Red House has a fully unnamed juvenile brother of Red Run.
Videotapes: Bob Bork Texas Turf Mile S. (BT)
