Cazadero closed with the right to win CA$255,500 Nearctic Stakes (G2T) on Oct 8 at Honeysuckle.
The six-field bet for kids ages 3 and up drew a competitive field of eight, with the eventual winner starting out of eight under the guidance of husband Patrick.
Cazadero runs at the back of the pack like Into the Sunrise took control to run a quarter at: 22.93, then 2020 Nearctic winner and multi-stakes winner Silent Poet take the lead with the ratio: 45.29 innings with 4-5 picks Binding for Nowhere Highlander Stakes (G2T) winners July 2, in close pursuit.
Silent Poet and Bound for Nowhere began to separate themselves from their rivals over a long period of time, with Bound for Nowhere taking the lead as Cazadero, still last, began to gain momentum.
In the middle of the lane, the 4-year-old son of Street Sense flew fully and passed the leaders on the way to the score 2 1/4. Bound for Nowhere ranked second for Silent Poet.
Final time on the pitch is definitely 1:09.11.
“I just looked at the form and saw that this is his second time on the field,” the husband said for the first time. “In the last race, he went out of speed, flying. I was just trying to get him back to where he was.”
It was the fourth win in 10 games for Cazadero, coached by Brendan Walsh for Marc Detampel.
Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings in Kentucky after winning 3 Wild cat mare Wild Gams , the gelding went through the auction ring twice, most recently at the April 2022 Keeneland Racing Horse Sale, where he sold for $50,000 to dealer Fergus Galvin from Eaton Sales consignment. Prior to that, he failed to meet his reserve at the 2019 Keeneland Sale, where the hammer fell at $120,000, so he had his first eight starts for Stonestreet and coached. Coach Steve Asmussen.
He came to Nearctic in third place finishing in the race for the long-distance 1/5 1/2 grass option ownership. August 27 at Racecourse Saratogahis first outing for Walsh and Detampel.
Cazadero, also the 2020 Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) winner at Churchill Downspaid $18.40 for a $2 winning ticket. He’s a 3rd grade half brother Almost famous . Eight of the Wild Gams’ nine starters were winners, including a 2-year-old pony of Good magic named Dubyuhnell . The mare was bred with Quack for 2023 after vacating in 2022 and canceling in 2021.
Video: Nearctic S. (G2T)
Who is the star who set the track record in the Durham Cup
M Racing Group’s Who is the star? regrouped from the end after a slow start, edging past seven of his opponents to score an impressive win at the CA$157,500 Durham Cup (G3).
4 years old Tonalist gelding, one of three horses in the eight-horse field trained by Mark Casse, is starting first on the synthetic surface and completing the 1/16-mile test in a record time of 1:40.73 while scoring half-length more Artie’s Storm .
Who is the star who blew up the home team in the Durham Cup
“I knew this horse would come running; that’s what it did the last time it was here,” said rider Emma-Jayne Wilson, who is scoring her second straight score with Who’s the Star following. when catching Niagara more than 1 1/4 miles on EP Taylor field 13-1 in their first partnership. The Kentucky Turf finished his eighth non-threatening showdown with a provisional appearance in the 1 1/2 mile Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs.
“And he was pretty fast last quarter, so I just wanted to make sure I got the ball in from behind in the first leg and you know it was a bit shorter than EP Taylor,” Wilson said. “But he handled it so beautifully, he just drove home. I’m really impressed.”
Like a storma second intern of Casse, sent from his inside post to fight War Bombers to take the lead in the club’s turn and hold a half-way advantage over a quarter in: 23.81.
The War Bomber moved up just outside the leader to charge just half a mile in: 47.05, and led by half the length through six ducts in 1:09.93.
Meanwhile, Artie’s Storm was sitting upright while hugging the rails and turning outside to make his move on the final turn. That momentum carried him forward after they headed home and he took the lead at the tense call. But Who’s the Star moved quickly to hit the dead end while racing the widest and not being denied.
Artie’s Storm is a clear second, three paragraphs long ago War Bombers .
Raised in Kentucky by Oscar Penn and John R. Penn in the Carson City mare Go up Who’s the Star was purchased $375,000 by Golden Star Farm from Penn Sales for the September 2019 Keeneland Promotion. He is the most recent pony to come out of his dam who has been bred seven times without seeing a pony, most recently Troubled World for 2023. All six of her starters are winners, including the level 3 winner Bourbon Courage .
Who’s the Star, who began his career in California with John Sadler, joins Casse’s series in Florida this winter.
He returned $20.10 on a $2 winning ticket.
Video: Durham Cup S. (G3)
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