After a harsh spring campaign at age 3 that culminated in a trip to Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), Kueber Racing’s Coach was given an eight-month refresh that seemed to have paid off for her relationships as she took home a three-way convincing winner worth $150,000 Pippin Stakes on January 8 at Oaklawn Park.
.’s 4-year-old daughter Commissioner unleashed her comeback from an extended layoff on December 17th the Hot Springs oval race claims allowance option, passing a score of 2 a length on a closed mud track. Now back in the holdings for the first time since finishing ninth in the Kentucky Oaks, the Coach once again faced similar track conditions for Pippin after the skies opened. opened on Saturday with a heavy downpour, leaving Oaklawn’s surface slushy on race card day.
Go away as a narrow fondness for Phil D’Amato-trained Phil D’Amato Miss Bigly , The coach jumped smartly from the doors at the hands of coach Ricardo Santana Jr., field commander in the opening half: 23.44. After half a mile at:47.60, Miss Bigly, who had been ejected by Coach from the start, rolled, darted inside cadets Brad Cox and crashed head-first into the front as the pair ran into the final turn. together. Stepping into the lane, Coach outpaced his opponent with a long run, getting under the rope in a time of 1:37.58 for a mile.
Home jump coach in Pippin Stakes
Miss Bigly finished before 1 3/4 length WW Fitzy , who first started asking for coach Robertino Diodoro.
Coach ($5.20), landed her second stake win in Pippin, after winning the 2020 Rags to Riches Overnight Stake award at Churchill Downs while underage. Bay increased her overall record to 5-1-2 from 10 starts and earnings of $387,840.
“I think, given the race conditions, Ricardo clearly did a great job getting (her) involved,” Cox told the Oaklawn public when contacted by phone after the race. “Immediately, I fell in love with her position. Once they turned the tables, she was a trying slut. I was pretty confident she would start from there and she reacted well. She did a wonderful job. She is ready to roll and we are so proud of her. ”
Raised in Kentucky by Three Lyons Racing, Coach is one of the Exchange rate mare And stay away , beating of two winners from three ponies to race. And Stay Out has an unnamed 2-year-old Collected and bred with McKinzie for 2022. Coach is on sale for $65,000 as a cue for BSW Bloodstock at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2019 Hot Sale from Candy Meadows Sales.
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