While many people observed the racing action at Pimlico Race Course on Preakness Stakes day, May 18, two popular graded stakes winners returned in victory elsewhere around the country.
In Churchill Downs in Kentucky, 4 year old millionaire Disarm —Last year’s Matt Winn Stakes (G3) winner — won a $123,820 option allowance in his first race start since a runner-up finish in the Travers Stakes (G1) August 26. And at Gulfstream Park in Florida, 3-year-old sprinter Crimson supporter —who traveled overseas last summer to win the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot — scored the $81,000 Roar Stakes.
Neither has eliminated the competition, although each has successfully launched their 2024 campaign with fitness-enhancing returns.
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Disarm, a thoroughbred son of Gun Runner trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, scored one and a half points in his 1 1/16-mile race, setting an easy pace under Keith Asmussen and fending off a middling effort from the you are stable On the stage . He was timed 1:45.88 for the distance, a slow time at least partly due to a sluggish initial pace. His final sixteenth of a mile was clocked in :05.90. He paid $2.28 to win.
#KyDerby graduate Disarmament returns #ChurchillDowns an under winner @keithasm7! pic.twitter.com/9cUr5X0Cra
— Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 18, 2024
Crimson Advocate, a 3 year old filly Nyquistist owned by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ran at a faster tempo, timed by 5 furlongs in :54.77 under Edwin Gonzalez. Cadet George Weaver paid $4 to win.
Saturday’s race marked her first start since she finished sixth in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T).
Crimson Supporter, with @EdwinGonzazz1ahead in the Roar Stakes. #GulfstreamPark #RoyalPalmMeet pic.twitter.com/SwOfmxwToX
– Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) May 18, 2024
