The 3-year-olds from the Kentucky Derby (G1) weren’t the only horses shortlisted Churchill Downs for a dirt pile race on the first Saturday in May.
About four hours before the Derby, 14 sophomores competed in the $500,000 Pat Day Mile (G2), a race seen as a lucrative consolation prize for horses who didn’t earn enough points. event in the Derby match. Some shorter distance races also participate in a one-way dirt race.
Southern California-based coach Tim Yakteen, who runs Realistic move And regeneration in the Derby, there was a pair of people participating in the Pat Day Mile in the California-bred bet winner Kangaroo Court And Fort Bragg who finished fifth twice in the graded bets in March and April on the Derby Trail.
Fort Bragg, a faucet The pony racing for SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan, has outdone some Kentucky Derby favorites. He finished 5 1/2 lengths after stable friend Realistic move in the San Felipe Shares (G2) at Santa Anita . Park before losing Forte equal to 9 1/2 the length when going to Gulfstream Park for the Florida Derby (G1).
Disappointingly far behind in the second race, he took the lead from column 10 and lacked in the 1/8-mile race after a quick half-mile opening at: 46.71.
“It’s a great move” to take the lead, said Jack Wolf, co-founder of Starlight Racing.
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“I think this distance will suit him better than the Florida Derby distance,” he added.
Last year at the age of 2, Fort Bragg beat Derby’s long shot regeneration in a maiden race in Santa Anita and finished third behind Realistic move in Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), both clocked 1 1/16 mile. He is 1-1-2 in six starts overall.
Joel Rosario, on board during the Florida Derby, was back in the irons in Saturday’s race, the half-mile race that was just his turn.
Similar Ownership Starts Runner Up Bay Shore Stakes (G3) Gilmore in the Pat Day Mile with trainer Brendan Walsh. Irad Ortiz Jr. was up.
by George Sharp Kangaroo Court , painted on the inside, stretches after beating Echo Eddie Stakes April 8 in Santa Anita by head. He raced 6 and a half laps in the Echo Eddie fast pace race at 1:15.66.
Racer John Velazquez rides the Hall of Fame.
Curly Jack Substitute for two games in preparation for this winter and spring Derby at Fair Grounds Racecourse & Slots, is a candidate for improvement on his return to Churchill Downs, where he won the Iroquois Stakes (G3) and a troubled runner-up in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2), both last year. He’s 12-1 on the morning line.
The race favorites are the ultimate subsidy winners Echo back 7-2 and 4-1 General Jim unranked since winning Swale Stakes (G3) on Feb. 4 at Gulfstream Park.
Fort Bragg was the third pick on the light line at 9-2.
