Whelen Springs Carries Momentum Into Chick Lang

Connections of Whelen spring there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic as the crossbreed Arkansas is scheduled to launch its graded stakes in the $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes (G3) program on May 21 at Pimlico racetrack.

Chick Lang is a six-time sprint for 3-year-olds. Also on Saturday Preakness Day is the Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) for kids ages 3 and up to wear six Ao Dai. There, racing lightly Disco Pharoah will debut his graded bets after a clear win in the Frank Y. Whiteley Stakes on April 16 at Laurel Park.

In Chick Lang, Whelen Springs will start from Oaklawn Park first. A hybrid of John Ed Anthony’s Shortleaf Stable, Whelen Springs has won three in a row at long distance six times. The Street Sense Colt earned his first special weight class win on March 26 before scoring 5 points against other Arkansas crosses in a $150,000 Rainbow Stakes match on April 9.

With that effort, coach John Ortiz joined Whelen Springs in an open company in the $154,000 Bachelor of Equity program on April 30, where he won 3-5 favorites. Cogburn by neck.

Hall of Fame coach Steve Asmussen also went to Cogburn in Chick Lang, where the son of today’s top third-plant breeder Not this time Drawn railway. Speed ​​Cogburn, who won his previous two starts against the Bachelor, was campaigned by Clark Brewster and Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt.

Each horse carries 121 pounds in the Bachelor. On Saturday, Whelen Springs was delivered a high of 124 pounds while Coburn is expected to carry 120.

“It’s been a great race in the long run,” Ortiz said after The Bachelor. “I mean, this is a battle. I’m happy, even with the early move, we still have to fight Steve (Asmussen) and (rider Ricardo Santana Jr.). I love running here in Oaklawn. and compete with these great coaches. It’s a great feeling.”

The two Arkansas invaders will need to repel a challenge from the Marablue Ranch and the Old House of Pegasus Stud, who improved to 3v3 when they captured the Lafayette Stake last month in Keeneland. Quicks Overall analysis Colt, coached by Brett Brinkman, should have been part of the initial controversy under Tommy Pompell.

Disco Pharoah will try to add to his quick 2022 start during the Maryland Sprint on Saturday. After not racing until November of her 3-year-old season, Disco Pharoah finished fourth and then second in a special starter pair for girls last year. This year, the son of a Triple Crown winner American pharoah hit her stride at age 4, winning the 6 1/2 length 19 1/2 maiden race on March 5 at Water troughs. With that effort, coach Raymond Handal stepped into the Disco Pharoah in a seven-child Frank Y. Whiteley match, where he won 3/4 of the length.

Campaigned by Perrine Time Thoroughbreds and Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Disco Pharoah will close the gap as a high-copper in Saturday’s test. Waiting for Disco Pharoah to race lightly on Saturday will be veteran Governor , starting the 27th of his career. The two horses took different paths to the Maryland Sprint Stakes, but they entered the race together at 122 pounds.