Cy Truthful turned the tables on Slay the Day April 30 with a victory within the Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs.
Within the 5 1/2-furlong turf race for 3-year-old fillies, the George Weaver trainee broke midpack and settled off the contested tempo set by Midnight Martini with Thank You Amy in shut pursuit. As that pair set opening fractions of :22.11 and :45.12, Cy Truthful raced in fifth down the backstretch underneath a decent maintain from jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., and on the flip for residence, started to advance on the sphere.
Because the fillies hit the stretch, the daughter of Not This Time tipped exterior rivals and commenced operating them down. She collared Brian Lynch’s Slay the Day in deep stretch and pulled away to attain by a size on the wire. She accomplished the race in a remaining time of 1:01.90 on agency turf and paid $3.98 for the win.
“George (Weaver) stated, ‘Do not be on the lead.’ Final time (within the Limestone at Keeneland) I went to the entrance and we acquired beat.” Ortiz stated. “This time I took a maintain on her out of the gate. She was pulling onerous however I had her. Then I lower her free and she or he went similar to she was speculated to.”
Owned by Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts, and Mark Stanton, Cy Truthful defeated males in successful final yr’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash (G1T) at Del Mar. Her first begin of this season got here within the April 10 Limestone Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland, the place she completed second to Slay the Day. Each fillies got here into the Mamzelle off simply 20 days’ relaxation for his or her rematch.
“That’s type of what we hope she would do, settle slightly bit higher,” Phillip Shelton of Medallion Racing stated. “As soon as she turned within the lane and switched leads, it was type of throughout. She’s a particular horse, and all credit score goes to George and his workforce, they usually made the choice to run her again right here.”
Video: Mamzelle S. offered by Kentucky Proud (G3T)
Earlier on the April 30 “Thurby” card at Churchill Downs had been the Opening Verse Stakes and the St. Matthews In a single day Stakes.
Within the Opening Verse, Lagynos narrowly acquired up within the remaining strides for his third consecutive win. Because the 6-5 favourite, the 5-year-old son of Kantharos raced midpack and got here underneath a drive within the stretch, splitting rivals to defeat Chasing the Crown by a nostril. The Steve Asmussen trainee, owned by HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud, accomplished the mile on the turf in a remaining time of 1:34.12 and paid $4.54 to win.
Video: Opening Verse S. (BT)
One race later within the St. Matthews, Most Bourbon , educated by Phil D’Amato, took the lead after a half-mile underneath assured dealing with and by no means seemed again, scoring by 5 3/4 lengths on the wire because the post-time favourite. Owned by Agave Racing Steady, Rockin Robin Racing Stables, and Evan Trommer, the son of Most Safety accomplished the 6 furlongs on a quick fundamental observe in 1:08.81 and paid $3.92 for a $2 wager.
Video: St. Matthews In a single day S. (BT)