Winchell Thoroughbreds and Corridor of Fame coach Steve Asmussen did greater than win the $310,430 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) July 6 with their millionaire Pink Route One . In addition they took dwelling second place when front-running Unload held the runner-up spot within the richest race of the Prairie Meadows season.
Unload—to whom the betting public paid scant respect at 66-1 odds, apparently viewing him as merely a pacemaker for his extra achieved stablemate—did guarantee tempo for Pink Route One, however he additionally gave him a scare. He led till the closing 100 yards of the race earlier than fatigue lastly set in, and Pink Route One rallied to prevail by a half-length.Pink Route One, ch, 4/c
Gun Runner — Pink Home, by Tapit
Proprietor: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Ron Winchell)
Breeder: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY)
Coach: Steven M. Asmussen
Jockey: Cristian A. Torres
Data supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Gun Runner stands at Three Chimneys Farm.
Henro, ch, 3/g
Collected — Road Minstrel, by Road Cry (IRE)
Proprietor: JD Thoroughbreds LLC (Jackie Slawson) and Joey Keith Davis
Breeder: Brereton C. Jones (KY)
Coach: Chris A. Hartman
Jockey: Rafael Bejarano
Data supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Collected stands at Airdrie Stud for $10,000 (2024).
Simply Basking, gr/ro, 3/f
Arrogate — Spanish Star, by Blame
Proprietor: Gilder Schwarz Farm
Breeder: Gilder-Schwarz Farms LLC (KY)
Coach: Ian R. Wilkes
Jockey: Chris Landeros
Data supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
White Sands, b, 2/f
Into Mischief — Unicorn Woman, by A. P. 5 Hundred
Proprietor: Mrs. John Magnier and Mrs. Paul Shanahan
Breeder: Newstead Corp (KY)
Coach: Wesley A. Ward
Jockey: Joe Bravo
Data supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Into Mischief stands at Spendthrift Farm for $250,000 (2024).
Sale Historical past
OBSMAR2023 • $45,000 • Consignor: De Meric Gross sales • Purchaser: Chris Hartman, agent for JD TBS & Joe Ok. Davis.
KEENOV2021 • $100,000 • Consignor: Brereton C. Jones/Airdrie Stud • Purchaser: Sand Hill Bloodstock.
Velocitor crossed the wire in third however was demoted to fourth by stewards after an inquiry. Ain’t Life Grand , fourth passing the successful submit, was elevated to 3rd, having been bumped by Velocitor.
Successful rider Cristian Torres noticed the bumping between these horses to his inside and felt assured stewards wouldn’t take any motion towards his horse.
“I felt I used to be good. I stored my lane on the surface,” he stated.Join BloodHorse Each day
Pink Route One raced 1 1/8 miles on a quick monitor in 1:49.62, returning $9 to win.
Favored Hit Present by no means threatened and completed seventh.
A homebred for Winchell Thoroughbreds, Pink Route One is by Gun Runner out of the Tapit mare Pink Home . One of many nation’s high sires, Gun Runner stands for a non-public price at Three Chimneys Farm.
Video: Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (G3)
A race earlier than, Henro , making his first begin in a route after six profession begins in sprints, upset closely favored Only a Contact by a head within the night’s secondary characteristic, the $250,000 Iowa Derby.
Monitoring a contested tempo, Henro saved floor round each turns and located a seam within the stretch that gave him the daylight he wanted. The diminutive Collected gelding then determinedly handed his bigger rival. He raced 1 1/16 miles below Rafael Bejarano in 1:42.72.
Chris Hartman trains the Brereton Jones-bred Henro for homeowners JD Thoroughbreds and Joey Keith Davis. He paid $11.60 for a $2 win wager.
Blue Grass Stakes (G1) runner-up Only a Contact, returning after a last-place end within the Might 4 Kentucky Derby (G1), was a transparent runner-up, 3 1/4 lengths forward of weakening pacesetter Northern Flame .
Video: Iowa Derby (BT)
Earlier Motion
Gilder Schwarz Farm’s late-running Arrogate filly Simply Basking ($5.60) triumphed in her stakes debut, swooping previous rivals to win going away by 4 3/4 lengths within the $220,500 Iowa Oaks. Chris Landeros piloted the Ian Wilkes trainee, who was hand-timed racing 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.40. Previously a grade 3, the Iowa Oaks was run below listed standing this 12 months after it was downgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
The night time’s Thoroughbred stakes motion kicked off with a Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes victory from White Sands , a now 2-for-2 daughter of Into Mischief who’s a half sister to 2021 champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior . She drew off by 13 3/4 lengths and gained geared down within the $101,750 race below Joe Bravo with 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:04.18. The Wesley Ward trainee races for the Coolmore-affiliated Mrs. John Magnier and Mrs. Paul Shanahan and paid $5.20 to win.
