LOUISVILLE, Ky – Not everybody was singing the blues after heavy rains left the racetrack a sea of slop at Churchill Downs for Oaks Day and still on the wet side during the early stages of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby program – certainly not the connections of Strong Quality, who took advantage of the off going […]
Strong Quality made his return to the grass a success as he picked up his first black-type victory in the Colonel E. R. Bradley S. at the Fair Grounds. The dark bay switched to the turf last spring against optional claimers and won at Gulfstream Park, then repeated the feat against allowance types at Keeneland. […]
1st-Churchill Downs, $86,250, Msw, 6-1, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.95, ft, 3/4 length. CALL ME ANDY (c, 2, Midshipman–Di’s Delight {SP, $166,825}, by French Deputy), given a 5-2 chance to graduate at first asking, was checked soon after the start and only had one horse beaten in sixth in the very early stages. Call Me Andy […]
8th-Gulfstream, $76,200, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 2-26, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.50, ft, 5 1/4 lengths. YOU LOOK COLD (f, 4, Frosted–Lucky Draw, by Lookin At Lucky) Lifetime Record: SW, 12-3-1-0, $177,490. O-Kinsman Stable; B-Blackstone Farm LLC (PA); T-William I. Mott. *$70,000 RNA Ylg ’20 KEEJAN; $37,000 RNA 2yo ’21 OBSAPR.
8th-Gulfstream, $72,000, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 2-25, 4yo/up, 7 1/2fT, 1:27.77, fm, 1 3/4 lengths. STRONG QUALITY (c, 4, Quality Road–Tiz So Sweet {SP, $211,100}, by Tiznow), unraced as a juvenile, won at second asking at the Fair Grounds Feb. 19 as a 3-year-old and was in the money stepping up into tougher conditions on […]
1st-Delaware, $42,150, Msw, 10-29, 2yo, 6f, 1:12.53, ft, 3 1/2 lengths. MO MARIANO (g, 2, Mo Town–Coral Beach, by Tale of the Cat), the 8-5 choice in his debut, showed the way narrowly inside of Six Whips (Free Drop Billy). The pair raced one-two into the far turn before Mo Mariano found another gear, kicking […]
he undefeated Sir Lancelot leads a field of seven entered in the Oct. 29 Bowman Mill Stakes, a six furlong event for 2-year-olds over the main track at Keeneland. Trained by Michael Stidham for owner/breeders Susan and John Moore, the gelded son of Goldencents started his career with a whopping 7 3/4-length win in a Sept. 9 maiden special […]
Fair Grounds Gary Barber and Kinsman Stable’s Strong Quality won his second start Feb. 19 for trainer Mark Casse at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The 3-year-old son of Quality Road is out of the Kinsman homebred Tiznow mare Tiz So Sweet and was a $500,000 purchase by agent Justin Casse at The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s premier breeding stock sale in Lexington, where […]
FINEST CITY S., $100,000, Presque Isle Downs, 9-13, (S), 2yo, f, 6f (AWT), 1:10.05, ft. 1–YOU LOOK COLD, 117, f, 2, by Frosted 1st Dam: Lucky Draw, by Lookin At Lucky 2nd Dam: Stellar Baby, by Brahms 3rd Dam: Regal Galaxy, by Regal Classic 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($70,000 RNA Ylg ’20 KEEJAN; $37,000 RNA 2yo […]
You Look Cold and Jockey Jose Ferrer with Trainer Robert O’Connor, II (R), in the Winners Circle after winning at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, NJ on August 7, 2021. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO There’s a unique sense of excitement that consumes even the most grizzled of trainers when they have a promising young horse […]
