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JERRE TO CARRIE CAPS BOWEN HAT TRICK,
PREVAILS IN OPENING DAY FEATURE RACE
AUBURN, Wash. (April 9, 2016) – Before a large sun-kissed crowd, Emerald Downs launched its 21st season of live Thoroughbred action with a nine-race card Saturday afternoon.
Leslie Mawing and Rocco Bowen were the riding stars; each recording three wins including Bowen’s resilient victory aboard Jerre to Carrie in the featured $20,500 Muckleshoot Casino Purse for 3-year-old fillies.
Owned by Ron Crockett Inc., Jerre to Carrie ran six furlongs in 1:08.70 on a fast track, edging B C Z Middleton by a head, and paid $7.80, $4 and $2.60. Tom Wenzel is the winning trainer.
B C Z Middleton overtook Jerre to Carrie into the stretch, but Jerre to Carrie fought back from the inside and prevailed after a stretch long battle.
Ridden by Jose Zunino, B C Z Middleton paid $5.40 and $3.40.
My Heart Goes On, the 6-5 betting favorite with Javier Matias riding, ran evenly to finish third and paid $2.40 to show. Last year’s state champion 2-year-old filly, My Heart Goes On appeared a tad washy in the warm-up and lacked her customary punch.
Grindstone Shine, Kiss My Lulu and Sugarseeker completed the order of finish.
Rocketing to the lead from the outside post, Jerre to Carrie led through fractions of :21.92 and :44.24 before yielding command to B C Z Middleton, but showed her mettle to rally back for the victory.
“Today was a huge win, and showed that she’s going in the right direction,” Bowen said. “These were good fillies she beat today.”
A Kentucky-bred by Congrats-Kids Kooler, Jerre to Carrie is 2-1-1 in six career starts with earnings of $33,100 including $11,275 for...
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David Fawkes (winning trainer of Sheer Drama)
“I talked to (Keeneland Racing Secretary) Ben (Huffman) about this race early in the year, and thought it might be a good starting spot. Never expected it to come up this tough. But she ran her race – she brought her A game. She worked so good last week, I thought she could do anything (in this race).”
Click here for Keeneland racing analyst Tom Leach’s post-race interview with trainer David Fawkes.
Joe Bravo (winning rider, who scored his second consecutive victory following the Shakertown-G2)
“This filly did a lot of great things last year, won some Grade 1s, and this was her first race back. (Trainer) Dave (Fawkes) and I spent all week looking at it and saying, ‘Wow. These are some of the best fillies in the country.’ What she did today – you gotta just love her. She has so much heart. (Trainer Todd) Pletcher’s horse (Stopchargingmaria) came to us at the top of the lane, and she passed us. (When a horse trained by) Todd goes by you, you think, ‘Oh right.’ But Sheer Drama said, ‘None of that.’ She gutted it out and outran her down the lane.”
Javier Castellano (rider of runner-up Stopchargingmaria)
“The outside post didn’t help her much, and I had to go wide a little bit. That might have cost me the race but it’s something you just gotta deal with. You have to...
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The Albaugh Family Stable’s Brody’s Cause surged to the front at midstretch and cruised to a 1¾-length victory over My Man Sam to win the 92nd running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) before a crowd of 20,848 on a sunny but cool Saturday afternoon at Keeneland.
Trained by Dale Romans and ridden by Luis Saez, Brody’s Cause covered the 1 1/8 miles on a fast main track in 1:50.20. The victory was worth $600,000 and increased Brody’s Cause’s earnings to $1,123,138 with a record of 6-3-0-1.
A Keeneland sales graduate, Brody’s Cause is a Kentucky-bred son of Giant’s Causeway out of the Sahm mare Sweet Breanna. (Click here for a video of Brody’s Cause selling at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.)
Brody’s Cause became the fourth horse to complete a Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1)-Toyota Blue Grass double. The others were Round Table (1956-1957), Dullahan (2011-2012) and Carpe Diem (2014-2015). Dullahan was trained by Romans.
The victory was the first in the race for Saez and his third winner of the afternoon.
Laoban led the field of 14 through fractions of :23.44, :46.75 and 1:11.44 as Brody’s Cause raced near the back of the pack.
Entering the far turn, Laoban was coming under pressure from Star Hill and Cards of Stone while Saez began picking off horses. Entering the stretch, Saez swung Brody’s Cause wide, collared the leaders at midstretch and drew clear as My Man Sam and Cherry Wine rallied from far back to claim the second and third...
Thanks in part to our IdaBet.com players, Keeneland posted an all-time single-day handle record of $21,736,983 on Toyota Blue Grass Day, April 9.
All-sources wagering included $20,805,455 handled on Keeneland’s 11 live races; $423,679 wagered on the Big Apple/Bluegrass Pick 4; and on-track simulcast handle of $507,849.
The record bested the previous record of $21,647,378 set on Toyota Blue Grass Day, April 14, 2012.
Today’s program was highlighted by three Grade 1 stakes – the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1), won by Brody’s Cause; $500,000 Central Bank Ashland, won by Weep No More; and $300,000 Madison, won by Sheer Drama – and featured an All-Stakes Pick 4, All-Stakes Pick 5 and a special Big Apple/Bluegrass Pick 4 on the Toyota Blue Grass and Madison from Keeneland and Wood Memorial (G1) and Bay Shore (G3) from Aqueduct.
For 80 years, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. As the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction company, Keeneland conducts sales every January, September and November. Its sales graduates dominate racing across the globe at every level. In April and October, Keeneland offers some of the highest caliber and richest Thoroughbred racing in the world. In 2015, Keeneland hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a private, for-profit corporation that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses, and it has donated millions of dollars in charitable contributions for education, research and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky.
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