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Creator Turns in Final Kentucky Derby Breeze
With WinStar Farm owner Kenny Troutt looking on, Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winnerCreator breezed four furlongs in :50 3/5 at Churchill Downs the morning of May in his final workout for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
A 3-year-old son of Tapit out of Morena, a multiple group winner in her native Peru before placing in five graded stakes in the U.S., Creator worked four furlongs in :50 3/5, with fractional split times of :12 2/5, :25 1/5, and :38.
Trainer Steve Asmussen said the colt, who had four second-place finishes and a fifth before breaking his maiden in his sixth start, lacked focus early on. Then he put it all together in his maiden victory, which was followed by a third in the Rebel Stakes (gr. III) before he barreled his way through traffic to win the Arkansas Derby on April 16 atOaklawn Park.
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“He’s always had a lot of talent,” said the trainer, who has been selected for induction into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame this year. “He’s a great physical, tremendous pedigree. It’s been in him. I think that he just lacked focus in his races. It was a bit frustrating running him because you felt like he should have won several of the races you watched him in. But he would have a mental lapse and just not finish up with the effort you knew he was capable of.
“I thought he gave us indicators pre-race in Arkansas that his focus had come around at the right time. In the Arkansas Derby I thought he showed a maturity and a focus that will come in very handy for him in a Derby field.”
Asmussen said he did not change anything with Creator’s routine in order to get him more focused.
“We try to stay steady with what we do,” he said. “I think when the day goes better, they know what to expect tomorrow. I do feel that the progression of Creator from a results standpoint is just how he’s finishing a race off. He was in good races with horses who have done well and you just wanted to see him put a little more effort into it and I think we’re there now. He liked the success he had (in Arkansas). I think that’s put a little different face on him as far as training.”
“Creator is one of the best horses we’ve had coming into the Derby,” said Troutt, whose farm won the Derby with Super Saver in 2010. “He’s developed late and grown up and matured. It looks like the further he goes the better he likes it. We’re very excited about Saturday. I have to be careful about getting too high on them because in the Derby you don’t have to be the best horse to win, but get the best racing luck.”
Bred in Kentucky by Mt. Brilliant Broodmares, Creator was purchased for $440,000 from the Gainesway consignment, agent for Mt. Brilliant, to the 2014 Keeneland September yearling sale.
Tags: Creator, WinStar Farm, Steve Asmussen, Kenny Trout, Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (Gr. I), KYDerby16
fonte : Bloodhorse.com
Found (centre) surges clear after meeting traffic earlier in the race
Found impressive in cosy Mooresbridge win
Report: Curragh, Monday, Camelot European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes (Group 3) 1m2f, 4yo+
BREEDERS’ CUP TURF winner Found turned the tables on Fascinating Rock, reversing the form of last year’s Champion Stakes at Ascot, and exacted her revenge in stylish fashion to win the Group 3 contest.
Aidan O’Brien’s star filly stepped up markedly from a recent third on her return, though there was an anxious moment or two for Ryan Moore, who appeared trapped in behind Success Days and Fascinating Rock with a furlong to go.
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However, Moore showed why many regard him as the best in the business as he threaded the needle between the two leaders and steered the 11-8 shot to a hands and heels length-and-a-quarter win.
Campaign mapped out
Betfair Sportsbook shortened Found to evens (from 5-2) for the Tattersalls Gold Cup at Curragh on May 22, while also making her 9-4 (from 7-2) for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot and 10-1 (from 16) for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Found is also entered in the Coronation Cup at Epsom, for which she is a 3-1 chance with Betfair (from 7-2), but O’Brien has mapped out a globetrotting campaign for his talented daughter of Galileo that could limit domestic appearances.
Ryan Moore (left) looked happy after Found’s victory
PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos
O’Brien, fresh from success in the Qipco 1,000 Guineas with Minding, said: “Found hasn’t come in her coat and I didn’t think she’d come on as much as she seems to have.
“You’d have to be very happy. The plan was that she would go next to the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh and possibly the Coronation, but basically she’s to get a break with a view to later in the season.
“We’d be thinking two runs after the break before the Arc, and maybe the Breeders’ Cup after that.”
How it panned out
Success Days made most and it appeared Ken Condon’s four-year-old would take some passing with Found buried in behind the two leaders, while Fascinating Rock faded out of contention late on.
John Joseph Murphy’s Hot Sauce, ridden by Kieren Fallon, also showed up well and looked a contender with two furlongs to run, though as soon as Found was in the clear there was only going to be one winner.