connection of General Jim probably hoping foal talent would take him Churchill Downs Racecourse It wasn’t the Kentucky Derby (G1), but it was on the first Saturday in May.
Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) on March 4, a key Kentucky Derby qualifier race Gulfstream Parkand after that setback, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey focused on the short Puttday Mile (G2) on Kentucky Derby Day on May 6.
Saturday’s race at Churchill Downs Racecourse went according to plan. General Jim, who returned from his three-month layoff in the $500,000 contest, said he was a stubborn Fort Bragg After winning the seven furlong Swale Stakes (G3) on 4 February at Gulfstream, he gave the colt his second consecutive Graded Stakes win, with a win by a neck.
General Jim would have been a question mark in a 1 1/4 mile classic race like the Derby, but the turn mile of Saturday’s race was something he enjoyed, as was Swale’s seven furlongs .of mischievously colt is currently 4-0-2 in 7 starts with $519,833 in earnings.
GENERAL JIM won the Putt Day Mile (GII) with trainer Claude McGoy III riding Louis Saez.
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General Jim recovered from 7th to 1st on Saturday, running the distance in 1:34.43, returning $12.04 on a $2 wager.
Jockey Luis Saez said, “When I got to the top I thought I had won. But it was a pretty good fight.”
Fort Bragg took command after scoring six furlongs in 1:09.27 after scoring 22.41 and 45 minutes. Gilmore Third. Marbled departure was fourth gun pilot Fifth.
“It was an amazing win. Winning on a day like today is really special,” said Cortland Farms owner Donald Adam. “He’s turned out to be a very good horse. Very special. We’ve now had his last two wins and hopefully we’ll see more good results in the future.”
Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day presented the winning connection with a trophy.
“We’ve won with this horse before. Machen It was in 2011 when the race was run as a Derby Trial,” said Adam.
General Jim, bred by Fifth Avenue Bloodstock and Centerline Breeding in Kentucky, is out of stakes Carlin mare Grace inspired sound 3 of the dam’s 5 foals are starters and 2 of them are winners.Her youngest is a one-year-old mare genuine article .
General Jim was purchased at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from Indian Creek consignment for $850,000.
The Pat Day Mile was marred by an injury to Randy Jill Gootzeit. freezing point , was pulled down the backstretch by jockey Corey Llanelli. The horse was taken to the Equine Medical Center at Churchill Downs for evaluation and later euthanized, Truck confirmed.
He was the second horse fatality on Kentucky Derby Day.The other is Rocket Ship Racing chloe’s dream , was also confirmed to have been euthanized after the second race due to injuries. Seven deaths have been confirmed at Churchill Downs since April 27.
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2022 Kentucky Derby Alumni Zozo Wins Knicks Go Overnight Stakes
Two races ahead of Kentucky Derby undercard, ahead of Barry and Joni Batso Zozos declined a bid from Kapuna Won the $171,536 Knicks Go Overnight Stakes by three quarter lengths.
Knicks Go was limited to horses that had not won a graded stakes race in 2022-23, but many horses have done so, including last year’s Louisiana Derby (G2) runner-up and 10th-place Zozos. I was competing with a different company, but I became a finisher in the Kentucky Derby (G1).
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4 year old son Mannings , Zozos ($9.42) took their third victory in four starts since returning in December after a break following the Derby. He’s 5-1-0 in his eight games, and trainer Brad his Cox earnings are $461,508.
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He ran the fast track mile in a stakes record 1:34.42.
3 techniques Finished in 3rd place.