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Study Guide: 2021 John Battaglia Memorial Feb 23, 2021 J. Keeler Johnson
The $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park has long served as a local steppingstone toward the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), Turfway s signature race. But Friday s renewal of the John Battaglia is the most significant to date for the first time, the 1 1/16-mile race serves as a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep event awarding qualification points to the top four finishers on a 10-4-2-1 basis.
Gretzky the Great
Wins: 3
Sire: Nyquist
Jockey: Gerardo Corrales
A son of 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, Gretzky the Great is easily the most accomplished runner in the John Battaglia field. A two-time stakes winner, Gretzky the Great used his pace-tracking speed to dominate the Summer (G1) at Woodbine last fall by 3 1/4 lengths. Although he hasn t run since finishing sixth against a tough field in the Nov. 6 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), Gretzky the Great has been training forwardly for his retu
Casse has sophomores to beat in John Battaglia Memorial, Cincinnati Trophy Feb 22, 2021 Vance Hanson/Brisnet.com GRETZKY THE GREAT (Michael Burns Photography)
Turfway Park s acquisition by Churchill Downs has given the northern Kentucky
track additional point-scoring races on both the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby
and Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, beginning with Friday s $100,000 John
Battaglia Memorial and $65,000 Cincinnati Trophy.
The Mark Casse-trained
Gretzky the Great is the most accomplished
among the full field in the 1 1/16-mile John Battaglia Memorial. After breaking
his maiden over Woodbine s Tapeta last August, the son of Nyquist won two stakes
on grass, including the Summer (G1) by more than three lengths. He was last seen
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