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Real Grace digs deep to win the G3 Canadian Derby
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) hosted the 47th Annual Alberta Thoroughbred Awards in a virtual format on May 20th, 2021, led by Horse of the Year Real Grace.
Real Grace, a Mineshaft gelding, won two of nine starts in 2020, highlighted by an 18-1 upset victory in the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Century Mile. Earlier in the season, he also won the Derby Trial Stakes at Assiniboia Downs.
The gelding started his 2020 campaign at Tampa Bay Downs after selling as a unraced racing-age prospect at the Ocala Breeders Sales Co. Winter Mixed Sale in January. He raced twice in Florida, including a second-place effort in a maiden special weight for owner and trainer Bernell Rhone. He then shipped north to Canterbury Park for another second-place effort, this time with additional owners Shelley Brown, Jean McEwan, and Bette Holtman.
Authentic, Midnight Bisou in Monmouth Hall of Champions
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Authentic, Midnight Bisou To Join Monmouth Park s Hall Of Champions - Horse Racing News
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Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps
Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps Photo:
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Moments after
Greatest Honour drew off Jan. 30 to win the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), trainer Shug McGaughey remarked that “the pressure begins now.”
That pressure continues Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where Greatest Honour leads a field of 10 into the $300,000
Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2). Post time for the 1 1/16-mile event is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EST. He ran awfully well, he’s trained well since then, so this is just another step, McGaughey told Carolyn Greer this week in
The Fountain of Youth pays its winner 50 Kentucky Derby points, enough to essentially clinch a spot in the starting gates for the First Saturday in May. McGaughey is no stranger to using the race as a springboard to Churchill Downs.