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Photo: Carolyn Simancik / Eclipse Sportswire It looks like the third time indeed will be the charm for the 2021 debuts of Brad Cox stars Essential Quality and Monomoy Girl. After weather-related postponements the last two weeks, Oaklawn is scheduled Saturday to hold the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes a Kentucky Derby points prep pitching Essential Quality against Jackie s Warrior, Keepmeinmind and Spielberg and the Bayakoa (G3) on Sunday, with champion older dirt female Monomoy Girl making her return. Gulfstream hosts points preps Saturday for the Kentucky Derby with the Fountain of Youth (G2) and for the Kentucky Oaks with the Davona Dale (G2). And on Friday, Turfway s ungraded John Battaglia Memorial offers 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby points to the top four finishers. ....
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 trai ....
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 ....