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Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Super Stock Apr 22, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com
Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen’s Super Stock punched his ticket to Churchill Downs on May 1 by posting a 2 1/2-length triumph in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 10. The colt earned 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series with his biggest win to date, completing 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.92.
Ricardo Santana Jr. will be back up in the Run for the Roses.
Super Stock improved his career mark to 8-2-2-2, $804,762, in posting his initial Grade 1 victory. The son of Dialed In debuted as a juvenile on the Keeneland turf on July 9 and never factored. He was moved to the main oval for his second venture and showed vast improvement when finishing runner-up by a head at Lone Star Park. In his third performance, the Kentucky-bred broke through with a score in the Texas Thoroughbred Futurity.
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Three takeaways from the 2021 Wood Memorial Apr 6, 2021 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com
Bourbonic rallied last-to-first at 72-1
odds in the major Kentucky Derby qualifier.
Here are three takeaways from the Wood Memorial.
Bourbonic?
Bourbonic was as big a surprise as it comes. The former
claimer appeared overmatched, exiting a well-beaten second in an entry-level
allowance at Parx. And the confirmed closer received a terrible setup, biding
his time in last behind a dawdling opening six furlongs in 1:14.98.
A Calumet homebred Bernardini colt, Bourbonic didn’t start
to make headway until the conclusion of the far turn, swinging extremely wide
into the stretch, and he motored through the final sixteenth of a mile to get