At Age Seven, Arklow Picks Up Graded Win In Louisville Sponsored by:
Arklow wins the G3 Louisville
Grade 1 winner Arkow has aged well. The 7-year-old horse, who made his first start of the year, won Saturday s 84th running of the G3 Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs by one length over Red Knight in 2:27.13 – a stakes record for the 1 ½-mile turf marathon.
Ridden by Florent Geroux, Arklow was rated in 10th during the early stages of the three-turn race as Admiralty Pier dictated the pace and led the field of 14 older horses through splits of :23.70, :48.64, 1:14.24 and 1:39.78. Nearing the final turn, Arklow made a bold four-wide move to draw into contention. He grabbed the lead at the head of the stretch and turned back the late threat from Ked Knight.
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Arklow and jockey Joel Rosario winning the Hollywood Gold Cup
Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger and the Estate of Peter Conway s Grade 1-winning turf specialist Arklow is set to return from a nearly six-month break in Saturday s 84th running of the $150,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs.
Saturday s Louisville Stakes, run at 1 ½ miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course, is the featured event on the 11-race program. First post is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) and the Louisville will go as the finale at 5:58 p.m. A simulcast of the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1) – the second leg of horse racing s Triple Crown – follows at 6:47 p.m.
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April 17, 2021
Agave Racing Stable and Sam-Son Farm’s Say the Word, who on Thursday was named Canada’s champion male turf horse for 2020, grabbed the lead at midstretch from Channel Cat and went on to post a 1½-length victory in the 36
th running of the $200,000 Elkhorn (G2) for older horses Saturday afternoon.
Now based in Southern California with trainer Phil D’Amato, Say the Word and jockey Luis Saez covered 1½ miles on a turf course rated as good in 2:28.26. The victory marked the third of four wins on the afternoon for Saez as well as his fourth stakes victory of the meet.
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