November, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

McGaughey Pointing Code Of Honor To Clark At Churchill Downs

W.S. Farish homebred Code of Honor, a last-out second to Complexity in the Grade 2 Kelso, breezed a bullet half mile solo in 47.66 Sunday on a fast main track at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Trainer Shug McGaughey said the Noble Mission chestnut will target the Grade 1, $500,000 Clark, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up on Nov. 27 at Churchill Downs -– although the Grade 1, $250,000 Cigar Mile for 3-year-olds and up on Dec. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack remains under consideration.

“Code of Honor worked really good. I think the track pulled him along a bit but he's been doing good,” said McGaughey. “We'll see how he comes along in the next few weeks and then decide if we run here or go to the Clark, but I think the two turns and a mile and an eighth probably suits him better than the mile.”

A winner of last year's Grade 1 Runhappy Travers and Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, Code of Honor is out of the graded stakes winning Dixie Union mare Reunited.

McGaughey is likely to target the Grade 1 Cigar Mile with Phipps Stable and Claiborne Farm's Performer. The 4-year-old Speightstown chestnut earned a 98 Beyer last out when capturing an optional-claiming mile on Oct. 17 at Belmont off an 11-month layoff.

“Performer is doing good. If the track is OK tomorrow he'll work here,” said McGaughey.

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Spun to Run to Gainesway

Spun to Run (Hard Spun–Yawkey Way, by Grand Slam), winner of last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, will enter stud at Gainesway next season, the farm announced Sunday. The 4-year-old was also third in last year’s GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. and he captured the GIII Smarty Jones S. He ended his career with a runner-up effort behind champion 3-year-old Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) in the GI Cigar Mile H. On the board in 10 of 12 starts, Spun to Run won five times and earned $1,160,520.

“Great milers make great stallions,” said Gainesway’s Director of Stallion Sales and Recruitment Sean Tugel. “His speed figures at a mile were fantastic. To be able to run a 0 five times on the Thorographs as a 3-year-old takes a special talent. The Breeders’ Cup is the biggest stage and Spun to Run ran a very talented group of colts off their feet.”

Gainesway CEO Antony Beck added, “He possesses brilliant speed and he excelled as a miler. The Danzig sireline has provided top stallions worldwide and I am excited for Spun to Run’s future at Gainesway.”

Spun to Run will stand for $12,500 LFSN.

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Gainesway Adds 2019 Dirt Mile Winner Spun To Run To Stallion Roster

Spun to Run, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), will enter stud at Gainesway in 2021, the Lexington, Ky., farm announced on Sunday.

Among the top 3-year-olds of his crop, Spun to Run demonstrated both class and remarkable speed during his sophomore campaign. In the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), he defeated some of the best of his generation, scoring a determined 2 3/4-length victory over Omaha Beach, Improbable, Mr. Money, Coal Front and Diamond Oops, while posting a 109 Beyer Speed Figure.

Following his triumph in the Breeders' Cup, Spun to Run closed his 3-year-old campaign with a runner-up finish to Eclipse Champion Maximum Security in the Cigar Mile (G1), earning a 105 Beyer. Spun to Run also placed in the Haskell Invitational (G1) and retired with career earnings of $1,160,520.

“Great milers make great stallions,” said Sean Tugel, Gainesway's Director of Stallion Sales & Recruitment. “His speed figures at a mile were fantastic. To be able to run a 0 five times on the Thorographs as a 3-year-old takes a special talent. The Breeders' Cup is the biggest stage and Spun to Run ran a very talented group of colts off their feet.”

Spun to Run is the fastest son of Hard Spun (Danzig), sire of 3 Grade 1 winners in 2019 and 16 Grade 1 stakes horses lifetime. His first three dams are all juvenile winners including his dam, Yawkey Way (Grand Slam), who was a juvenile stakes winner at Saratoga and is also a multiple stakes producer.

Gainesway CEO Antony Beck added, “He possesses brilliant speed and he excelled as a miler. The Danzig sire line has provided top stallions worldwide and I am excited for Spun to Run's future at Gainesway.”

Spun to Run will stand for $12,500 LFSN.

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Turf Sprint: Drysdale Has Oleksandra Fit Off The Layoff

Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdale, currently overseeing a stable of six horses at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., said last-out Grade 1 Jaipur winner Oleksandra looked sharp in her six-furlong breeze Sunday in 1:14.04 on Big Sandy in preparation for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

“She's doing very well,” said Drysdale. “She doesn't need speed because she's very fast. She worked in company behind another horse and started a half dozen lengths back and finished well.”

The ultra-consistent Animal Kingdom mare, Team Valor homebred, sports a record of 15-7-3-3 with purse earnings of $537,353. She rallied from last to beat the boys in the six-furlong Jaipur on June 20.

Oleksandra has worked six times on the Belmont main since October 2, including a trio of half-furlong breezes in close succession, ahead of a strong five-furlong effort in 1:01.58 last week.

“That was because of the layoff to get her fit,” said Drysdale regarding the busy work pattern. “We gave her some small easy works and then we've only done two serious works – this one and the last one.”

Oleksandra won the Grade 3 Buffalo Trace Franklin County in October 2019 in her only start at Keeneland.

“She's won down there and if it comes up a bit soft she doesn't mind,” said Drysdale.

A six-time Breeders' Cup winner, Drysdale won the 1992 Belmont Stakes with A.P. Indy and added a Kentucky Derby win to his ledger in 2000 with Fusaichi Pegasus.

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