Month: July 2023

How Did He Do That Wins Iowa Derby Via DQ After Dead Heat

Pacesetter One in Vermillion and How Did He Do That arrived at the finish line in a dead heat for first in the $250,000 Iowa Derby on Saturday at Prairie Meadows, but following a foul claim and stewards' inquiry, Kirk and Judy Robison's How Did He Do That was determined to be the winner and One in Vermillion was placed second for interference.

A Good Magic colt ridden by Richard Eramia, 48-1 longshot How Did He Do That crossed the wire in unison with 7-1 One in Vermillion to his inside while 21-1 Heroic Move finished outside of the top two, a half-length back in third.

Heroic Move's jockey, Stewart Elliott, lodged an objection against How Did He Do That and One in Vermillion under Harry Hernandez.

Stewards ruled that One in Vermillion drifted out in deep stretch under Hernandez's left-handing urging, impeding both How Did He Do That and Heroic Move, costing How Did He Do That the win but deciding Heroic Move would not have improved upon his third.

One in Vermillion broke on top and set the early tempo of :23.22 for the opening quarter mile, :47.56 for the half, and 1:11.84 for six furlongs while leading Bo Cruz by 1 1/2 lengths. How Did He Do That, midfield in the early going, bid three wide nearing the quarter pole and challenged One in Vermillion at the top of lane. He dueled outside One in Vermillion before he was bumped in deep stretch and finished on even terms before being declared the winner.

Time for the 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.57 on a fast track.

How Did He Do That, who is trained by Steve Asmussen, improved his record to 3-1-0 from 11 starts and landed his second stakes win after taking the 2022 Zia Park Juvenile last November. Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, the bay colt is out of the Storm Cat mare Stormin Maggy. Offered by Warrendale Sales at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling sale, he sold to the Robisons for $190,000. The $148,800 winner's share of the Iowa Derby purse boosted his lifetime purse earnings to $299,053.

How Did He Do That returned $98 for the win.

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Jockey John Hiraldo Reinstated By Delaware Stewards After Second Drug Tests Proves Negative

Jockey John Hiraldo's summary suspension was lifted by stewards at Delaware Park following a July 7 hearing at which a follow-up drug test from an approved lab was submitted and showed a negative result for amphetamine.

The hearing and Hiraldo's reinstatement came two days after he was summarily suspended by the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission for what stewards said was a positive test for amphetamine after the rider was randomly tested. Both rulings are posted on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website.

Hiraldo, ninth in the current Delaware Park standings with eight wins from 62 mounts, is named on five horses at the Wilmington, Del., track on July 15. He has not ridden since July 1.

An Eclipse Award finalist for outstanding apprentice jockey of 2021, Hiraldo rode his first winner, a 33-1 outsider Flat Rate, on Dec. 31, 2020. He's ridden at tracks throughout the mid-Atlantic and at Oaklawn during the winter.

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No Catching Giant Game In Prairie Meadows Cornhusker

West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables' Giant Game broke through for his first stakes win in gate-to-wire fashion Saturday in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3), scoring by three-quarters of a length from Skippylongstocking, who tried in vain catch the winner but ran out of ground.

Ridden by Martín García, Giant Game notched a second straight win following an allowance score May 11 at Churchill Downs and gained his stakes winner credentials while making his fourth stakes start, all in graded events, which includes his creditable third in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).

The 4-year-old son of Giant's Causeway trained by Dale Romans went to the front at the start on Saturday and comfortably lead 2021 Peter Pan (G3) winner Promise Keeper in the early going. As Promise Keeper threw in the towel around the far turn and faded, favorite and Iowa-bred standout Ain't Life Grand, Call Me Fast, and multiple graded winner Skippylongstocking to aim on the front-runner and launched their bids, but Giant Game was too strong and held on for the victory. He covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.86 on a fast track. Giant Game laid down fractions: :23,17 for the opening quarter mile, :47.18 for the half, 1:11.41 for six furlongs, and 1:37.07 for the mile.

Ain't Life Grand, a multiple stakes winner at Prairie Meadows, checked in third, 1 1/4 lengths behind Skippylongstocking, and Call Me Fast was fourth in the field of 10.

Giant Game returned $20 for the win and collected the $178,900 winner's share of the Cornhusker purse, increasing his lifetime bankroll to $530,500. His career line stands at 3-2-2 from 10 outings.

Romans previously won the Cornhusker in 2004 with Roses in May. García won the also enjoyed a second victory in the race following his success in 2020 with Night Ops.

Giant Game, who was bred in Kentucky by H. Allen Poindexter, was produced by the More Than Ready mare Game for More. He was a $500,000 purchase a the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearlings Showcase, where he was offered by Wynnstay Sales.

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