Unbeaten in two starts, both as a 3-year-old, We The People will make his stakes debut on the Kentucky Derby trail. Co-owner Elliott Walden (WinStar Farm) told the Daily Racing Form on Wednesday that the son of Constitution will make his next start in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on April 2.
The $1.25 million race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., offers points on a scale of 100-40-20-10.
Trained by Rodolphe Brisset, We The People won at first asking on Feb. 12, crossing the wire 5 3/4 lengths the best in a time of 1:38.93 over the fast main track. On March 12, the colt was similarly impressive in a first-level allowance which he won by five lengths.
“We the People has shown a very high cruising speed in all his workload and his first two races,” Walden told DRF. “That is a very good tactic because he can make horses work hard around him and still have a good closing kick. Obviously, his next race is going to test him a little bit more, but we are very excited about his future.”
Bred in Kentucky by Henley Farms, We The People is out of the unraced Tiznow mare Letchworth, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Harmony Lodge (Hennessy) from the family of millionaire Graeme Hall (winner of the 2000 edition of the Arkansas Derby). Machmer Hall purchased the colt for $110,000 as a weanling at Keeneland November, and resold him for $220,000 at the next year's Keeneland September sale. WinStar purchased the colt for $230,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Sale of 2-year-olds in training, and co-owns him with Siena Farm and CMNWLTH.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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