Courtlandt Farm's Powerful contested the early pace from the inside and surged clear inside the final sixteenth to win Saturday's second running of the $200,000 Ed Brown for 2-year-olds by one length over Mr. Bob at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Powerful covered the 6 ½ furlongs on a fast track in 1:17.12.
A 2-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Nyquist out of the Pulpit mare Antiquity, Powerful improved his record to 2-1-0 in three starts and added $121,140 to his bankroll and increased his earnings to $207,390. Previously, he finished 11th in the $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland after breaking his maiden at Saratoga.
Powerful returned $7.16 as the 5-2 favorite in the field of seven juvenile sprinters. Mr. Bob, ridden by Luis Saez, finished second, and Frosted Departure finished third under Brian Hernandez Jr.
Accident was fourth and was followed by Top Recruit, Bourbon Bash and Mounsieur Coco.
Powerful was bred in Kentucky by Parks Investment Group LLC. His dam is the Pulpit mare Antiquity.
Red Carpet Ready Dazzles In Fern Creek
Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing's Red Carpet Lady caught pace pacesetter Twirled at the top of the stretch and drew clear inside the final furlong to win the second running of the $200,000 Fern Creek for 2-year-old fillies.
Key of Life, the odds-on 2-5 favorite, was another neck back of Twirled in third.
Red Carpet Lady, trained by Rusty Arnold and ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., ran 6 ½ furlongs over a fast track in 1:16.72.
The victory was worth $122,070 and increased Red Carpet Lady's earnings to $191,070 with a record of two wins in two starts. She is a Kentucky-bred daughter of Oscar Performance out of the Street Sense mare Wild Silk, and broke her maiden at first asking on Oct. 30 at Churchill Downs by 10 lengths.
Sent off at odds of 7-1, Red Carpet Lady returned $16.84
Baytown Lovely, The Great Maybe, and Tell Me When completed the order of finish.
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