Under a perfectly timed ride by Joel Rosario, Private Creed overhaul rivals in the final sixteenth and won the $250,000 Indian Summer, a listed stakes for 2-year-olds Sunday at Keeneland, in stakes record time.
Trained by Steve Asmussen for owner Mike McCarthy, Private Creed won by three-quarters of a length and finished the 5 ½-furlong turf race in the stakes record time of 1:02.39 on firm going.
Indian Summer is a 'Win and You're In' race for the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Private Creed earned an automatic, fees-paid berth to the Nov. 4 race at Keeneland.
Mo Stash finished second after a determined rally from last in the 10-horse field, and favorite No Nay Hudson was third after leading by a head in early stretch.
Ideally positioned in sixth and racing between rivals as Ghent set quick early fractions of :21.68 and :44.39, Private Creed tipped four wide in early stretch for clear running room. Launching a willing rally with aim on front-runners Ghent and No Nay Hudson, he easily reeled them in for the victory.
Private Creed, a Jimmy Creed colt out of the Sky Mesa mare South Andros, won the listed Global Tote Juvenile Sprint going 6½ furlongs on Sept. 8 at Kentucky Downs in his most recent start. With Sunday's win, his career line improves to 3-0-1 from four starts and $509,313 in earnings.
Private Creed was bred in Kentucky by Sierra Farm. McCarthy bought him for $155,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
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