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‘Derby-Type Horse’ King Fury, Son Of Grade 1 Winner Taris, Captures Street Sense Stakes

King Fury, named after superstar boxer Tyson Fury, collared odds-on 4-5 favorite Super Stock inside the final furlong and grinded his way to a half-length victory in Sunday's eighth running of the $98,000 Street Sense Overnight Stakes on opening day of Churchill Downs' 24-day Fall Meet.

“This is a Kentucky Derby-type horse,” winning trainer Kenny McPeek said. “We may look at the (Nov. 6) Breeders' Cup Juvenile but more than likely just wait for the (Nov. 28) Kentucky Jockey Club. The future is very bright for a horse like this.”

Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the well-bred 2-year-old colt for McPeek and owners Fern Circle Stables (Paul Fireman) and Three Chimneys Farm LLC (Goncalo Torrealba). The son of 2007-08 Horse of the Year Curlin ran 1 1/16 miles over a fast track in 1:44.30.

Purchased for $950,000 at Fasig-Tipton's 2019 Saratoga Sale, King Fury is the first foal out of six-time stakes winner and 2016 Humana Distaff (Grade I) hero Taris.

Breaking from post No. 4 in the field of six juveniles, King Fury rated just behind Franz Josef and Super Stock as the leader rattled off comfortable early quarter-mile clips of :24.60, :49.51 and 1:14.34. King Fury circled three-wide around the final turn as Super Stock took over leaving the final turn. The chestnut colt with a big white blaze found his best running in deep stretch and held off Super Stock as the two battled on determinedly to the wire. A half-length separated the top two at the finish and it was another 3 ¾ lengths back to third-place finisher Oncoming Train.

King Fury, who earned $59,835 for the win and improved his record to 3-2-0-0—$116,979, paid $7.40, $3.40 and $3 as the 5-2 second betting choice. Super Stock, ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., returned $2.80 and $2.40. Oncoming Train, with Rafael Bejarano up, paid $3.

Arabian Prince finished fourth and was followed by Franz Josef and Crime Spree. Eucharist was scratched.

King Fury, bred in Kentucky by Heider Family Stables, broke his maiden by 2 ¾ lengths in his career debut on Sept. 3 at Churchill Downs, but subsequently finished eighth one month later after racing four-wide throughout in the $400,000 Breeders' Futurity (GI) at Keeneland.

“His last race at Keeneland was pretty puzzling because we thought he'd run a lot better than he did,” McPeek said. “I think the track ended up being pretty forward that day and his trip didn't really help things.”

Should McPeek bypass the Breeders' Cup Juvenile which comes 12 days after the Street Sense, King Fury could vie for favoritism in the $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII), a 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Nov. 28. The Kentucky Jockey Club is part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” point series that will determine the field of 20 horses that will compete in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 1.

The Street Sense is named in honor of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense who became the first horse to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) as a 2-year-old and the Run for the Roses at age 3. He also was the first Champion Two-Year-Old Colt to win the Kentucky Derby since Spectacular Bid who won the Kentucky Derby in 1979.

Each of Sunday's races was for 2-year-olds, and Sunday marked the first time spectators watched live racing at Churchill Downs since Dec. 1, 2019, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. A limited attendance of 1,534 was on-hand with proper social distancing as Churchill Downs followed the COVID-19 health and safety protocols for Venues and Events as mandated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Racing continues every Wednesday-Sunday at 1 p.m. ET through Sunday, Nov. 29.

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GISW Cavorting’s First Foal Gets Up in Churchill Unveiling

6th-Churchill Downs, $84,814, Msw, 10-25, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.85, ft, 1/2 length.
CLAIRIERE (f, 2, Curlin–Cavorting {MGISW, $2,063,000}, by Bernardini), given a 7-2 chance for trainer Steve Asmussen in this unveiling, was four wide into the first turn and remained under restraint despite showing some eagerness to get on with it early. Three wide on the far turn, she began to close on the leading pack, headed by the Norm Casse-trainee Super Quick (Super Saver). Fanned out eight wide turning for home, the bay inched ever closer to the game leader throughout the length of the stretch and got up just in time to peg that rival on the wire. Clairiere is the first foal out of three-time Grade I winner, multi-millionaire and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Cavorting. A daughter of GSW Promenade Girl (Carson City), Cavorting is a half-sister to GSW Moon Colony (Uncle Mo) and MGSP ‘TDN Rising Star’ Thirstforlife (Stay Thirsty). After having produced a filly by Medaglia d’Oro last term, she followed up with a full-brother to Clairiere this season. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,092. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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Busy Friday At Churchill Downs Sees 11 Breeders’ Cup Contenders Log Penultimate Workouts

On a busy Friday morning beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, several Breeders' Cup contenders logged their penultimate published workouts prior to the season-ending championships on Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland.

Breeders' Cup contenders that worked Friday morning at Churchill Downs included the following horses:

Horse	Trainer	Distance, Time	Breeders' Cup Race
Abarta	Brad Cox	Four Furlongs, :48.40	Juvenile Turf
Aunt Pearl	Brad Cox	Five Furlongs, 1:00.80	Juvenile Fillies Turf
Bell's the One	Neil Pessin	Five Furlongs, 1:00.40	Filly & Mare Sprint
Emro	Brad Cox	Five Furlongs, 1:00.80	Juvenile Fillies Turf
Essential Quality	Brad Cox	Six Furlongs, 1:13	Juvenile
Girl Daddy	Dale Romans	Five Furlongs, 1:00.80	Juvenile Fillies
Got Stormy	Mark Casse	Four Furlongs, :47.20	Turf Sprint
Mr Money	Bret Calhoun	Five Furlongs, :58.80	Dirt Mile
Silver Dust	Bret Calhoun	Five Furlongs, :1:00.20	Dirt Mile
Sittin On Go	Dale Romans	Five Furlongs, 1:00.40	Juvenile
War of Will	Mark Casse	Five Furlongs, :59.80	Dirt Mile

The action began early Friday at 5:25 a.m. (all times Eastern) as 2019 Preakness Stakes (GI) winner War of Will worked with jockey Declan Carroll in the saddle. The duo clipped through fractions of :11.60, :23.40, :34.80 and :46.80. They continued galloping out strongly around the clubhouse turn and completed six furlongs in 1:12.20, seven furlongs in 1:24.80 and were up one-mile in 1:38.40, according to Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols.

“I was just the passenger along for the ride,” said Carroll, whose father, David, is Casse's assistant trainer. “I've always loved how this horse trains over the dirt. He's very versatile and can run on dirt or turf but he's always trained great over the dirt.”

War of Will previously finished third in the $1 million Woodbine Mile (GI) over the turf. This will be War of Will's first dirt try since last year's Breeders' Cup Classic (GI) where he finished a disappointing ninth.

In the next set, the Carroll family continued their eventful morning as the matriarch of the family, Kim, worked recent $150,000 Franklin County (GIII) winner Got Stormy through splits of :11.80, :23.20 and :34.80. Got Stormy is possible to take on males in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (GI). She finished second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile (GI).

It was a typical busy morning for Cox barn as he breezed his first of four Breeders' Cup contenders at 5:30 a.m. – Godolphin's $400,000 Breeders' Futurity (GI) winner Essential Quality. The colt, with Florent Geroux up, started his work one length behind multiple graded stakes winner Mr. Misunderstood through splits of :13.20, :36.80, :48.80 and 1:00.60. Essential Quality finished even with Mr. Misunderstood at the wire and the duo galloped out together in 1:26.40.

“He seems like he's really matured over the summer into where he is now,” Geroux said. “He's one of those horses where he keeps getting better as he gets more experience.”

Geroux had the next couple of sets off from working horses for Cox but returned to the track at 7:30 a.m. to breeze Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Peter Deutsch, Michael Kisber and The Elkstone Group's undefeated $150,000 Jessimine (GII) winner Aunt Pearl. The two-time winner worked outside of Kueber Racing's $398,000 Untapable Stakes winner Emro, who had jockey Shaun Bridgmohan in the saddle. The duo worked in tandem and galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.80.

Emro, who is named after owner Rick Kueber's daughter Emerson, broke her maiden in front-running fashion at Ellis Park prior to closing form more than seven lengths off the pace in the 6 ½-furlong Untapable.

“She's pretty versatile she can run out front or can come from off the pace,” Kueber said. “There's a lot of speed in the race. She's certainly has the pedigree to run long.”

Cox will be a special guest Friday on “Inside Churchill Downs” to talk about his nine Breeders' Cup entrants and other stable stars. The one-hour program will air at 6 p.m. on ESPN 680/105.7 in Louisville or online at www.espnlouisville.com.

Also donning the Friday work tab was Calhoun's duo of Allied Racing Stable and Spendthrift Farm's multiple Grade III winner and recent $100,000 Ack Ack (GIII) hero Mr. Money and Tom Durant's gutsy three-time graded stakes champion Silver Dust.

Mr. Money was the first of Calhoun's workers Friday and recorded the fastest five-furlong move of the day out of 44 horses. With Gabriel Saez in the irons, the fleet-footed Mr. Money cruised through early fractions of :11.60, :23.40, :34.80 and :46.80. He continued to gallop out swiftly around the turn through six furlongs in 1:11.60, seven-eighths in 1:25.40 and finished one-mile in 1:40.20.

“It was kind of an almost must-win situation in the Ack Ack to get him back on track,” Calhoun said. “Mentally I think it was good for him and I can tell a difference with his training. He seems happier after the race. He hasn't had a lot go right for him this year in his races so coming into the race off a win is crucial.”

Silver Dust, a six-time winner for Calhoun, breezed with jockey Adam Beschizza in the irons through fractions of :11.60, :23.40, and :35.60.

“He's sort of been a challenging horse his entire career,” Calhoun said of the 6-year-old son of Tapit. “He's continued to get better mentally and he's been more consistent with age. I know it's in him to come out of his shell.”

Following the 7:30 a.m. track renovation break, recent $500,000 Derby City Distaff (GI) winner Bell's the One continued her march to the Filly & Mare Sprint with jockey Corey Lanerie. Per usual, Bell's the One began her work three lengths behind stablemate Grove Daddy and worked in :25.40 and :37.20. Bell's the One finished two lengths in front of Grove Daddy at the wire and galloped out around the clubhouse turn in 1:13.20.

“She likes to have a target in front of her, so we typically work her this way,” Pessin said. “Her race against Serengeti Empress (in the Derby City Distaff) was so thrilling. She dug in really hard that day to get up just in time.”

The final two Breeders' Cup works of the morning came at 9 a.m. from Albaugh Family Stable's duo of Sittin On Go and Girl Daddy. Sittin On Go, the 24-1 upset winner of the $200,000 Iroquois (GIII), worked with exercise rider Faustino Herrarte aboard through swift early eighth-mile fractions of :11.40, :22.40, :34.80 and :47.

Moments later, $200,000 Pocahontas (GIII) winner Girl Daddy breezed with jockey Joe Talamo up through splits of :11.80, :23.80 and :48.40. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.60.

Saturday's work tab at Churchill Downs is expected to include at least 13 Breeders' Cup contenders. Below are the scheduled workers:

Horse	Trainer	Race
Arklow	Brad Cox	Turf
Beau Recall	Brad Cox	Mile
By My Standards	Bret Calhoun	Classic
Crazy Beautiful	Kenny McPeek	Juvenile Fillies
Factor This	Brad Cox	Mile
Global Campaign	Stan Hough	Classic
Knicks Go	Brad Cox	Dirt Mile
Monomoy Girl	Brad Cox	Distaff
Mr Freeze	Dale Romans	Dirt Mile/Classic
Sally's Curlin	Dale Romans	Filly & Mare Sprint
Simply Ravishing	Kenny McPeek	Juvenile Fillies
Swiss Skydiver	Kenny McPeek	Distaff/Classic
Tom's d'Etat	Al Stall Jr.	Classic

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KHRC: Derby Day Samples Cleared, But One ‘Class C’ Positive Found In Oaks Day Sample

Post-race testing from the delayed Kentucky Oaks and Derby days at Churchill Downs (held on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5, respectively) has been completed, according to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. A statement released by the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet indicated that all samples from Derby day were cleared. However, the KHRC will be investigating a Class C medication which was found in one sample from Oaks day.

No specifics were given about the name of the horse, owner, or trainer involved in the positive, but a KHRC spokesperson told the Thoroughbred Daily News that results are expected in November.

“The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's official laboratory, Industrial Laboratories (Wheat Ridge, CO), has returned all post-race sample results from both the Kentucky Derby day and Kentucky Oaks day races,” the statement read. “The Derby day samples were 'cleared,' showing no irregularities. The Oaks day samples returned a finding for a class C medication in one (1) primary sample. The KHRC is following its regulatory process in conducting a follow-up investigation of this matter. Accordingly, the names involved will be released at the completion.”

Examples of Class C medications can be found here on the KHRC website.

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