Drew’s Gold Works For Amsterdam

Trainer Jim Chapman and Stuart Tsujimoto's Drew's Gold (Violence), who suffered the first defeat of his career when a game runner-up to Arabian Lion (Justify) in the GI Woody Stephens S. at Belmont Park June 10, breezed a half-mile in :47.88 over the Saratoga main track Thursday morning and is expected to make his next appearance in the GII Amsterdam S. July 29.

“He worked really good. He's never really been a good workhorse alone but as he's gotten older, he's more into it,” Chapman said. “I told [jockey] Jose [Ortiz] if you can follow someone, he's going to work a lot better for you. He got in behind a Rudy [Rodriguez] horse that horse was 15 lengths in front of him leaving the half. At the wire, he was still three or four lengths in front of him and then after the wire, he just blew by him.

“He's a beautiful mover anyways, but he really likes this track,” Chapman continued. “Hopefully, he can get this thing done in nice shape and we want to win the next one going seven-eighths,” he said, referring to the GI H. Allen Jerkens S. at the Spa Aug. 26.

Bred by Woodford Thoroughbreds, Drew's Gold sold for $25,000 as a Keeneland September yearling in 2021 and won his Churchill debut last May. Gone for 8 1/2 months thereafter, he resumed with a handy Laurel allowance score Jan. 28 befor winning the Jimmy Winkfield S. and Gold Fever S. at Aqueduct prior to his Woody Stephens try. Drew's Gold has amassed $302,620 to date in earnings.

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Violence’s Drew’s Gold Stays Undefeated In Jimmy Winkfield

A debut winner at Churchill Downs in May 2022, Drew's Gold went to the sidelines for the next eight months before making a winning return to the races at Laurel Park Jan. 28. Favored at 8-5 for his first try against stakes company in New York, the colt pressed the pace, keeping things tight up front for early leader Kool Kathmandu (Frosted). Outside with plenty of run left, he drew alongside a new leader in Clubhouse and went right on by past the quarter pole, stretching his lead down the lane to win by open lengths and stay undefeated in his short career.

“I loved seeing that [the good break] because what he was doing is he was getting himself left and then he was taking off up the backside,” said winning trainer James Chapman. “Whenever you've got to grab a horse like that, it takes a lot out of them. He [Jose Gomez] was able to ride him with one rhythm today, which I think helped him. He likes to sit with horses and watch horses, so when he broke good, I figured we had a really good chance.”

A half-sister to a stakes winner in American Frolic (Blame), Drew's Gold has only one younger sibling–a yearling half-brother by the late Laoban. Frolic's Revenge visited City of Light for a 2023 foal. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

JIMMY WINKFIELD S., $97,000, Aqueduct, 2-11, 3yo, 6f, 1:13.09, ft.
1–DREW'S GOLD, 120, c, 3, by Violence
                1st Dam: Frolic's Revenge (MSW, $346,075), by Vindication
                2nd Dam: Stormy Frolic, by Summer Squall
                3rd Dam: Lindsay Frolic, by Mt. Livermore
($25,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-James K.
Chapman & Stuart Tsujimoto; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC
(KY); T-James K. Chapman; J-Jose Antonio Gomez. $55,000.
Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $140,120. *1/2 to American Frolic
(Blame), SW, $246,159.
2–Clubhouse, 118, c, 3, Speightstown–Wild Ridge, by Tapit.
($180,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $425,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Harrell Ventures, LLC & Starlight Racing;
B-Blue Heaven Farm & Speightstown Syndicate (KY); T-Todd A.
Pletcher. $20,000.
3–Joey Freshwater, 118, c, 3, Jimmy Creed–Lake Turkana,
by More Than Ready. ($6,000 RNA Wlg '20 KEENOV; $45,000
Ylg '21 KEESEP; $35,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). 1ST BLACK TYPE.
O-Winning Move Stable; B-Dr. Aaron Sones, Dr. Naoya Yoshida
& Dr. Eric Crawford (KY); T-Linda Rice. $12,000.
Margins: 4 1/4, 3/4, 9 1/4. Odds: 1.75, 2.60, 3.10.
Also Ran: Daydreaming Boy, Kool Kathmandu.

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