Arkansas Derby winner Super Stock headlines a field of eight 3-year-olds expected to run in Friday's $250,000 Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Ia. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen on behalf of his parents and country music manager Erv Woolsey, the son of Dialed In ran fourth last out in a rain-sodden edition of the listed Texas Derby on May 31.
Prior to that Super Stock had finished sixteenth in the Kentucky Derby, just three weeks after springing the upset in Arkansas.
“Running back in the Derby was a little quick off his lifetime best in the Arkansas Derby, regressed just a tad,” Asmussen told bloodhorse.com on Tuesday. “He had anything but a decent trip in the Texas Derby there, but he's trained solidly. Very fun horse to run.”
Others expected for the Iowa Derby include stakes-winner Nova Rags and a pair from the barn of trainer Brad Cox, stakes-winner Gagetown and Juddmonte homebred Snow House. Proxy, the listed second choice on the morning line, will be scratched.
The full field is as follows:
- SCR
- Super Stock – Asmussen – Ricardo Santana, Jr.
- Bourbon Thunder – Ian Wilkes – Chris Landeros
- Flash of Mischief – Karl Broberg – Elvin Gonzalez
- Stilleto Boy – Doug Anderson – Fernando De La Cruz
- Rightandjust – Shane Wilson – David Cabrera
- Gagetown – Cox – Florent Geroux
- Snow House – Cox – Joel Rosario
- Nova Rags – Bill Mott – Junior Alvarado
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