GISW Hog Creek Hustle Relocated To War Horse Place

GI Woody Stephens S. hero Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze) was relocated to War Horse Place for the 2024 breeding season where the 7-year-old will stand for $5,000 LFSN, the farm said in a release Friday.

Joining recent arrival GI Preakness S. champ Rombauer (Twirling Candy), Hog Creek Hustle was campaigned by Something Special Racing and trained by Vickie Foley.

Retired in 2021, he earned $774,546 over the course of his racing career which spanned 24 starts with 13 in-the-money finishes and included a thrilling runner-up effort to MGISW Mind Control (Stay Thirsty) in the 2019 edition of the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S.

Hog Creek Hustle is out of Candy Fortune (Candy Ride {Arg}) and counts as a half-brother GSW Majestic Dunhill (Majesticperfection).

Breeders are invited to schedule inspections at their convenience by contacting the War Horse Place office at 859-519-5175.

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First Mare in Foal to Hog Creek Hustle

Keino (Runhappy), owned by Patty Tipton, is the first mare confirmed in foal to Grade I winner Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze). Hog Creek Hustle, winner of the 2019 GI Woody Stephens S. and second in that year's GI H. Allen Jerkens S., stands at Buck Pond Farm for $5,000.

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Hog Creek Hustle Retired to Buck Pond

Grade I winner Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze–Candy Fortune, by Candy Ride {Arg}) has been retired from racing and will stand at Buck Pond Farm for a fee of $5,000. He will be available for viewing along with Buck Pond's other stallions at an open house Feb. 25 from 11a.m. to 2p.m.

Runner-up in the GIII LeComte S. and GIII Pat Day Mile in 2019, Hog Creek Hustle sprung an 18-1 upset when rallying to victory in the GI Woody Stephens S. at Belmont that summer. He was also second in that term's GI H. Allen Jerkens S. He made just two starts in the spring of 2021 and was last seen finishing fourth in the GI Churchill Downs S. in May. Owned by Something Special Racing, Hog Creek Hustle retires with a record of 24-4-7-2 and earnings of $774,546.

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Breeders’ Cup Champion Whitmore Returns To Louisville In Churchill Downs

Robert LaPenta, trainer Ron Moquett and Head of Plains Partners' Eclipse Award winner Whitmore looms large in a field of 13 for the 86th running of the $500,000 Churchill Downs presented by Ford (G1).

The seven-furlong main track test goes as the 10th race Saturday with a 4:31 p.m. post time.

Whitmore, winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) last fall at Keeneland to earn champion sprinter honors for 2020, will be making his third start in the Churchill Downs. He was fourth in 2018 and fifth in 2019 that marked his most recent start at Churchill Downs. Whitmore will exit post nine and be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr.

Among the challengers to Whitmore is two-time Grade 1 winner Mind Control. Trained by Gregg Sacco, Mind Control returned from a 3 ½-month layoff with a runner-up finish in the Carter Handicap (G1) on April 3 to begin his 2021 campaign. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will leave post two.

The field for the Churchill Downs, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:

  1. Phat Man (Javier Castellano, 118 pounds)
  2. Mind Control (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118)
  3. Basin (Jose Ortiz, 118)
  4. Flagstaff (Luis Saez, 118)
  5. Tap It to Win (John Velazquez, 118)
  6. Attachment Rate (Joe Talamo, 118)
  7. Shashashakemeup (Florent Geroux, 118)
  8. Get the Prize (Miguel Mena, 118)
  9. Whitmore (Ricardo Santana Jr., 123)
  10. Bango (Marcelino Pedroza Jr., 118)
  11. Hog Creek Hustle (Corey Lanerie, 118)
  12. Endorsed (Joel Rosario, 118)
  13. Lexitonian (Tyler Gaffalione, 118)

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