While the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is understandably dominating the attention of handicappers these days, we would be remiss for failing to recognize the competitive nature of Friday’s $1.25 million, Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks.
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Voodoo Justice Becomes First Winner For Indiana Sire Harry’s Holiday
An impressive victory leading at every point of call on Monday at Indiana Grand made Voodoo Justice the first winner for her sire, Harry's Holiday, BloodHorse reports.
Voodoo Justice broke on top in the 5 1/2-furlong main track race and she never looked back, leading by 3 1/2 lengths in the stretch and extending her advantage to 5 1/2 lengths at the finish under jockey Jermaine Bridgmohan. The filly stopped the clock in 1:06.68 over a fast track for owner Rancho Monarca LLC and trainer Antonio Duran.
Bred in Indiana by Justice Farm and Greg Justice, Voodoo Justice is out of the stakes-winning Good and Tough mare Vain Vixen.
Harry's Holiday, a 9-year-old son of Harlan's Holiday, stands at Southern Indiana Equine in Austin, Ind., for an advertised fee of $3,000.
He won three of 13 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $197,657, highlighted by a win in the 96ROCK Stakes at Turfway Park. He also finished third in the listed John Battaglia Memorial Stakes and second by a nose in the G3 Spiral Stakes.
Harry's Holiday is out of the unraced Orientate mare Daily Mason, who is herself a daughter of Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady. This puts Harry's Holiday in close relation to leading sire Into Mischief, multiple Eclipse Award winner Beholder, and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Mendelssohn.
Read more at BloodHorse.
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Art Collector to Miss Kentucky Derby
Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector (Bernardini) will not run in Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby because of a minor foot issue, according to trainer Tommy Drury Tuesday. He said the winner of Keeneland’s GII Toyota Blue Grass S. and Runhappy Ellis Park Derby in his last two starts nicked the bulb of his left front heel with a hind hoof while galloping Monday at Churchill Downs. Because of horse racing strict medication rules, the horse could not be treated with an anti-inflammatory this close to the race.
“He grabbed himself [Monday] morning training,” Drury said. “It was still very sensitive this morning. When I took my thumbs to palpate the bulbs of his heels, you could still tell it was pinching him. I had to make a choice. Your horse has to always come first. To run in a race of this caliber and trying to compete against the best 3-year-olds in this country, you’ve got to be 110%. To me, it wouldn’t have been fair to Art Collector, even though it’s slight, knowing that there’s an issue of any kind. I had a meeting yesterday afternoon with my veterinarians, Foster Northrup, Rick Costelle, had my blacksmith there. We discussed some different scenarios. We maybe could have put a bar shoe on it and stabilized it and he would have been fine. But you’re going to the Kentucky Derby. First and foremost, as the trainer, it’s my responsibility to be the voice for the horse. That’s just not fair to him [to run]. He’s been too good to us, and we’re going to make sure he’s taken care of first.”
Art Collector arrived at Drury’s Skylight training base in Oldham County, Kentucky Tuesday morning.
“I knew after we gave him a little anti-inflammatory this morning that he’d be perfectly sound,” he said. “That’s not surprising at all. And that’s what we wanted to see. We wanted to see him respond well to it, and it looks like that’s what happened. On to Baltimore.”
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Art Collector Out Of Derby Consideration After Minor Foot Injury
Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector, winner of Keeneland's Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and the $200,000 RUNHAPPY Ellis Park Derby in his last two starts, is out of Saturday's $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with a minor foot issue, trainer Tommy Drury said.
Drury told Jennie Rees of the Kentucky HBPA that Art Collector would not be entered when the field is set Tuesday morning. He said the colt nicked the bulb of his left front heel with a hind hoof while galloping Monday at Churchill Downs. Because of horse racing strict medication rules, the horse could not be treated with an anti-inflammatory this close to the race.
Drury said that Art Collector now will point for the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.
Art Collector returned to Drury's Skylight training base in Oldham County yesterday morning, arriving about 8:20.
“He grabbed himself yesterday morning training,” Drury told Rees. “It was still very sensitive this morning. When I took my thumbs to palpate the bulbs of his heels, you could still tell it was pinching him. I had to make a choice. Your horse has to always come first. To run in a race of this caliber and trying to compete against the best 3-year-olds in this country, you've got to be 110 percent. To me, it wouldn't have been fair to Art Collector, even though it's slight, knowing that there's an issue of any kind. I had a meeting yesterday afternoon with my veterinarians, Foster Northrup, Rick Costelle, had my blacksmith there. We discussed some different scenarios. We maybe could have put a bar shoe on it and stabilized it and he would have been fine. But you're going to the Kentucky Derby. First and foremost, as the trainer, it's my responsibility to be the voice for the horse. That's just not fair to him (to run). He's been too good to us, and we're going to make sure he's taken care of first.”
Art Collector came off the van and grazed briefly with Drury on the shank. “I knew after we gave him a little anti-inflammatory this morning that he'd be perfectly sound,” he said. “That's not surprising at all. And that's what we wanted to see. We wanted to see him respond well to it, and it looks like that's what happened. On to Baltimore.”
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