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Our Secret Agent Graduates To Graded Stakes Winner In Hendrie At Woodbine

Our Secret Agent had been a graded-stakes bridesmaid twice, finishing second in Grade 3 Whimsical and the Grade 3 Seaway, but in the Hendrie Stakes, she graduated to winner, taking the Grade 3 stakes by 3 1/2 lengths at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.

Breaking from post two, the 4-year-old filly settled into second early in the 6 1/2 furlong stakes, jockey Kazushi Kimura positioning her a length behind early leader Toffen. Around the final turn, Kimura sent Our Secret Agent up to challenge Toffen, taking over the lead as the field of six straightened into the stretch.

In the stretch, Amalfi Coast made her run at Our Secret Agent, but to no avail. The daughter of Secret Circle had more than enough to put distance between her and Amalfi Coast as they approached the wire. The final time for the 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:15.68.

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Our Secret Agent paid $4.50, $2.30, and $2.10. Amalfi Coast paid $2.70 and $2.40. La Libertee paid $4.00.

Bred in Kentucky by Paul Tackett Revocable Trust, Our Secret Agent is out of the Holy Bull mare Avalos. Consigned by Paul Tackett, she was a $47,000 RNA at the Fall 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Yearling Sale. Owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, the G3 Hendrie is the filly's first win in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of three wins in 14 starts and career earnings of $277,364.

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Spooky Channel Comes Out Of Sycamore Win In Good Condition

NBS Stable's Spooky Channel returned to trainer Jason Barkley's barn at Louisville's Trackside Training Center Friday night at 7:30 and was doing well Saturday, the day after his narrow victory over Grade 1 winner Two Emmys in the Grade 3 Sycamore at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.

For the 32-year-old Barkley, Spooky Channel delivered his first graded stakes victory, which came on the heels of his first stakes victory with the same runner in the Remington Green Sept. 26 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.

“No big celebration last night, just started the prep work for today,” Barkley said via text.

The 6-year-old Spooky Channel, the star of Barkley's 32-horse stable, came to the barn at the end of April as an $80,000 claim at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

“We liked his consistency and with the purse structures what they are, there will be plenty of opportunities for him,” Barkley said.

With no grass racing in Kentucky until next spring at Keeneland, Barkley expects to hit the road with Spooky Channel.

“The plan for him will most likely be the ($75,000) Buddy Diliberto Memorial Stakes (going 1 1/16 miles on the turf) the day after Christmas at Fair Grounds (in New Orleans, La.) with that being a steppingstone for the (Grade 3) John B. Connelly (Turf Cup) at Sam Houston (in Houston, Texas) that he won last January,” Barkley said.

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Concept Headlines Field Of Nine For Clever Trevor At Remington

The nation's leading trainer, Steve Asmussen, has entered two of the six 2-year-olds he nominated for the $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes to be run at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Friday, Oct. 29, including morning-line favorite Concept.

Concept, a 2-year-old Gun Runner colt out of the Cindago mare Majestic Jewel, broke his maiden while winning the Kip Deville at Remington Park on Sept. 26 at six furlongs. He will be asked to go an extra furlong for the Clever Trevor at seven furlongs and has favored status at 5-2 odds.

Concept had previously finished third in a maiden race at Lone Star Park on July 2 in Grand Prairie, Texas, and fifth in the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, on Aug. 14. He is owned by Tony Holmes and Winchell Thoroughbreds (Ron Winchell) of Las Vegas. The Gun Runner colt took them wire to wire in the Kip Deville at 9-5 odds.

Gun Runner is the top sire in the country for 2-year-old runners this year. Asmussen campaigned Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year and Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic winner. The Clever Trevor Stakes is a prep race for the $400,000 Springboard Mile on closing night, Dec. 17.

At the top of the heap of the national trainer standings, Asmussen's horses have earned in excess of $25 million this year. His $25,847,214 is tops in the country.

Asmussen's other entry in the Clever Trevor is a maiden winner, Hern, 10-1 on the morning line. He is another 2-year-old Gun Runner colt, out of a Distorted Humor mare, Sweet Opportunity. He has raced only three times, breaking his maiden at Remington Park on Sept. 8.

Feel the Fear and El Pando were made co-second morning-line favorites for the Clever Trevor, one coming off a stakes win in Iowa and the other an extremely impressive maiden win in his career debut. Both horses were set at 3-1 odds in the morning line.

Feel the Fear is 2-for-2 lifetime out of trainer Austin Gustafson's barn for owner Forge Ahead Stables (Kevin Kuta) of Ashland, Neb. Ramon Vazquez will be the third jockey to get aboard and try to extend that streak to three wins. Lane Luzzi rode him to a maiden win at Lone Star Park and then Kevin Roman got in the irons for the colt's win in the $100,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa. Feel the Fear is a son of Honor Code, out of the Kitten's Joy mare Fresh Feline. He was bred in Kentucky by Lazy F Ranch. Feel the Fear is the top money-earner in the field with $79,140 in his bankroll.

El Pando won at first asking in a maiden race at Remington Park by 8-3/4 lengths with three-time defending champion jockey David Cabrera up, and is trained by rookie trainer Jaylan Clary. She has been impressive in her first official year of training with 12 starters and seven of them running in the money. This colt by Outwork, from the Speightstown mare Queen Negwer, covered five furlongs in a swift :57.74 in the maiden victory on Sept. 15. He is owned by the trainer, Clary of Brock, Texas, and was bred in Kentucky by Mike Abraham.

Chrome Baby (6-1), a Kentucky-bred by 2014 Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome, showed major improvement in his second start, winning by 5-1/4 lengths in open maiden company. He is lightly raced with only two starts against Remington Park maidens for owners Levings Racing (Brian Levings) of Edmond, Okla. He was bred in Kentucky by Taylor Brothers Properties and George Saufley, et. al. He not only was sired by a Kentucky Derby winner but Chrome Baby's dam (mom), Star Super, is by Super Saver, who won the run for the roses in 2010.

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Here's the field from the rail out with post, horse, jockey, trainer, and odds.

Malibu Thunder, Obed Sanchez, Terry Eoff, 20-1
Feel the Fear, Ramon Vazquez, Austin Gustafson, 3-1
Revenir, Danny Sorenson, Danny Pish, 20-1
El Pando, David Cabrera, Jaylan Clary, 3-1
Hern, Leandro Goncalves, Steve Asmussen, 10-1
Kentucky Bourbon, Jose Alvarez, Dallas Keen, 15-1
Chrome Baby, Richard Eramia, Bret Calhoun, 6-1
Speightsville, Carlos Montalvo, C.R. Trout, 8-1
Concept, Stewart Elliott, Steve Asmussen, 5-2

Remington Park racing continues, Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7:07 pm Central.

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