US EditionFurther Ado Wins $1.25M Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland
Further Ado won by 11 lengths and covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.58 to secure 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points.
- On Saturday, Further Ado dominated the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, winning by 11 lengths and earning 100 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs next month.
- In New York, Albus scored a major upset in the $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on Saturday, winning by 1 1/4 lengths under jockey Jaime Torres to secure a Derby spot.
- It was a difficult day for Hall of Fame trainers, as Bill Mott's entry, Steel, finished ninth and Bob Baffert's Buetane placed 11th in the 12-horse field. Riley Mott trains Wood Memorial winner Albus.
- Ottinho earned 50 qualifying points for finishing second in the Blue Grass, while Talkin secured 25 points for third place. Creole Chrome and Great White rounded out the top five with 15 and 10 points respectively.
- The Wood Memorial held its final running at Aqueduct before moving to the newly redesigned Belmont Park next year, while historical data shows no Wood winner has won the Derby since 2000.
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Further Ado wins the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Further Ado surged down the stretch to win the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday, solidifying his place in the Kentucky Derby. Sent off as the 8-5 favorite, Further Ado delivered a commanding performance for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., finishing the 1 1/8-mile race in 1:49.59. He returned $3.70 to win. Ottinho finished second, while Talkin came in third. With the victory, Further Ado e…
'Rising Star' Further Ado Romps In the Blue Grass
Spendthrift Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard FURTHER ADO (c, 3, Gun Runner–Sky Dreamer, by Sky Mesa) glided to the front three wide with a little more than a quarter mile to come in Saturday's GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and, while the winning margin didn't come close to the 20 lengths he had to spare when graduating at Keeneland last fall, the chestnut colt strode away from his overmatched rivals to take it by a stakes-record 11 1/…
Further Ado crushes Blue Grass by 11 lengths in Derby statement
Betting favorite Further Ado stalked a pace duel and then pulled away to an 11-length demolition Saturday in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes for seven 3-year-olds at Keeneland. Irad Ortiz Jr. rode the Brad Cox-trained colt to the commanding victory in the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby prep, which awarded 100-50-25-15-10 qualifying points to the top five finishers. Great White (7-1), piloted by Alex Achard, set a pressured pace from the …
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